Asian Express: June 2011

My colleague justen has a cottage 3 hours North West of Toronto. Cottages to Canadians are Bach's to Kiwis. Whereas our bach is by the ocean, their cottages are by the lake. Although it is beautiful to be by the water and away from the city, lake Ontario is one of the most polluted lakes in Canada. We didn't do much that weekend; ate like pigs and drank like fishes. I also discovered a new Canadian dish; beer can chicken, it involves beer and a chicken. What you basically do is sit the chicken over a can of beer and cook it on the BBQ. You can also purchase purpose built apparatus for this cuisine flare.

My sister Eileen spent 3 weeks in Toronto for work. It was good to see her again. We spent a day on Toronto Island. Toronto Island is situated 2km off the shore. We caught a ferry to the Island, had a picnic, drank wine then hired bikes and rode around. It was actually a very busy 3 weeks since I was going out for dinner and drinks everynight.

We also made a trip 3 hours East to Kingston to attend a house warming of Kayla's mates from Uni days with visits to the prison museum and the very posh Queens University.
Between 1841 to 1844, Kingston was actually the Capital of Canada; cool eh?

June 21st also marks the offical 1st day of Summer. The month of June flew by so quickly, maybe its the better weather.
The next month is going to be even busier with trips to New York, Boston and hopefully Chicago.
Another crappy non-descriptive update. I promise next month will be better

Sam

Toronto Island Bikes - 8.4 MB