Yesterday, on the 29. July, I.. didn't do a lot really. I spent 5 hours walking around in town by myself. It was very easy to move around thanks to the map I had. I went up to Eglinton Avenue, looked around. Yeah, I like to walk, explore places for myself, where ever I am.
I'm pretty used to the time difference now. A few days ago I got sleepy already at 22 or 23:00 and woke up at nine or ten in the morning. Could have lasted longer.
Today I'm heading off to New York with my cousin Maarika. The bus will leave sometime after 9 in the evening, I think. We will arrive in the morning. Sounds fun. Gonna spend a few days there. I'm looking forward to the trip. I've been to the USA once, but that was back in 1995. I was a one year old, so I don't really remember a lot. I went to Florida.
Okay, I probably won't post anything during my trip, which is 4 days long, or something like that.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Visiting the Zoo and the ROM.
On the day after returning to Toronto, the 27. July, I went to the Toronto Zoo with Tiina. It was huge, I'd say. Took a lot of time to see all these different animals and other organisms, I think we were there for 6 hours. Both I and Tiina thought that the monkeys were the most interesting animals there. They were all so nice and funny. I also liked the polar bears, one of them only swam in circles, often on it's back. I really liked the way the zoo was organized, having Eurasian creatures in one area and African animals in another.
On the 28. August I went to a Chinese restaurant in downtown with Tiina and a family friend Andres Mullerbeck. Later I went to the Royal Ontario Museum (often shortened to ROM) with Andres. It is free from 15:00 to 18:00 on Wednesdays, so there were a lot of people visiting. There were several interesting exhibits, my favorites being the country specific ones, maybe. I liked the Egyptian one, the whole design of the exhibit was Ancient Egyptian, so it felt kind of comfortable. Later we walked around in downtown for a while, I bought an ice cappuccino from Tim Horton's, it was supposed to be really good, and it was. On the way back it started raining, and by the time we arrived home, we were very wet. And because there was nobody home and I didn't have any keys, Andres took me to his place. There I basically ate dinner and played PS3 (LittleBigPlanet, to be more exact, it's a fun game) until it was night.
Again, I don't currently have any photos to add, I'll do that some other time.
The first raccoon I saw in Canada (in the zoo)
On the 28. August I went to a Chinese restaurant in downtown with Tiina and a family friend Andres Mullerbeck. Later I went to the Royal Ontario Museum (often shortened to ROM) with Andres. It is free from 15:00 to 18:00 on Wednesdays, so there were a lot of people visiting. There were several interesting exhibits, my favorites being the country specific ones, maybe. I liked the Egyptian one, the whole design of the exhibit was Ancient Egyptian, so it felt kind of comfortable. Later we walked around in downtown for a while, I bought an ice cappuccino from Tim Horton's, it was supposed to be really good, and it was. On the way back it started raining, and by the time we arrived home, we were very wet. And because there was nobody home and I didn't have any keys, Andres took me to his place. There I basically ate dinner and played PS3 (LittleBigPlanet, to be more exact, it's a fun game) until it was night.
Again, I don't currently have any photos to add, I'll do that some other time.
The first raccoon I saw in Canada (in the zoo)
Toronto & Parry Sound
Hello,
In this post I'm going to mention what I did until a few days after my arrival. On the day after I came to Canada (23. July), I basically walked around in downtown Toronto with my cousin Tiina. I went to Chinatown, which was really interesting. I bought some bubble tea there, I don't see any obvious reason why it's called tea, sure doesn't taste like it. It's some kind of cold drink with pieces of jelly sitting in it. I ate lunch at the Eaton centre, at KFC, because I missed that place. I didn't do much in town, just walked around, I also saw a lot of squirrels in parks. Later on I went to the Beaches Jazz Festival with my other cousin Maarika and my aunt Viive. There were different bands playing on the streets, some of them were quite good.
On the next day I went to Parry Sound (with Tiina and Robert), a district north of Toronto, it was about a two and a half hour drive there. I stayed in a cottage belonging to Robert's mother and brother. It was next to a lake, and I guess it was that lake which was the star of my stay there. I got to ride on a motorboat, and drive both a canoe and a Sea-Doo. I tried water skiing for the first time in my life. Apparently I did well for a first time. It was kind of fun, but I kept swallowing water every time I fell. Another fun activity was water tubing. It's similar to water skiing, but instead of skis you have an inflatable tube. You have to just hold on tight. I did that a lot, it was really exciting. At times it felt like I was being dragged by a car on a highway, because at a certain speed the water seemed nearly solid.
On the second day in Parry Sound I visited a little town of the same name. I think I got a good overview of the place (only 6000 people live there), it was a quiet and humble town.
Anyway, I left Parry Sound and came back to Toronto on the evening of the 26. July.
Robert and me canoeing.
The lake (fake ducks, by the way)
Me and Tiina by the coast of the Georgian Bay
It was very rocky there
I got to drive this thing (the Sea-Doo)
On a motorboat
In this post I'm going to mention what I did until a few days after my arrival. On the day after I came to Canada (23. July), I basically walked around in downtown Toronto with my cousin Tiina. I went to Chinatown, which was really interesting. I bought some bubble tea there, I don't see any obvious reason why it's called tea, sure doesn't taste like it. It's some kind of cold drink with pieces of jelly sitting in it. I ate lunch at the Eaton centre, at KFC, because I missed that place. I didn't do much in town, just walked around, I also saw a lot of squirrels in parks. Later on I went to the Beaches Jazz Festival with my other cousin Maarika and my aunt Viive. There were different bands playing on the streets, some of them were quite good.
On the next day I went to Parry Sound (with Tiina and Robert), a district north of Toronto, it was about a two and a half hour drive there. I stayed in a cottage belonging to Robert's mother and brother. It was next to a lake, and I guess it was that lake which was the star of my stay there. I got to ride on a motorboat, and drive both a canoe and a Sea-Doo. I tried water skiing for the first time in my life. Apparently I did well for a first time. It was kind of fun, but I kept swallowing water every time I fell. Another fun activity was water tubing. It's similar to water skiing, but instead of skis you have an inflatable tube. You have to just hold on tight. I did that a lot, it was really exciting. At times it felt like I was being dragged by a car on a highway, because at a certain speed the water seemed nearly solid.
On the second day in Parry Sound I visited a little town of the same name. I think I got a good overview of the place (only 6000 people live there), it was a quiet and humble town.
Anyway, I left Parry Sound and came back to Toronto on the evening of the 26. July.
Robert and me canoeing.
The lake (fake ducks, by the way)
Me and Tiina by the coast of the Georgian Bay
It was very rocky there
I got to drive this thing (the Sea-Doo)
On a motorboat
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Canada
Hi,
I'm in Canada (Toronto) right now and I'm very, very happy about it. Even though I'm a Canadian citizen, I haven't been here since 2003. That's a very long time for me, I was 9 when I last came here. Anyway, I've been dreaming about this constantly for a year now. I arrived in Canada on the 22. July, and I'm leaving on the 18. August.
I flew through Helsinki and New York to get here, the flights were very comfortable, especially the one going over the Atlantic ocean. There was a lot to do on the plane, like watch movies or TV shows, play games and listen to music, I'm not really used to that. I got to spend the last 30 minutes of the flight in Business Class (because I was in transit, the crew wanted me to be able to get off the plane faster than the others). It was pretty strange, but very comfortable there.
After arriving, I couldn't stop smiling for hours (even though my smile tends to be kind of faint). My aunt Viive and her husband Robert showed me some of the areas of Toronto. I had some interesting vegetarian (Greek salad) pizza in a place called Scallywags, I think.
I will inform you, whoever you are, of the rest of the things I've done, soon. I don't currently have any photos to add, but I will send some eventually, probably.....
I'm in Canada (Toronto) right now and I'm very, very happy about it. Even though I'm a Canadian citizen, I haven't been here since 2003. That's a very long time for me, I was 9 when I last came here. Anyway, I've been dreaming about this constantly for a year now. I arrived in Canada on the 22. July, and I'm leaving on the 18. August.
I flew through Helsinki and New York to get here, the flights were very comfortable, especially the one going over the Atlantic ocean. There was a lot to do on the plane, like watch movies or TV shows, play games and listen to music, I'm not really used to that. I got to spend the last 30 minutes of the flight in Business Class (because I was in transit, the crew wanted me to be able to get off the plane faster than the others). It was pretty strange, but very comfortable there.
After arriving, I couldn't stop smiling for hours (even though my smile tends to be kind of faint). My aunt Viive and her husband Robert showed me some of the areas of Toronto. I had some interesting vegetarian (Greek salad) pizza in a place called Scallywags, I think.
I will inform you, whoever you are, of the rest of the things I've done, soon. I don't currently have any photos to add, but I will send some eventually, probably.....
Hello
Hello.
This is my blog, which focuses on my trips to different countries. I live in Estonia, and the idea is that I'll more or less inform you when I leave the borders. I was obviously and strongly influenced by my cousins Maarika and Tiina, who have created similar blogs in the past. They thought it would be a good idea if I'd do one also.
I don't know if I'm a good writer, but that's not the key aspect to this blog anyway.
Anyway, I'm starting now.
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