Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 74

These are not foreign if you travel to Asia, tropical weather countries, but here in Canada, you are able to find them too, as fresh as they can get... Walking around the Chinatown areas in Toronto, one of the largest in North America brings back memories of wandering in far flung lands. There were quite a few selections of tropical fruits that you can purchase and more asian restaurants that you can feed your hungry stomach. The importation of tropical-fresh fruits into Canada seems easier than its southern country, the United States, evidently there are more availability of these fruits in ethnic asian supermarkets here. ... read more

For most US citizens, going to Canada is no big deal. When it comes to people like us, it assumes slightly less ordinary proportions. We have to obtain a visa for starters. As Sanjit left for a business-trip to India, I decided to go on a little vacation of my own. Canada seemed an inviting prospect - not too far and I have family there. So finally, I found myself on a tiny aircraft (yeah what’s with that, if American Airlines is reading this - get over stupid tiny aircrafts which seem like capsules and with no food - ok that’s got nothing to do with the size of aircraft , just venting !!) browsing through Angelina jolie’s eyes and scarlett’s pout in trashy magazines. I landed at Toronto and headed straight for downtown. At first ... read more

My yahoo address is gone with all my e-mail contacts For people I've lost contact with please contact me through this site. See : "send a private message" below. ... read more

I have officially completed "The Melbourne Marathon", Keating Educational Tours' longest tour ever. The group came all the way from Melbourne, Australia. 12 days, 5 Canadian cities, 16 boys, 4 chaperones and me running the whole show! My Aussies boys are somewhere in the plane headed back across the Pacific now. I am exhausted. My body feels completely drained. I feel drugged I'm so drowsy! I look forward to sleeping in my own bed here in Toronto. Now it really feels like I'm living here - because I've been away and have returned home. But what an incredible tour this has been . . . A little about the group. The head teacher (Claire) is originally from Ottawa, but married an Australian man and they've been back in Australia for the last 2 years. She and ... read more

22.09.07 der tag bestand aus shopping und stundenlanger sightseeing tour der riesigen stadt , bei bis zu 30 grad , bruetender hitze und strahlendem soonenschein !!! abends habe ich noch mit martin telefoniert . den hatte ich mit marek vor sage und schreibe nun3 jahren in der dominikanischen republik kennengelernt und hatte ihm ne email geschrieben , ob er noch in toronto lebt , mich noch kennt , und wenn ja , daran interressiert sei , sich mit mir zu treffen . er schrieb mir voellig euphorisch zurueck , dass er gerade tage zuvor die fotos von dem urlaub in den haenden gehalten habe und sich sehr darueber freuen wuerde , mir die stadt zu zeigen . so machten wir aus , uns am sonntag zu treffen , wollten aber noch mal telefonieren . so telefonierten ... read more