Currently having a quiet day at Cindy’s place in Toronto, but about to head out to check out Danforth St. It’s a lot colder here than in Vancouver and with snow on the ground it’s a fair bit more effort to do anything outside. Still, I’ve seen plenty of people out jogging and cycling so it can’t be all that bad once you’re used to it!
Went to Niagra yesterday which was very pretty with all the ice and snow. I really liked Niagra on the Lake – beautiful little town with snow everywhere. Got some excellent fudge there, maple and walnut mmmmm…
The falls were spectacular which ice and snow everywhere. We were able to get down close to the falls, but the outside areas were mostly iced up. The portals behind the falls were almost completely iced. Have to get back there some time in summer I suppose.
Went ice skating Tuesday. I was a bit sore afterwards, which isn’t good. Silly knee. It was snowing at the time, so while it was great fun it was also pretty wet. I’ve mostly forgotten all the things I used to be able to do on rollerblades, I can still go forwards pretty quickly but turning round to go backwards and stopping quickly seem to have been lost. Still, I didn’t fall over.
I ended up watching the world juniors gold medal match in a pub a couple of blocks south of cindy’s place. The skating speed and precision of those guys seemed amazing after my slightly less amazing efforts on the rink earlier in the afternoon. Got talking to a local guy at the bar which was good fun – seems to be a very friendly relaxed culture here. Sad to see Canada lose in golden goal overtime but still a fantastic game to watch. I think I could get used to watching hockey even though it is so so fast. Big difference to what I’d usually be watching this time of year
Planning on looking round the yo yo ma gardens tomorrow, then dinner up the CN tower with family. Washington DC on Saturday.

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