Monday, June 27, 2011

Toronto, days 1 -2

After arriving late on Friday evening, we have spent 2 full days doing both necessary and not-exactly-obligatory things. Getting a prepaid local SIM to Annu's iphone was easier than expected, likewise getting Reko out of the Silver Snail with only two vintage comics editions. But spending a day in Toronto Island was almost a challenge, thanks to masses of mainly Chinese people come to celebrate the annual Dragon Boat Race weekend (yesterday was very Indian because of the Indian film industry award ceremonies). We did eventually make it to the island and enjoyed the day, dragon boats, 4-seater bikes and all.

As decent tourists, we have avoided public transport and have used our legs instead. Any Torotonian would say it's madness walking from Queen's Quay to Yorkville twice in the same day, but we never laid any claims to sanity, did we?

We'll close by noticing that Annu has now tested and approved TO`s streets and Queen's Park as suitable to running. The lady just won't stand still, not even on vacation... :)

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