Ontario, Canada
Anna’s entry:What a refreshing journey! We began noticing the difference between the Canadians and Americans the closer we got to the border. We took the Greyhound all the way, and after crossing the border, changed to a local Canadian bus line. Canadians riding long distance buses were polite, well dressed, and were actually reading books on the bus. If you have ever used the Greyhound, you would probably agree that a typical image of an American on a bus would be quite opposite (with a rare exception) – loud, obnoxious, ignorant, I am sure you have an image in mind of who I am describing…
Our visit to Canada was quite a treat! In addition to visiting a great city of Toronto, we had a pleasure of staying with a local family, who also coincidently happened to be of Russian origin (I am originally from Russia as well). The family were very kind to us, complete strangers, and treated us as their own family, we were very touched by their generosity and hospitality, and that in itself has given me hope that there still exists a mere kindness and good heartedness, and maybe we still have a hope as species….
We have really enjoyed our time in Toronto, and I think Rob has made an excellent comparison of the city – it is like New York, but only clean, polite, and helpful. We visited tons of ethnic neighborhoods – Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Indian, Chinese. There are about 100 languages spoken in Toronto, and the city population includes 60% of immigrants. It is a very vibrant, diverse, interesting community, and even though it was still winter there, it was definitely worth a visit!
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Winter in a beautiful Toronto
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Waterfront park, and a cold sunny day
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Very creative architecture, this is a College of Design building
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Creative and different!
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Biking is popular in all seasons, even in winter
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Walking dogs in the "Cabbagetown" neighborhood
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Favourite sport of Canada
posted by Rob and Anna @ 11:40 AM
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