Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 36

It has just hit me. I really want to be home right now. There's no specific reason, although I could give 100 if you asked. I just miss it. Mainly: mum nanny & papa lulu & cats papa's jokes full tea pots nanny's hugs friends the oven cheese toronto, that beautiful city good wine driving slice tv my backyard visits with family in the backyard restaurants. especially asking the waiter to tweak the meal so it's just right and .. they actually DO it :) less kids around me niagara-on-the-lake coffee crisps the blue, blue sky I appreciate home, Canada, my family more than I ever have now that I've been without it for a while and had the chance to revisit it. My mum said she was nervous I would feel differently about being home, ... read more

Well we have only 1 week to go and everyone seems to be getting excited... The packing and last minute shopping is well underway, knowing full well that we will forget something. Some issues that we have encountered for anyone who is looking to go to Africa, our passports (visas) took 4 weeks to the day to return. You have to send your passports to the embassies in Ottawa to get your visas - it was very worry some to wait for them to come back. The other issue was currency. We were successful in getting Kenya Shillings, but no real luck in getting the Tanzania Shillings, yet some of our group did get it.. So we are bringing some extra US just in case. One of our restrictions is that we can only bring 15kg ... read more

I leave in exactly 13 days and I can’t wait. I’m starting to go stir crazy in Toronto and this adventure is exactly what I need to shake things up a bit. I’ll be extremely busy this week. One of my fellow travelers is getting married and I can’t wait to help her celebrate this very special milestone in her life. She will be joining us in London the day after we arrive to wrap up some school stuff at the University of London. We are back to the drawing boards on Tuesday planning out our stay in London and booking our train tickets from Marrakech to Fez and our hotel room in Fez. We have been using a shared Google Doc to plan this trip and it has been a great resource to help us ... read more

So Team Ted is still in the off-season, and we have been taking full advantage being unemployed. The weather has been amazing so we have been thoroughly spoilt, and we have been making the most of this awesome city. Tell you what, the ol' Torontonians love a festival! Any excuse for a party...not that we are complaining! There is always something going on somewhere, and best of all they are usually FREE (except for the hideously over-priced food and drinks of course). In the past couple of weeks alone we have experienced: - WOOFSTOCK - "The Largest Festival For Dogs in North America". No, we are not dogs nor do we have one but we had a brilliant time patting everyone else's doggies. You have never seen so many dogs in one place at one time! ... read more

Wednesday, July 14th In the vein of continuing to bust our budget today we booked onto a Niagara tour. The day started badly with our transfer claiming he was 'outside your building' when he wasn't. Why do they do that? He got there half an hour late. We took a large bus to Niagara which was a couple of hours away. As we arrived, my God was it touristy. Niagara can be seen from the road and thousands were gathered with their cameras. Our tour included the little boat trip so we joined the queue for that, lucky enough to get right through. Just before the boat we were handed bright blue plastic ponchos, miles too big for anyone un-American. We must have looked like Asians in a European (blueberry) condom. The boat was rammed but ... read more