Toronto
Travel Blogs from Toronto, Canada
Moose hunting in Toronto
... upload photo's from Toronto when we get access to our discs... chill... it will happen soonish... Ben says: Canada's largest and most famous city is Toronto. A few hours west of the Frenchier Montreal, and only an hour north of the USA, Toronto provided ...
Another road trip.....And Niagra here we come!
... ... 'We could have a piss up in a brewery!!' God i'm funny. Stumbling out of the brewery tour, we passed the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball stadium. Lou had been informed on our beer tour, that it is sometimes possible to get $2 seats for the ...
First day alone
Well we just spent our first day without all our friends here in Toronto. We flew in from our week in Dominican (congrats Pokey & Scuba....and Luke & Amanda too!) last night and said goodbye to the remaining familiar faces that we won't see for a ...
Booked and ready to go!
Well it's official. We've booked our flights so we've gone from the planning stage of the trip to now actually having something to look forward to! This trip sprang from the idea for us to celebrate our 30th birthdays in style. Amy and I were born ...
Pai 5 reunion
... flying time between us all once I got to the States. Having said that Shannah, John and myself all managed to meet up in Toronto. Seeing them again it felt like no time had passed since we last saw each other in Thailand. So the reunion only ended ...
CN Tower
Dinner at the top of the CN Tower after a day at the beach. It had been recommended by Mark to blow the budget and go for dinner in the revolving restaurant at the top of the CN Tower. Good recommendation. we had a great time and got a fantastic seat ...
Week Forty Nine - Toronto
... is from Newry. We drive back to W & M's and pick up my bags. I say goodbye to my Uncle and Aunty and drive into downtown Toronto. Will gives me the driving tour of the city then we pick up his partner, Lisa, from her job at a harbour cruise company. Back ...
Toronto
We arrived today. I will update later in the week once the Mother in law has arrived!!! Hope everyone is well Simon & ...
And so it begins
... and on paper as an itinerary, rather than as imminent realities. Our apartment before and after Thirty hours after leaving our Toronto apartment for the last time, we arrive in a rainy Auckland at 7am, with almost five hours before our ...
D-Day! for Hong Kong
Well my date for departure has finally arrived. My flight to Hong Kong and gateway to the rest of China leaves Tuesday morning. Other then last minute running around and canceling various things such as my phone, car insurance ect. Im ready! My pack is ...
Back in the T Dot
Well I'm back in Toronto now after the last leg of my journey. A 13 hr train ride from New York City's Penn station to Toronto. It's been the first time I've been solo since Suzanne and I departed on this trip. In addition to being a very lonely train ...
Pre-trip ramblings
... be careful what I wish for, as 46 degrees in the Middle Eastern shade may have me longing for a crisp winter's morning in Toronto. Finally, strange as it may sound for someone embarking on a trip around the world, I'm not a huge fan of travelling. By ...
23 countries in 9 months.It feels good to be home!
... Gallery, walk along the Thames River again, and a grab a pint of ale and some fish and chips), followed by an 8-hour flight to Toronto, we are finally home. People ask us how it feels to be home - it does suck to be faced with reality again, but it also ...
Snowbound
... up to midnight when everything starts being cancelled. My quick phone calls to the airport hotel, then to the AC hotel registry for Toronto reveal that there is not a room to be had in the city. About this time, real pandemonium breaks out. Passengers ...
I think it was the chicken.
I woke up this morning brutally sick. Well, not the sickest I've ever been (see the entries about Dengue), but it was pretty awful. However, I did manage to sleep pretty darn soundly, which is good. So at 4, I was up and getting ready for my trip to ...
Introduction
... as much of the world as we can. Jim (AKA James, Jamie) spent most of his life in New Zealand but has lived in Toronto, Canada since May, 2000. He has travelled a reasonable amount, including Southeast Asia, Europe and the US. Jane was born in ...
Time Traveling - Massey Hall 1972
A short time ago, while watching a documentary on Canadian music, Elenka's friend, Lynn stumbled upon a hidden gem. Our cousin Matej has youtubed this find for you. Just click the below link and follow the words on the screen: ...
World Tour of Toronto
... - we were intrigued. With the sun trying it's best outside to melt the glacier like streets we skidded down Bloor St, Toronto's upmarket shopping strip passing a group of guys carrying ice hockey sticks along the way which Dawn said was not normal as I ...
The Cities - From First to Worst
... inhabit Istanbul...just thinking of them makes me weary and angry. You can get by in English here, more easily than in Toronto. Footnote: Brusno might very well have been my number one or at least second choice in the above ratings, but with ...
Cabbage Patch
... . Sure it was a tourist thing but did have a few farm animals grazing in the fields among the snowmen. Skipping the Toronto public transport system which one little girl was taking being pulled along on a sled we headed to the invitingly named distillery ...
Noooooooooooooooo!!!
... the city from the CN tower to Lake Ontario or the ocean as she like to think of it. Dawn was studying music at Toronto University working towards being that famous singer I'm sure she will be with her leaving soon after we arrived to head out to classes ...
Home-bound
... damage without the smell of rum, which permeates all the contents. Our limo from Alison's place on the Danforth to the Toronto airport is a curious experience. It's minus 3 outside -- 33 degress colder than our cab drive yesterday at this time to the ...
Still in TO!
We are still here so nothing exciting to report. Had a bit of a scare on the weekend when I took a misstep off a ladder and sprained my ankle. Her a sickening crunch and pop before the blinding pain took over. Thankfully a few days of ice rest and ...
Flying? surely thats cheating...?
... the rain to the ground, yep we got bored with that after 10 seconds! We trundled back to the hostel disgruntled and wanting to leave Toronto as soon as possible. It was at the hostel we saw a flyer for another hostel in Niagra Falls it was only 2 hours ...
From West to East...
... ethic a little and flew from Vancouver to Toronto - it was a 4 hour flight or a 72 hour Greyhound ride! Got into the Toronto Hostel absolutely whacked - although it had only been a 4 hour flight we had pretty much lost a nights sleep because of the ...
In Which We Prepare to Leave
Well, Nick and I are getting ready for our trip to England next month. I don't know about him, but I've started packing already. I've been taking each of my five nieces and nephews on a big trip, usually around their 12th birthdays. Twelve is a good ...
Agent Orange Reporting for Duty
... this, right up until we left Laos and returned to the "civilization" of Thailand, not thinking much of it after that. Back in Toronto, two months after our travels in Laos we went to a movie called "The Corporation". It was a bit of an over-the-top ...
Week Forty Eight - Lake Temagami
... extraordinary happens apart from the extraordinariness of the whole place. Day 321 - Monday 26 July Marylyn heads back to Toronto this morning. William drives her over to the marina with the terriers while I sleep in. After breakfast we decide ...

