Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 77

Well, I thought I would give the travel blog a try before embarking on my Indian journey just to say hello (and goodbye) to all of you and welcome you to this big step out into the world that I have decided to make. For those of you who do not know, I am leaving in 5 days (ahhhhhh!!!!!) to spend 4 and a half weeks in India. This will be my first time traveling out of North America and, really, my first travel that is not explicitly vacation oriented. I decided to travel to the Asian subcontinent when my good friend, Abiramy, asked me to come to her wedding in Tiruchirapalli.... from there the travel plans have been expanded and I will be voyaging from the far southern province of Tamil Nadu, all the way ... read more

Well here it is, after a year of planning, saving and general plotting, we are in north america on the mother of all road trips! And talk about a baptism of fire.....I'm writing here on our second full day and already we've climbed and eaten at the CN tower, the tallest building in the world, been to Niagra falls and travelled to Ottowa! I am currently recling here in 30+celsius with a cold beer at Mike's aunty's house, which is to be our home (albeit temporary) for the next two nights. Over the next six weeks we will all try and log on and give stories, anecdotes and pictures of our trip to keep all you guys informed and also keep a record of our trip for posterity!So far, our trip has gone like this....... Fri ... read more

I bounced out of bed with 4 hours of sleep, and discovered the blood red hair dye I used was still leaching. Sorry Sheraton Centre about the pink towels. Breakfast was pretty chill, and I spent the morning at different talks. The first was about Teacher -Student Worship in the books, and I appreciated the chocolate attached to the hand outs! I made the Steven Vander Ark talks a priority, and the 10 am one was about The End of the Tale. Entertaining as always, but he ran out of time! He finished during the 5 pm slot though, going through each book and discussing what we had learned and what didn't make sense. The 11 am No Wizard Left Behind discussion was scattered but interesting. The presenter is emailing the questions to us to consider ... read more

Hallo allemaal, Dit keer vanuit een rustig Harrisburg/Pennsylvania. Eigenlijk is dit meer een stop over stad om de afstand tussen vanmorgen de Niagara Falls en morgen Washington te overbruggen!!!! Gelukkig wel weer internet op de kamer dus ideaal moment voor een Blogje! Overigens balen: heb twee dagen met de 'backlight' functie aan gelopen op mijn camera! Dit met gevolg dat de CN tower en Falls foto's een hele rare belichting hebben. Gelukkig heeft Jacinta ook de nodige foto's gemaakt! In Toronto was het 's avonds erg gezellig. CN tower was geweldig. Wel heel even slikken voordat ik op de glazen vloer durfde te staan. (meen dat de toren 500 zoveel meter hoog is?!?!!!). Niagara Falls: woorden schieten te kort hier. Wat een SPECTAKEL!!!! En ook pure mazzel: we hadden een kamer met: - Falls uitzicht - ... read more

As may be obvious from our location we have arrived back home in Canada (well Sarah and I have, Jeff is spending a few weeks in Europe). As I promised everyone has returned alive and well. After 22 fun filled hours and 4 airports (why did we have to fly to Montreal first?) we are happy to be home. My "back to reality" moment came quickly upon our return when I ordered a pint at a pub in the Montreal Airport and the bill was $9.31. Only the day before we were paying about the equivalent of $1.25 for a 500 mL bottle of Tusker Lager in Kenya. At least the beer (and coffee) is better here. Overall an excellent experience and we are all looking foreword to boring our friends and families for the next ... read more