On The Road Again ...

The ACM 2011 World Finals was a blast!   1000 people, presentations on Shamu stage at Sea World, Dumbledore at our Harry Potter Dinner .. our blow out private party at Universal .. Marvel Super Hero Island and Wizarding World of Harry Potter.     Yet another one is done.. .onward to Warsaw .. sametime next year :)

bj Short post .. uneventful drive back to Toronto.  Grabbed coffee/bagels at Tim Horton's in Dorint, Grabbed sandwiches/coffee at Tim Horton's in Kingston. Did laundry (lots and lots and lots of it) ....will start to pack for the next trip tomorrow. Had a great road trip! Ate too much, drove lots (well, actually Dad did all the driving except for 1 stretch to Quebec City).   We'll have to do it again sometime :) Hugs !  Mum <3 Mike Nice to get home. Cleared the mailbox from 2 weeks of junk mail. Did laundry and had a couple of hours ironing. Then to bed and up early at 5:30 am to get to work the next day.

bj Had a lovely brunch with Allie and Mark at Burgers & Benedict, served by their favorite waitress who knew exactly what they wanted -- ya think they eat there often? (hehehe).   Then we ventured on the metro and headed north east to a quaint little shopping street (like our Avenue Road/Yonge street row of  shops we've never wandered up!).  Couldn't leave Montreal without buying anything, so I purchased a lovely scarf!  After more walking and a quick lesson on geocaching, we decided to head back to Allie's "hood" to scour the little parkette near the apt to see if we could find the elusive "brown mushroom corky thing with green stripes".  After about 45 minutes of searching this tiny little patch of green (I wonder what people were thinking as they were walking by), behold!.. Mum found it, tied to a tree branch.   It was a film canister camouflaged with duct tape.  We then decided to search another elusive park near the 720.  After...

bj After a quick breakfast courtesy of Tim Horton's we hit the road at 9:00 this morning for an uneventful and overcast drive to Montreal.  We arrived around noon, and wandered over to Station for lunch.  Allie met us there and we walked forever ... along St. Catharines nearly to her old stomping ground and back.  Then we headed south on Atwell to do some shopping at the market which is very similar to our St. Lawrence Market.  We visited a bit at Allie's place, then Dad headed back to the Hotel du Fort for a workout.  I stayed at Allies and we visited for awhile before heading over to meet Dad for Dinner.  Had a wonderful Italian dinner at Guido and Angelina.  More calories to work off next week. Tomorrow we're meeting Allie and Mark for brunch, then will subway to the Plateau to wander through the shops.  Not sure what we'll do after that.. and before .. you guessed it -- dinner! Mike Great to have a short 2 1/2 hr drive to Montreal. Had...

bj Walked for miles and miles and miles today!   Explored old Quebec City including pit stop at Chateau Frontenac, took the elevator down to the riverside, explored some more.  Hmmm.. what did Mum buy today? A sweater coat; a sweater jacket, and a chapeau.  Had lunch at a quaint restaurant down by the river .. SSS .. had yummy onion soup and rib eye burger (which was really rib eye steak/roast pulled, and served on a panini burger.  Seems like all we are doing is eating! Just came back from Dinner at Crepes Breton, yummy crepes (Mum had cheese, spinach, bacon, mushrooms) and the best was the dessert crepe .. butter sugar with ice cream and whip cream. Tomorrow we hit the road again for a short jaunt to Montreal to see Allie... yummy mike Old Quebec city with lots of shops and restaurants at almost every corner. Plus musicians playing at each square, either a guitar, harp and even a guy singing opera or at least trying to. The Funicular was fun but your m...

bj The drive today was long and grueling!  Up and down, around mountains, through fog, and rain, and more fog and more rain, but we made it!   Checked into our B&B about 10 minutes from the old part of QC and found a restaurant that we had dinner at 34 years ago.   I was still full from our pizza road-stop lunch so I just had soup and salad.   Dad had baked salmon in filo pastry .. and finished the dinner off with 1/4 (yes, girls.. one quarter) of a pie.  Not just any pie.  Maple sugar pie.  We had had it the last time we were here, dad has never forgotten it... it was the first thing he looked at/for on the menu!  He ate the whole thing (except I had 3 little bites)... 1/4 of a pie... yup! Tomorrow we will meander down to the old part of QC and check out all the little stores Mike What a rotten day to drive for 9 hrs. Stopped around 3:00 pm for lunch in Edmonston NB at a local Boston Pizza. Wrong decision, to have some cr...

bj Today we headed up to Cavendish, where the author of Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery)  lived.  We toured the Anne of Green Gables House, which has been decorated and restored based on the descriptions Lucy wrote in her books.   It was very small house, and sparsely decorated.   Then we meandered along the coast, not much action, as most tourists have left the island.  Dad was surprised at how many golf courses there are on the island. Then we wandered up to Stanhope, where Dad's clients live.   We golfed at the Stanhope golf course and then had dinner with Ken and Heather at their beautiful home beside the sea.   Dinner was an amazing board salmon, yummy!  Will have to make it one day when the weather is better .. you really use a cedar plank, soaked in water overnite (so it doesn't burn) and then you put sea salt on the board.. and the salmon skin down.   ...