I am
fortunate enough to have lots of family in Ontario and so my first stop off is with my Grandma in Toronto. At home in West Yorkshire the weather was hinting at getting warmer when I left
so at first I was a little disheartened to be arriving into a cool -2°C with
lows of -8°C and with snow showers forecast for at least the
next week.
One week on and it's 6°C and fairly sunny here in Toronto, at home in England my
family are snowed in with over 1 meter high snowdrifts on the only road to
civilisation and are having to use a sledge to get bales of hay down the fields to our two
highland cows.
Catching up
with the family in Toronto has been great - I met my new 3 week old cousin Oliver for the first time.
And I got to hang out with Buzz Lightyear! ...
My Grandma also took me to the Distillery District.
Once a Victorian distillery, the prominent red brick buildings could have you
fooled into thinking you had somehow been teleported back to England. The
feeling is however short lived as your eye is quickly drawn to the
towering apartment buildings in the background. The
distillery buildings are now host to a range of art galleries, coffee
shops and the type of shops that sell overly priced cards and ornamental soaps.
After purchasing some of these cards, Gram and I picked up some exceedingly good
Eccles cakes then headed to Balzac's coffee shop to warm up.
As I stood in the bathroom brushing my teeth one morning I stared out of the window only to find I was being stared back at! It turns out my Gram's windowsill is a great spot for squirrel sunbathing.
Next stop Belleville to see more family and to finish getting organised for my new job!!
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