I realize it doesn't seem like a place most people would go for vacay but if you ever get a chance I'd highly recommend it. Give yourself a good four days to take it all in, including the best gyros on this side of the globe at the following locale (trust me you will not be disappointed):
Oh yeah, and people love hockey there apparently.
Wishing you all a lovely and safe weekend. Don't forget to get out there and have some fun. Drink a beer with a homeless. Go to your local shelter and walk a dog (bonus points if you sneak in a plain cheeseburger and feed it to him). Tell your mother you love her. Reward yourself with a beauty school massage (those are cheap and times are rough). But most importantly guys, surprise yourself by seeking a little happiness in unexpected places (and by that I don't mean the fridge or your local liquor store).
Love,
Annah
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Awww seems like you had a wonderful, relaxing time. Those trips are ALWAYS necessary so sad I missed it... next time. Love the pictures by the way :)
Toronto is one of my favorite places to visit!!! I've been there 5 times and it never gets old! Loved all the pics, makes me miss it :-)
I get all happy when people come up to Canada and love it.
I love your blog, by the way. Your drawings are awesome and colourful :)
Annah, I LOVED this. It was like looking through postcards. Gorgeous pictures, too.
But re: you posing with the oversized statues...is that Uncle Pennybags on the left? The Monopoly guy? He has a wife now? He always seemed the perennial bachelor type.
Fun times. Your pictures of Niagara look so pretty. We went when it was cold and it was the most embarrassing event ever. Basically, I don't like when things touch my face or head. And all of that cold mist was like attacking my face. So I refused to go any closer. Seriously. Refused. So we looked at it from a nice distance from a windowed bar. I know. You like me less now, don't you.
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Ahh....beautiful.
Vacation? What the hell is that?
Hugs chicka!!
i went to quebec and montreal when i was in high school, and loved it so much! it's been so long since i've been up there, but we just haven't been able to afford that kind of vacation. hopefully once we move back up north, we can make a long-weekend trip up over the border.
i should probably start brushing up on my french ;)
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i wish i get a chance to be there...
I love that picture of you with the two, round metal men - adorable! What are they?
Canada looks amazing. Wish I had the funds to even travel to Canada! Love the pictures :)
Loved the pictures Annah and one really love to go there one day. You have an awesome weekend too.
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i love going unconventional places for vacations. thanks for sharing!
Ah yes, Cow's the best ice cream around. I would know, i've been eating for years. Glad my little town (Niagara Falls) was good to you! Even tho i refer to Niagara as a huge retirement home, but i digress...
Toronto does have a LOT to do and can be great! It's nice to see where you live through someone else's eyes...makes it look fresher :)
Glad you had a great trip!! Next time, i recommend Montreal - it's even better!! :)
Annah, glad you liked Canada, you must see two more provinces to see us in our full beauty-British Columbia woo woo and PEI!
AHHH I want to go to Canada! :)
I Live in Minnesota, and I've never been. Isn't that sad!
You guys are too funny! Want to come with on my next triP?!
Ahh! Thanks! Now I am hungry for gyros... damn! I guess I have to fly up there for them.
I haven't been to Canada since I went to Vancouver my junior year of high school. I loved it, though. Those pictures are SOOO pretty! I'm glad you got to go and have some fun. :)
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Chris: We did. It was a relaxing time in the loveliest of cities.
Nicki and Molly: The picture of me with the bronze couple is called "Tom Otterness Immigrant Family". Apparently Tom Otterness is an American sculptor. I didn't know that until just now, by the way. lol. So you guys taught me something without even trying :)
Daniela: I loved Cows, especially all their little t-shirts and stuff. And yes I agree a little, there was lots of retirees there. But still it was such a happy looking place, like something out of this planet. Trust me Miami is a little too nuts sometimes (And dirty too).
Queen of Rant: I would love to go back, but first I am lusting after London, Paris and Sydney (those will be the first places I'll go to once famosity reaches me, hehe)
Brittany: Girlie it took me 27 years to go and that's because I fly for free thanks to my best friend who works for Continental Airlines. Don't feel bad.
Gary: I love gyros. Especially the ones with meat or lamb. Hmmmmm
Cloudy & Cold = ♥ ♥ ♥
why the eff do I live in the South where it's 500 degrees?! because I'm an idiot. or maybe it's because food in Texas is so freaking good.
toronto freaked me out because i had to drive through it once. really it was all my ex husbands fault 'cause we were supposed to pull over BEFORE we got to any big cities.
jerk face.
anyway.
then i'm all "OH MY GOD there's a million lanes of traffic we're GONNA DIE!!!!"
but your pictures don't make it look as homicidal as i had always imagined it.
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I live like 90 mins from the CN tower and haven't been since I was a kid - your pics make me want to go again! I <3 Canada!
I don't normally respond to blog posts but I couldn't resist this one (as a Torontonian)
Glad you liked it here - we really could use your post as a travel brochure.
It also looks like you managed to see so many sights that many of us who live here rarely see!
(though you lucked out with the weather - our summers tend to be brutally hot and humid)
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Hey, you've been looking for a job. How about travel writing? You get to go places and eat food for free, and then get paid to write about it.
I think you sold me on going to Canada ay.
I love traveling. Toronto is not at the top of my list but it sure looks good.
Always good to mix it up a bit. Love the Pics
Canada looks like an amazing place. Im thinking Gyros is Canadian for Yiros. Yummy lamb with salad and garlic sauce.
:-)
I like your human side as much as I like your vampire ninja side.
also: are you a millionaire or what? Do you ever stop traveling?
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Looks awesome. I now want to go! Damnit. The big round looking statue people are my favorite.
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aww! those pictures of niagra took me to a place and time when i was just 18 years old, graduated from high school and on vacation with two of my besties. we went to "the falls" when it was super cold and raining like crazy, so we had to wear these horrid, yellow ranincoat thingies the whole time. but the view was sooo worth it! good times!
Dear Annah, I'm on vacation in Italy - first Venice and now Malcesine at Lake Garda. In Venice we were hugging the colonade around Campo San Marco - it was pouring rain and I mean the kind of rain where you get soaked to the skin in minutes, even with an umbrella - window shopping and there I saw a version of the red purse that featured in your blogg awhile back. Unfortunatly I couldn't find the price, but I took a picure. If you give me your e-mail adress I'll send it to you when I get back to Norway.
Love your pictures of Toronto.
dude I so live here. as of a few months ago. I lived here for a few months last year and I went to the cn tower just a few days ago! didnt that glass floor scare the shit out of you? so un-natural to stand on it and not pee yourself. I did jump on it and felt like superwoman afterwards. glad you enjoyed yourself!
What great pictures. I have only been to Sherbrooke Quebec one time so this gives a better idea of how fun Toronto must be. You look like you enjoyed every single minute there and that's the way to travel. Thanks for sharing.
well umm.. I always wonder everytime I read your post about you travel to somewhere.. how come you can afford to go abroad while you're saying you don't have a job?
I become very critical I know and I am sorry, I'm just wondering hehe
anyway, have a nice trip there :D
Asty that's a great question. I think I've mentioned before my best friend is a flight attendant, so I fly for free. But most importantly! When I went to Toronto in June, I still had a job. Which of course, meant I still had money for my favorite thing in the world: travel :)
What a great representation of TO. It is indeed a great city as is Niagara Falls, N-o-t-L and surrounding areas. You should try coming here when the Toronto Film Festival (TiFF) goes on as it's better than Aspen. It's on right now, but next year is just a hop/skip/jump away...as if you love shopping, sight seeing and good times, TIFF time is the best!!!
Do they make you wear those uber chic ponchos at Niagra? Did I just out myself for not having read the whole post?
Oh man, Toronto is AWESOME. I went there three years ago and had a blast. You should check out the zoo next time you go - I spent like almost an entire day there with all of the animals. They have like, tons!
Niagara was also cool, although it felt so touristy to me. We went off-season, so the rooms were cheap, but most of the food was still way overpriced.
Insatiable Host: I was reading your comment yesterday and I was like, "Damn I would love to go to TIFF." Maybe next year. Keep me posted of when it takes place!.
Dugaldo: No you didn't just out yourself and definitely no, the ponchos are tacky as all hell.
Steve: Yes it was touristy but it's just a great experience, especially when you live in Miami and waterfalls here only come from your shower. And hell yes, very overpriced food (and don't even get me started with the drinks).
You should give the other side of Canada a try. I went to Vancouver, and while there discovered that Vancouver is full of
a. Asians and, therefore, chinatowns and asian food
b. beautiful girls in lovely summer dresses and skinny jeans
c. pubs where they give away beer and liquor freely
d. beautiful girls in lovely summer dresses, and skinny jeans, in those pubs where they are giving away beer and liquor freely.
e. giant tree mushrooms
f. currency with a beaver on it instead of a dead president
Vancouver is down right beautiful. Like an even more beautiful san francisco.
Ahh, Toronto.
I had my first french kiss ever in Toronto.
Appropriate, no?
It was on an exchange programme with a total skank who took me to a party with lots of drugs and scary older boys (I was a good Christian at the time, of course.) (What?? Annah, get OFF THE FLOOR!) and I kissed some DJ guy who had just finished a cigarette and kissed like a snake.
I hated Toronto for a long time after that.
Now it's okay though.
- B x
T DOT OOOOOOO! lol! yay you were in my home city eh? yes it is lovely isnt it? as long as you dont get too close to lake ontario (i hear there 3 eyed fish in there just sayin) or take a walk down lansdown and bloor, its a pretty nice place! however i would much much rather the furnace of miami! try comming down in january.... some ppl think snows pretty, those people have obviously never waited for public transit thats half hour delayed due to snow storm warnings... i want to live in miami :(
I really enjoyed Toronto when I was there (about four years ago now. Blimey, doesn't time fly!)
I have a picture somewhere taken from the Canada side of Niagara looking at the other waterfall on the US side. It's the one that you can walk up to. I had to laugh when I saw the "No Smoking" sign right in front of the waterfall. Like you're gonna light up when there's that much moisture in the air!!!!
Simple Dude sent me here... I was reading and had to comment.
I live near TO and did a building assessment on the place behind that big-ass bronze family statue you are sitting at. Small world. Sort of. Even though you don't know me and I don't live there and there is no real correlation.
Shit. I am always bad at making a first impression. lol.
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