I am still alive.

[azekeil]

I'm not even angry!

In Toronto. Jetlag bad. People good. Interviews going well. Issues getting sorted. Great success.

This is my first trip anywhere west of the Atlantic. The first thing to wow me was the Express Travellator at Toronto Airport. I managed to get my camera out and take a short movie. Behold me giggle like a little girl with glee at the marvel of it all!

I've had dreams about people transportation around express travellators something like this one, so it's quite awesome to see someone's actually built one in reality :)

The other thing that got me was that nearly all vehicles have 'hoods' - you know, kennel dog shaped bonnets - even if it's a bus or a van or what have you. Oh, and big vehicles you'd expect to be diesel powered are petrol powered, and all cars have at least 6 cylinders, usually 8 from what I can make out. And everyone drives with one hand on the top of the wheel gangsta stylee.

Here is a picture of a prime steak I sniffed out on my first night here:



A view from my hotel room:



A view from the square. Quite a 'styled' building; there are cafes, libraries and jazz clubs around this area. Awesome!



I've not been out to explore much yet so I'm going out for food with John shortly and hopefully I'll get some ideas of things to visit before I go back home!

Comments

[blaadyblah.livejournal.com]

Damn that steak looks GREAT!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

It was great. Om nom nom. But I'm sure I've put on even more weight since being here, d'oh!

[blaadyblah.livejournal.com]

You say that like it's a bad thing, but you're even more cuddly?

[lee-chaos.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you need company - I know some AWESOME people in TO that I could put you in touch with!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Thanks, already got my hands full! Maybe next time?

[dunkdunkdunk.livejournal.com]

Hi Lee + Alex - great timing with this post and comment ;-)

My sister is in Toronto this week and has been let down by the person she's staying with - as a result she'd LOVE some company because otherwise she has a week of boring.

So Alex if you fancy a few drinks with a stranger one evening, or could introduce my sis to anyone out there... and Lee if you did have any friends who could put an early 30s female brit under their wing for an evening or afternoon or something for company/sightseeing/drinking then that really would be awesome.

Email me via my lj user name on the domain themillards.net

Awesome.

Dunk

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Doh! I was there last week, I'm back in UK now. Sorry!

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

It looks amazing, remember to have fun, tell me all about it when you get back. :D

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Will do, although I've hardly done any tourist-y things due to socialising..

[granny-amber.livejournal.com]

I am jealous of everything apart from the bits where you have to do work :-D

[ev1ldonut.livejournal.com]

This. ;)

That steak reminds me of something.....

[granny-amber.livejournal.com]

VINCENT
I'll have the Douglas Sirk steak.

BUDDY
How d'ya want it, burnt to a crisp,
or bloody as hell?

VINCENT
Bloody as hell. And to drink, a
vanilla coke.

Re: That steak reminds me of something.....

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

It was all a bit like that, yes :)

[sessifet25.livejournal.com]

Oh my. The steak looks goooood. Hope you enjoy yourself and get a chance to be toursit-y while over there. :)

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Been enjoying myself socially, not really had a chance to be tourist-y!

[sayuri-eve.livejournal.com]

Wow looks amazing! Steak covered in gore!– It’s enough to make a veggie cry (yet I’m still strangely impressed and fascinated by it).

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Like a car crash?

[sayuri-eve.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a kinda sexy one..erm

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Admit it. you just want to grab it and rub it all over you and revel in it's meaty juices!

[sayuri-eve.livejournal.com]

I like bloody, gory things from a distance, they’re quite pretty in their own way, and love me horror movies too, digesting is entirely different territory! I think it’s still the part of me that likes gungey, squishy things, I suppose I never grew out of it um

No I mean , yeah, I want writhe around in it, all sexy like!

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Suddenly my vague notion of emigrating to Canada seems more worth considering :)

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

If you haven't visited you should definitely do it. I got a return flight for £384 including tax etc, so it's not as bad as it could be.

[nairoz.livejournal.com]

As good as the city looks, dude, I just don't think it can compare to the steak... let me know how your exploration goes!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Heh. The steak was good :)

[miss_squiddy]

Awesome army surplus shop there that you won't want to miss - ask lee for the name!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Alas, I have no luggage space! :(

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

You could leave your old knackered boots behind, and maybe those stained green combats... just a thought. ;)

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

I am wearing my new boots and un-stained combats :p

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

You can fit another pair of combats in your case if you sit on it when you zip it up. :p

[trodders.livejournal.com]

Best country in the world :) Hope you're well mate.

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

Knackered, but otherwise good, thanks.

I'm quite liking it, yes :)

[ex-nina.livejournal.com]

that steak looks amazingly cooked - ie, barely at all.

nom nom nom...

Also love that I can here you giggling on the vid there!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

I did say I giggled like a little girl. It was awesome!!!11

[serena-lesley.livejournal.com]

I did say I giggled like a little girl.

You really do. ;) <3