ah yes, back to toronto....the center of canada :P we've used a lot of traveling options throughout our vacation, and i have to say that i'm quite impressed w/via rail. if i lived on the east coast, i would definitely use that as a viable travel option. the seats are far more comfortable than economy seats on an airplane, and it costs a fraction of an airline ticket. plus, you don't have to go through security! the only downside is that it takes longer....on par with driving by car. the quebec city to toronto route was a bit painful...it was an 8 hour travel day for us :P but at the toronto end, we knew geoff and sunny would be waiting for us! en route, chris thought it would be a good idea to hit a bar and watch the senators vs. ducks game, but instead, sunny (being the hostess w/the mostess!) offered to whip up a quick meal for the 2 of us. isn't she the best?! besides, at this point of our trip, i was pretty tired of restaurant food.
to finish up our trip, chris had to take care of some business, so we went to visit some of his suppliers. i also took the opportunity to hook up w/sophia and lisa from our toronto office. i got to know both of them when they were working in vancouver over the past 2 years :) chris and i also visited w/my relatives again, this time we lunched at oliver & bonacini....i've made reservations there for work events, so i thought it was pretty ironic. we enjoyed another delicious meal with geoff and sunny at go for tea - we were dying for chinese food, and were not disappointed either!
on our last day of vacationing, we headed to pacific mall in search of some great deals. i managed to get the modify-thingamajig for my ds, so now i can download games from the internet, and i got 100 "free" games w/it. very cool. in the evening, sunny and i headed off to brigette's stagette, while the boys went off to the beer market. i went to my very first gay/drag/latin club. it's crazy, but the club is really popular for stagettes and there must've been at least 8 other brides there! i'm not really sure how to describe the evening, except.....fun, weird, hot (as in more a/c is required), in-your-face (literally!), and funny! it was kind of like the thunder from down under, except some of the dancers were dressed in drag. my ears are still ringing from last night. i'll have to find the website....apparently there might be pictures of us online!
and then before we knew it, we were having our final breakfast at casa lowe. just over 3 weeks of vacationing....it was fun while it lasted, but i have to say i am glad to be home. i'm not really sure why.....i'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled out, i have a ton of e-mails to catch up on, and it's a lot colder in vancouver than in toronto!
stay tuned for my next post....i've been saving up my memories for a "highlights", "lowlights", "gripes" and everything in-between! but for now, i'm off to my bed. yah!
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