Saturday, July 11, 2015

Toronto Bound

This was the morning that we would be heading to Toronto. We got up around 7. After packing up we had another great breakfast and headed out around 10. Thank you so much for the hospitality Terri, John and Dee! We had a great time and look forward to coming back! The drive to Toronto was only about two hours and was free of traffic until the very end. We decided to go to a local park and have lunch before we would check in to our next place. The weather had finally turned sunny and it was the perfect day for a picnic. We pulled into Earl Bales Park and found a great park with plenty of shade and picnic tables. We picked a table and brought all of stuff from the car and spent about two hours lounging about. Lyn and I noticed that there were also lots of Filipinos around as well. In fact we picnicked right next to a statue of Dr. Jose Rizal who is a national hero of the Philippines. After a relaxing lunch it was time to go to our room that we had booked. We were not camping because the campground was full and we actually needed to stay a little bit closer into town. For the first time we will be staying in an Air BnB. Several of our friends have used it and have had great success. The idea is that you rent a person's house, bedroom or maybe just a couch depending on your needs. We rented a bedroom. The cool part is you can see pictures beforehand and reviews about the host. Anyway if you are interested in trying it click on this link, It will allow us both to save $25 on a future rental.  www.airbnb.ca/c/bmiles88?s=8 We arrived at the house ad were greeted by Gita the owner. Here is a link to the house we are staying at if you are curious. https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/6139245  She was very nice and showed us around. We had our own bathroom a beautiful bedroom and access to the kitchen. And to top it off Jasper had a big back yard to run around in. We are planning to use this service again in Montreal. 

We took a quick power nap and then headed back out take a look around and get some laundry done. We found a laundry mat only a couple of miles away. We sat outside waiting for our clothes to finish and Jasper made friends with just about everybody that came by. While we waited we noticed a Korean restaurant about three doors down. It seemed very authentic and we decided to have dinner there. By now it had cooled off and Jasper was fine waiting for us in the car. We had fried dumplings, fried rice and some kind of noodles with beef. It was really good. After dinner we went back to the house caught up on email and called it a night. Tomorrow we will be meeting a friend of Lyn's that she worked with in Singapore! Not sure how this works but Lyn seems to know people everywhere we go. Lucky for me for sure! 


Poached egg breakfast.


Dee, Terri and John and their beautiful show dog!


Our morning view from Terri's house!


Relaxing at the park.


Lunch!


Contemplating the good life.


Living the good life!


Dr. Jose Rizal


Dinner!