First week in Toronto

Life has been hectic since we arrived. After the initial shock of a hell of a lot of snow and very cold temperatures we settled down to wearing either big coats, or later just jackets with less layers underneath, as it started warming up. The highlight of the week was Thursday when the kids took us to see We Will Rock You, the Queen musical. It was mindblowing!! An enormous theatre (over 3000 seats) full of devotees of Queen highly extatic at the music. Both the production and the actors were fantastic, I had probably the best time I ever had due to a Christmas present.

While the weather was good we took some pictures, like the display of shellfish and sushi in the big oriental supermarket, although I got told off for that, so there are no more piccies from there. Prior to that Alex and Meaghan took us to a Chinese restaurant for a dim sum breakfast (well brunch really) where I snapped the two of them.

En route to the theatre on Thursday, while waiting for the streetcar, I managed to get a really good panoramic shot of the centre of Toronto with the CN Tower across the Don Valley. Amazing how all the names (except the native ones) are from Britain. Those of you from Sheffield will be familiar with the River Don, but you can find any British place name in Toronto if you look long enough.Today it started raining, so we are off to the cinema to see the Golden Compass, after a very Canadian breakfast of French toast, maple syrup and blackberries. Yum, yum!!

Speak to you all soon and have a lovely Christmas in the meantime!!