Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 78

Greg Well here we are in Toronto. The biggest city in Canada. We were going to go to the CN Tower and have dinner, but we thought we would get dogs and a house instead. I just know the food there would have been mediocre (how could it compare to Le Regalade?) and let's face it....a bird's eye view of Toronto? Oh yeah....wow. We went to Niagara Falls yesterday. 150 K away. Three hour drive. Three hours. At times the traffic would come to a complete stop. An accident? An Asteroid hitting the highway? A crazed old man rapping on car windows asking for pennies? Nope. Nothing. Nada. It's seems that the actual curves in the road, in this massive highway system is enough to scare the drivers. That's all I can come up with. There ... read more

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Dear all I am at my conference in the the very flash westin - king size bed all for me - i am missing my sleeping buddies actually!! Conference loks to be good - opening ceremony was amazing - they don't give you free grog here - something about responsible drinking ! - what a load of bullcrap!! going to a gala dinner tonight and have met some great people - rang the family this morning - it was so great to here all their voices - must be missing them! take care Tania ... read more

It's officially 3 months before I head off to Egypt on a family vacation in October. I'll have lots of planning and prep to do beforehand. The rough itinerary includes: Day 1: Toronto to London. Overnight somewhere in the London vicinity, possibly Windsor since it was such a nice place to visit in the spring. Day 2: London to Cairo. Our flight leaves in the evening which means we will have almost 2 full days in England before we arrive in Cairo at night to check into our hotel, The Oasis in Giza. Day 3: Cairo. Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Coptic Cairo, Pyramids and Sphinx, Khan el Khalili Bazaar. Day 4: Cairo to Aswan. Visit ruins at Memphis, necropolis of Sakkara, Step pyramid of Zoser. 45 minute flight to Aswan and overnight in Aswan (thereby skipping ... read more

Today, at 15mph, we ascended the CN tower for amazing views of Toronto. There seems to be little more to the city than attractive buildings and so a 330m high view of these was impressive. Whilst the others queued for an hour and twenty minutes for the lift to the ‘Sky Pod’ the uppermost viewing point, Rob, Al and I had a wander around, taking in the city hall, a few shops and a lot of sky-scrapers. As part of my fast food quest, I went to Harvey’s and had a root beer which, in Al’s words, tasted like cough medicine. I didn’t mind it, although I don’t think I’ll bother with it again. It resembles ginger beer but not as nice. I cancelled my order for a burger, having already had a hotdog for lunch, ... read more