A few random days in Toronto with the guys from Bunac. We were all a little shocked (and subsiquently pink) by the incredible heat! Had great fun at the Global Packpackers beer garden, shooting some pool with a beer and a BBQ!

I have now spent several days in Toronto. The Weather is now very cold. It has not snowed yet but it is on its way. Toronto is not really a tourist town. It serves the people who live here well. They have every thing they need. The lack of history and and major tourist attractions does not bother them. The city lacks a heart. No body I talked to...

Hey Dudes and Dudettes! I know...its been a while since you've gotten one of these... I've actually been back in Toronto since May 1st...I was trying to think of a clever reason to give to everybody as to why it took so long to send my final blog...but the honest answer is that I've been lazy since I've been back...Well..not really lazy..but a l...

We met Mel for an early breaky at a hotel near the airport. The food buffet was divine, as was the company!

Our bags are packed and ready to go... Our itinerary looks something like this: * May 4th leave Toronto * May 5th land in Tokyo * May 9th head to Hiroshima * May 10th Hiroshima & Miyajima * May 11th Himeji * May 12th Nara, head to Kyoto * May 13th Kyoto for 3 days * May 15th Tokyo * May 16th Kamakura * May 18th Nikko back in to Tokyo

"Don't look back." -Anonymous Somewhere in Canada... I could hardly believe that it was actually happening... and happening so fast! One minute I was selling suits in Ottawa, the next I was unemployed and packing up my apartment, then I was back home in Cornwall, then I was at the Ottawa airport, thinking up this run-on sentence before saying my...

Wednesday night we had a celebration dinner for the Toronto office at Flow Restaurant, a very cool and trendy, upscale place. Thursday night, Kevin (a co-worker) and I went to an Asian restaurant and stopped at a bar on the way back to the hotel to catch a period of the Toronto Maple Leafs game. On Friday, we were able to visit the Hockey Hall o...

I am sitting on the plane, listening to music on my laptop and getting myself up to speed with TP. Sitting next to me is an older Polish woman who speaks very little English and is now sleeping. Next to her, (ofcourse I am in the window seat) is a couple of business men who are watching street breakdancing clips on a laptop. The "young guy" at h...

We live half a block from an enormous park (400 acres, if that means anything to you--it doesn't to me!). So would you believe it took us 3 months to set foot in it? This spring has been quite chilly with occasional warm days. When Arvin was done exams, and a warm day happened to coincide with a weekend, we headed straight for High Park.

Woke and first point of order was cash some traveller's cheques since ATM hunting was pointless. Did the touristy thing and crammed in 'Maid of the Mist', 'Journey behind the Falls' and an IMAX movie before about 3 pm Then it was bus station time, waited around for the 4:20 bus with a kid dying for a red candy ball and a Puerto Rican Tae Kwando ...