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Toronto Day 0 and Day 1
Nov. 30th, 2007 09:11 amThe trip to Toronto has begun nicely, I must say.
Wednesday we hit the open road around 11:30 and arrived about six and a half hours later. The drive took somewhat longer than usual due to a bunch of bathroom breaks, but we weren't in any hurry. Driving was fine until the last 50 km or so, when we hit Toronto just in time for evening rush hour... in the darkness of a Canadian early nightfall. Ah well. We arrived safe and sound, just in time for a wonderful dinner brisket cooked by my aunt. Very, very tasty.
Thursday involved a lazy morning followed by a walk through some pseudo-forest. Toronto actually has a huge ravine system stretching through most of the city down through downtown to Lake Ontario. One of these ravines passes right beside my aunt's house. Though I successfully managed to get us completely lost at least once, Marc's amazing orientation skills allowed us to reach our destination, a cemetary, through which we walked to the subway, and thence to downtown.
We met up with some of my university friends as well as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
absurd at the Duke of York pub. We (or at least, I... can't speak for anyone else) had a great time catching up, chatting, and eating some very tasty food. I swear, I couldn't resist the brownie. I tried, but 'twas not to be.
When my university friends left, Mike, Marc, and I started talking about gaming. Well, one thing led to another, and we found ourselves in a rousing game of Baron Munchausen. People in Montreal, we MUST play this game. Seriously. The tales told (or hinted at) included:
( The tales involved wonders beyond mention... you don't want to miss this. )
Wednesday we hit the open road around 11:30 and arrived about six and a half hours later. The drive took somewhat longer than usual due to a bunch of bathroom breaks, but we weren't in any hurry. Driving was fine until the last 50 km or so, when we hit Toronto just in time for evening rush hour... in the darkness of a Canadian early nightfall. Ah well. We arrived safe and sound, just in time for a wonderful dinner brisket cooked by my aunt. Very, very tasty.
Thursday involved a lazy morning followed by a walk through some pseudo-forest. Toronto actually has a huge ravine system stretching through most of the city down through downtown to Lake Ontario. One of these ravines passes right beside my aunt's house. Though I successfully managed to get us completely lost at least once, Marc's amazing orientation skills allowed us to reach our destination, a cemetary, through which we walked to the subway, and thence to downtown.
We met up with some of my university friends as well as
absurd at the Duke of York pub. We (or at least, I... can't speak for anyone else) had a great time catching up, chatting, and eating some very tasty food. I swear, I couldn't resist the brownie. I tried, but 'twas not to be.When my university friends left, Mike, Marc, and I started talking about gaming. Well, one thing led to another, and we found ourselves in a rousing game of Baron Munchausen. People in Montreal, we MUST play this game. Seriously. The tales told (or hinted at) included:
( The tales involved wonders beyond mention... you don't want to miss this. )
