EUROTRIP

illustration by Tania Kaufmann

08-03-10

The Trial Run: Canada part 2

After we all woke up and had our breakfast, everyone did their own thing for the morning. Andrew needed to finish up his final paper, Heather and I watched Fame. In the afternoon, we took the boat out to downtown Bobcaygeon.

Captain Jim

Heather & Me

Being that it was summer, the town was packed with tourists. We stopped into a local pub, had some grub, a beer and some window shopping.

We packed up and made our way back to Toronto with Heather, Andrew’s sister to hang out with Scott, Andrew’s brother and spend the night. We walked around downtown Toronto after feasting on the sushi platter Scott had bought for us to share.

Downtown Toronto : CN Tower & Sky Dome

I started one of the books I’ve downloaded on my iPad called “Water for Elephants,” I’m four chapters in and already really into it. It’s about an old man in his 90′s reminiscing about his life in the circus in his 20′s in the 1930′s. It’s funny and witty so far. At the end of each chapter there are archived photos circus’ during that time. And I just found out they are currently making a movie out if it, starring Robert Pattinson & Reese Witherspoon.

We leave tomorrow so it’s going to be a really long travel day. I’m not quite as nervous as before and I’m getting use to going place to place in the pack now. The hardest part is making sure Andrew doesn’t put something down in a random place and forgets about it, aka his credit cards, passport. I don’t have to worry about his green card as that is firmly taped in his pouch! Which reminds me of, “I stapled the itinerary in your jacket.”