Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 27

day3 Rescheduled our planned Niagara falls trip to tomorrow. So we had a more relaxed start to the day. I woke up at around 8.00 am and cobs around 9.30am - he had managed to stay up very late despite appearing tired yesterday.We went for breakfast around 9.30 am - cobs had even less than yesterday - just the cooked stuff - still wondering if they'll be baked beans in your next hotel. We went to the room after this and chilled a bit, whilst trying to get Skype working. We set off by tube to the Royal Ontario Museum. We saw lots of animal exhibits but later I realized I was dragging a dead corpse with me! In the best of times it would be hard keeping cobs interested in a Museum, but when you ... read more

Two international flights and 30 hours later, we landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport at about 17h00 local time on August 28th, 2011. Following disembarkation, we went through the customs formalities and passed through round one of Canadian Immigration, we then collected our bags and passed through the second immigration check where we handed in our “white slip” and had that moment of uncertainty as to whether today was going to be the day that we were pulled over to have our bags checked. Luckily today was not that day and we passed through the first set of doors, where we were to put our baggage back on the belt so it can be loaded onto our final Montreal bound flight. As we walked through the first set of doors, we were welcomed into Canada by ... read more

Well gang I am on the way. Left Halifax this morning at 8am after I dropped Erica off at another gate in the departure area. She is off to her new life in Grand Prairie Alberta. She was of mixed emotions but is looking forward to her new position as an OT. Erica and I met Robert Chisholm NDP MP for (Cole Harbour) and his wife, we had met him on the night of his election win and he remembered us . He is a real gentleman and his wife was really friendly as well. She soent a lot of time talking with Erica about University and careers. They had a rememberance book for Jack Layton which we signed. They were on the way to the funeral. My flight was on time, we had a great ... read more

The city of Toronto seems a city of many small areas. I failed in my period here to find what can be categorised as an actual downtown. Instead, I spent my time discovering several individual villages within the central Toronto area, as well as beyond. Amongst these were yet another Chinatown. I seem to have become quite used to the idea of Chinatowns by now, and I must admit that it no longer excited me. I quickly continued onwards to hippie commercial Kensington Market which though pleasant didn't catch my fascination for long. It seems filled with the same India inspired hippie stores as you find anywhere in the Western World. However, it should only be fair to mention that these were mixed with a few second hand and vintage stores and some trendy and not ... read more

So here we sit in Pearson Airport waiting for the first leg of our trip to start. Heading to Victoria to celebrate a very special anniversary, 60 years married. I can't believe my parents have been together and happy for the time. I can only hope that I am as lucky and fortunate as they have been to still love and care about each other after that many years together. We will be landing in Victoria at 11am this morning. Only Donna knows the kids are joining us on this leg of the trip. Should be a great surprise for everyone. Tomorrow it is off to Vancouver, on a float plane, never been on one before, not sure how I feel about it, but what the hell. Life is about trying new things and having fun. ... read more