THE Trip and Toronto

THE Trip was uneventful in all ways - the best kind :o)  Mommy was pretty uncomfortable most of the way, but the girls traveled extremely well. Even Grace, who was pretty miserable at times with a cold.

Arriving in Toronto, Mommy wanted nothing more than to lie down instead of sitting and standing, and the rest were more than ready for proper sleep in beds also.

Grace managed to stay awake on the drive from the airport,
but Jasmin didn't.

If fact, we all slept the day away, setting us off on a wrong foot for beating jetlag quickly, but there was no way we could stay awake for the whole day.









But after that, we had a busy few days enjoying family and green Canada. Grace had lots of chances to practice her new-found skill of eating with chopsticks, Jasmin enjoyed foods that we usually don't eat, Mommy enjoyed not having to do much of anything, and Daddy spent a busy few days catching up with people and with as much sleep as possible.

One afternoon we went to a nearby park to feed the ducks.  Only we didn't find many ducks, but this Canada goose family kept us entertained.  Especially the dad, who kept chasing off another 2 geese and any other bird that dared to come close.  So this family got a lot of bread :o)  We managed to get pretty close, despite the vigilant dad, though we did get hissed at.

Perspective changes things a lot. I never thought I would consider Toronto as a beautiful, green, quiet, spacious place, but coming right out of Bangkok does make it look that way to us!

One evening TaPo treated us to a Japanese meal that is cooked in front of you.  The chefs do some interesting tricks, including this onion volcano.  Jasmin wasn't to pleased to have fire flaring that close, but we all did enjoy the show and the food.







We took the bus up to Ottawa instead of driving a rental car.  A very good move as we could sleep, use wifi, and move around as we wanted.  It was so good to know that we are done with packing and moving on in a few days!