So, it's about time that we actually updated our blog. Sorry it has been such a long time, we've been so busy!
Well once we arrived back in Toronto from our Via rail journey, we spent March and most of April staying with Trevor & Priscilla (David's Aunt & Uncle). We really enjoyed our time with them and we're very grateful for their help & support whilst we looked for jobs. It was a great time to get to know everyone and savour Priscilla's awesome cooking! Phoebus the cat was always a friendly buddy whilst filling out online applications. He does require a lot of attention though! After a chance speculative letter Kate got a part-time job in April teaching German at Hansa Language Centre.
Here are the highlights of March & April.
We spent a weekend staying with Molly & Patrick and they showed us round the city. One day Molly took us on a guided tour of the Harbourfront, China Town and Kensington Market.
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| Toronto Harbour Front During our stay they also took us to a really cool Sushi restaurant on Queen Street West, where Kate tasted proper Sushi for the first time! |
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| Sushi Queen with Patrick & Molly After our stay down-town with Molly & Patrick, Priscilla kindly let us borrow her car for a couple of day trips. The first trip we took was up north to an area called Severn Sound. We took our Rough Guide to Canada and pottered from place to place enjoying the fresh air and beautiful scenery. This area is part of what is called 'Cottege country', it's where the city folk escape to the country to enjoy the wildlife and the peaceful lakes. We did a round trip of the area and enjoyed spring poking through the ice. |
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| Severn Sound |
Molly had recently graduated Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Film Studies (Well done Molly!). She kindly invited us both along to see the student screenings of the year's projects at the TIFF Lightbox down-town. We all got dressed up and enjoyed the varied projects that the students had worked so hard to create. Of course Molly's were the best :-)
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| Molly's Film Screenings @ TIFF Lightbox |
They even let us in to the after party - after asking David for ID! David was quite flattered but insisted that it was quite hard to be so bald and so youthful.
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| The After Party Later that month on a wet and windy day we headed down to the Steam Whistle Brewery for copious beer tasting and jolly company. Walking away with a free glass and bottle opener we merrily wandered back to the streetcar embracing Toronto's many rain showers. |
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| Brewery Tour |
On a slightly better day, we took a wander down Queen Street West following a self guided walking tour in our Toronto guide book. This end of Toronto is full of trendy folk far younger than us and often better looking too; but the shops were great and the atmosphere too. We have character anyway...
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| City TV building on Queen Street West |
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| Exploring Queen Street West |
Another of our day trips included a visit to the Cheltenham Badlands and the local cidery. This area looks like something from an episode of Star Trek or some strange land slide. It was a curious place, but very geologically important. I think God thought he'd have a change and make the area some mad red colour with blue stripes. Works for us.
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| Cheltenham Badlands |
More to follow very soon....
Me!!!! :)
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