Blogs from Ontario, Canada, North America - page 275

Yes folks, welcome to the last entry in our Travel Blog, or is it? Before we say our farewells, best that we fill you in on our last week here in Canada. We have had a pretty quiet week by our standards. We did quite a bit of walking around Toronto. Joy you'd be pleased with us as we averaged over 5miles most days. On Monday we went out for drinks with Tom, whom we met last Friday, and his good lady Bridget, ending up listening to a good band in a nearby pub. After another long walk on Wednesday we had a bit of a pub crawl again ending up listening to a really good band in a small bar. Wonderful for Ken, cos the lead singer was a combination look alike of a young ... read more

The Americans have shown their true colours yet again (red, white and stupid) by banning Vegemite. I don't get it, they'll let innocent children eat MacDonalds, yet interfere in a minority of Australian adults in enjoying a good slice of Vegemite on toast every morning??? Obviously it's been deemed too healthy by the FDA, and stands to embarrass the American Cuisine (what an oxymoron) Administration or whatever. Home of the free - forget about it... Anyway, that's my rant for the day. Anyone looking to send aid packages (i.e. Vegemite, not currently banned by the conservative but sensible Canadians), please address them to: Emily, Apartment #3, 23 West Street Kingston,ON. K7L 2S2. Still not in the apartment - apparently due to painters this time...*sigh*. Living in one of the apartments next door, yet to be renovated ... read more

...which is a nice change to freezing cold. However, it doesn't help me in my new job (I have switched the part-time food store job for a full-time outdoor gear store job - I want the staff discount...), as it's damn boring when no-one is around. I'm spending my spare time learning all the technical mumbo-jumbo that comes with ultra-nylon-hyper-Goretex-thermo-dynamic whatchamacallits. Today was only day one, but it seems like a nice enough place - packed to the rafters and basement with stock, and even better - the managers wife works at the local Mars factory, so there's always lots of goodies on hand for the boring/hungry moments. Still waiting to move into the new apartment. I guess the downside of having a newly renovated apartment is the fact that every man and his government-service-provided dog ... read more

Day 100..... Entering Quebec, the only walled city in North America, it felt as if we had been transported to another continent. We were amazed at how Eurpoean the city is. Angela particularly enjoyed the many art galleries and artisan-filled streets, and together we enjoyed lots of great food and wine. Our penultimate city, Montreal, felt very familiar. Perhaps it was the cloudy skies and persistent drizzle, but it really reminded us of London. Due to the weather we spent quite a lot of time exploring the Underground City, a modern network of shopping malls & restaurants. During a break in the clouds, we took the opportunity to stroll around the cobbled streets of the more cultural Old Town and along the Waterfront. Having dropped-off our car in Montreal, we hopped on a train bound for ... read more

So the long awaited first blog. Spent 4 pretty drunken days in Toronto due to our hostel being one of the most crazy places I've ever stayed in. It's called the Global Village Backpacker's Hostel on King Street West if any of you want to give your liver a good seeing to. Anyway, most days were spent wandering around seeing the sights. CN Tower was awesome, especially the glass floor. Feels really strange when you first stand on it hovering above the ground over 300 metres away, after you get used to it it's fine though, even had myself a wee lie down. Got some cool pics so hope they turn out alright. Went to the Skydome (baseball/football) and Air Canada Centre(ice hockey/basketball), would like to say we did the tours of the stadiums etc. but ... read more