Radisson Hotel Toronto-Markham

... could suck when you are hardly able to drag yourself from bed each and every day… How soul destroying the constant pain could be and how emotionally debilitating the whole gloomy picture looked!!

So keeping most of the specialists spinning their wheels I was left month after month to slowly fade (2 years and 10 months to date!!)… In a not too quiet a manner I might add!! … I really understand now why Patrick Swayze was still ...

... more into it than me, and it's a great way to spend time with my grandmothers. Who wouldn't want a 'gweilo' grandson-in-law to give you money at a game you so enjoy winning?

And then before we know it, it's dinnertime! So back we go to the same restaurant for dinner.

What a day!

Finally, I get to see the world! My first excursion would be to Toronto for Canadian Music Week. I ate some great food, at Saving Grace in Little Portugal, then I went to a rare and used book store, where I perused the literature, and finally bought a funny comic book for my hosts, Rosemary and Dan. Then, we explored Kensington Market, and we went to see a folk duo at ...

I woke at 8.30am after a bad nights sleep. Its great been in the centre as most things are in walking distance of the hostel but we are near all the nightlife and with it been saturday night everyone was out till the early hours!! I had breakfast then we headed out. Ben bought a model of the CN tower then we went to Union station and got the subway north to Casa Loma (house on the hill). We were each given an audio guide and spent a few hours going around the ...

... of you were on my list last year, and no one complained about my verbose and meandering travel reflections, so I'll be sending them again - and as always, if you don't want to read them, you can just press delete. It's probably a good idea to remind you that my travelpod screen name is "fearcuairt", which is Gaelic for "Sojourner", so when you get a message from Travel Pod, it will say "Fearcuairt has added a travel blog from..." rather than "Karen has..."   So, as you are ...

... the organisers, agency, technicians and even drivers - were impeccably professional and totally friendly, as were all Canadians everywhere we went. There was a very smooth, consistent and well oiled manner in place that made for a really straightforward working environment. Staying in the same hotel as the event we performed at definitely helped. A lot of Toronto seems to also go underground and I figure the cold winters there may be part of the ...

... for us and not to worry. He asked us where we were from and then he went nuts! He said he loved South African fruit and only drank Ceres fruit juice. "In fact", he said "look here" and he started taking fruit out if his bag. Now, this in itself is not a biggie, but this nutter was digging into his bag while driving at 60 miles per hour on snowy sludgy streets and he ran a few red lights (as well as stopping at a few green lights, to which cars behind us objected ...

US Customs was interesting. I figured an Asian girl like myself would get through swiftly and no problem, especially when I happened to have an Asian officer at the booth looking at my passport. Oh yes, that Asian officer, Mister Yoon. Y: Where are you going today? H: New York. Y: Why are you going to New York? H: It's just a stop over for a few hours. Y: What is your final destination? H: India. Y: *Puzzled Look* India? Why are you going there? H: To volunteer. Y: What exactly will ...

... the attention of Choir, Orchestra, and audience and was a highlight for all. Standing ovation followed and some Choir members wondered whether Ms. Gartner could join them for the rest of the tour! What a heartwarming ending to such a wonderful experience. Hearts were touched, lifted, and filled with hope and love as the Choir and Orchestra concluded their performances in the first stop on the 2007 Midwest Tour. And on to Chautauqua, New York . . .

... of The Holy" album (1973): 0 The number of Led Zeppelin albums have released since 1973: 5 The only song I didn't hear from "Houses of the Holy": "The Crunge" The number of different Def Leppard songs played: 3 The number of Def Leppard songs played that were released when the drummer had two arms: 3 The number of albums Def Leppard have released since the drummer lost his arm: 5 The number of Guns 'n' Roses songs played: 8 The number of Guns 'n ...