Tomorrow we'll leave Toronto for a while to explore the rest of eastern Canada. First stops Ottawa and Montreal by Greyhound, further plans to be made... :) In anticipation of the grand tour, we rented a cool PT Cruiser (sweet cream color, too!) last week and drove to the Niagara Falls. We were lucky to get a beautiful weather, blue skies and a good 20 degrees.
The Niagara area as such was even tackier than I'd expected, I must say. Huge hotels overlooking the falls, a casino, and an entire little city built to attract tourists. It was rather surreal, really. The falls as such were beautiful, of course, and I'm happy I finally got to see them. Also enjoyed going down behind the falls. Still kind of thinking about driving to the US side of the border too...
The best thing about the trip was probably just driving around the countryside, seeing all the amazing houses around Niagara-on-the-Lake (will return when I'm 70...), and dropping by a few vineyeards. We had a local "tour guide," which definitely made the trip more fun.
Otherwise, we've just been enjoying our freedom - sleeping late, going for coffee, coming to M's place to do our nails and things like that. This week I've also met several of her friends (and new ones, too) for a little dinner party (the BBQ without a grill...) and Saturday-night sangria.
To sum up the first two weeks in Toronto, it's been great! It's been good to be able to just go about without any stress and hurry, which is so typical of your average city holidays. The next two weeks are sure to be more hectic!
On the other hand, this all feels unreal somehow. It doesn't quite seem that I have a "normal" life at all. Maybe it's because I don't have a job waiting for me back home, and because I won't be returning to the apartment I left. In any case, it feels a bit weird every now and then. Not necessarily in a bad way, even. Just like "is this really happening to me." Continuation of my thoughts throughout the spring, really.
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