Travel Blogs from Toronto, Canada
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
By the time we touched down in Toronto we had only 15 hours before our flight out the next morning. In that time we had to get downtown, eat, unpack, pack, sleep, eat and get back to the ...
Whirlwind Toronto Attractions & Niagara Falls
... , the process was very smooth and before I knew I was whisked onto a shuttle bus heading for my new Hostel in Downtown Toronto. After spending two weeks in frantic New York city, it was remarkably refreshing to find the people of Toronto ...
From Babies to Bachelors
These few weeks at home in Ontario are going to be a very exciting time for us. We have the opportunity to visit family and friends that we have not seen in years! Must visit as many as possible, because after we 'jump the drink' we're not ...
Three Weeks To Go...
... Argentina with a stop at Iguazu Falls before drifting as far south as the calendar will allow. Another brief stop in Toronto in October leads us east to the other side of the world again (flying the opposite way this time), touching down in ...
Here we are!
...Person Terminal 3. After almost a year of planning and many more of dreaming, we are here. Brian keeps calling this a trip of a lifetime, but I'm determined to say it is 'the first trip of our lifetime' instead. Unwilling to resign ...
Hectic Home Visit
After a short rest in our own bed we woke with our next leg on our minds. We bicycled uptown to the office that India had outsourced its visa services to and signed in among a sea of other applicants. The friendly Caucasian security guard told us ...
Tentative Itinerary with Ten Days To Go...
... on the agenda. We'll also make a quick stop in Toronto before heading out for the third leg. October - December From Toronto we fly east this time, to India, another big country with lots to see, smell, hear, taste and do. The ...
Sylvia's Reflections
... hard to come back. It’s true. As we were waiting for the plane to leave Mumbai airport and take us to Toronto after nearly one year away, I remember feeling that I wasn’t ready to come home just yet. We started our journey ...
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 ...
Planning...
The planning has begun. We have applied for leaves of absence from work for all of 2012 and started to generate a list of places to visit / how long we'd like to spend there. ...
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 ...
Here We Go Again...
... all hope of leaving as the flight had been officially cancelled. Everyone groaned and began preparing for another night in Toronto. Despite some initial inequity in their offers to out of town versus local clients, Air Canada did provide us with ...
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 ...
False Start?
... flight plan (although at $1200 in taxes and airport fees, I'm not sure 'free' is an accurate descriptor- is Toronto's airport the most expensive in the world?). Back to the situation in Shanghai. Apparently Captains in the employ of Air Canada are ...
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 ...
Becoming a Brit
Today was a big day for Brian. Obtaining his British Citizenship was a rather large step. After many months of prolonged procrastination, I bullied him enough into sending in the application. Unfortunately, researching after wards, we ...
Is Toronto Home??
... a chilled vibe Taipei (Taiwan)- often overlooked, this proud city was full of the old, the new, and the somewhat bizarre Vancouver (Canada)- when the sun is shining, it has to be the most beautiful city in the world; lots to see, do, and experience ...
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: ...
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 ...
