Monthly Archives: September 2010

Last day before the tour itself starts. Up early and watched the start of the Toronto Waterfront Marathon – from our window! Packed all the dirty clothes into a couple of bags and headed off along Queens St West to … Continue reading →

Well as you can see Mr Right was not in the mood to blog. Anyhow, our day wasn’t that boring …we did come back to the hotel early, by streetcar, and had a very restful afternoon. We watched “The Karate Kid”, in … Continue reading →

is called peameal bacon. We had chunks of that on fresh rolls for brekkie this morning, at the markets. Nice … not what I’d like everyday, but nice different, if you know what I mean. From there to the Distillery … Continue reading →

Today my brain and feet are “out of sync” ….my brain says “you are only here once so make the most of it” whereas my feet  are saying “enough is enough” …so we will meet halfway and call a truce … Continue reading →

We are about to head to the ST Lawrence Markets and then the distillery district. Just checked the footy scores . a win to the Dragons (only just), woohoo Ian ..they are in the grand final ….bad luck David , … Continue reading →

Today we saw a chipmunk!!!!  Even though it was at the zoo it was not in any of the enclosures ….it was in the wilderness part …he ran right across the road infront of us as we were walking. Tiny … Continue reading →

Yes, the day we decided to go to the zoo and have a nice, easy day wandering around looking at the world’s #2 zoo … became a 31 degree, 80 kmh winds, sunny day. Early start, walked up Queen St … Continue reading →

Another great day, started off with a harbour cruise to the Toronto Islands and finished with a ballgame. The first ballgame I saw was in Seattle during the MCM course at Microsoft, coincidently the second also involved the Mariners. The … Continue reading →

We arose this morning to a “Harvest Moon”…..very pretty sight outside the hotel window, according to the weather station “Fall” started last night at 11:o9 pm (they must set the seasons by the moon, not the date) so we are now … Continue reading →

We were soaking in a beautifully hot spa downstairs in the Hilton when …. more on that later! Today was really fun; we discovered the PATH! No, we haven’t shaved our heads and put on saffron robes, we found a … Continue reading →

Heh 🙂 No, we haven’t had a bad day, in fact (especially after finding Capt. Kirk’s grundies on the footpath) we had a great, but exhausting, day.  After brekkie at Tim Hortons (the coffee always seems weak, even Starbucks, plus … Continue reading →

This is for Kyle and Margit, and Ian and Tash (we play Trivia most Wednesdays at the 4 Mile Creek pub).

That is one thing I’m impressed with Canada.. they know how to spell..humour, not humor. Anyhow , we have finished our first full day in Toronto and I have some realisations/discoveries to share . Firstly, the toilet, it has me totally … Continue reading →

Not really, but the eyes in the photo certainly look a bit spooky! First full day of our holidays and we’re trying to get our body clocks synchronised with Canadian time 🙂 For those in Oz, subtract 2 hours and … Continue reading →

It is now Monday morning in McDonalds for breakfast….Today our holiday begins. Had a decent night’s rest and can now function. First impressions , they like big things, huge Hummers and Titan V8s. The city life doesn’t really start till … Continue reading →

Phew! Finally here … long haul flights aren’t fun (shoosh Kyle!) Lorraine had the windows (36A) I took the middle .. and a coughing, hacking, snuffling bloody albatross sat on the aisle!! Fair dinkum, this bloke sat with both arms … Continue reading →