Now I never really understood the joke of cops eating donuts and drinking coffee but I finally got to the bottom of it (I think). Places like Starbucks, Tim Hortons and Second Cup actually want police officers in their shop; this gives them protection should an event occur and in return, coffee and cakes are free for the officers. Good deal eh?
Kayla, Alison and I went tapping for Sap one Saturday afternoon. This is the process when sap is extracted from maple trees, boiled and turned into Maple syrup. 40 litres of pure sap makes 1 litre of maple syrup; what a scam! We got to see the traditional and conventional method of turning sap to syrup. Pure sap has the density of water and basically taste like it too. I bet when the first person said "I'm going to boil this thing we call sap and turn it into a new product called syrup" the whole town laughed. We also went on a very informative tour.
Tour Lady: Now where can you find Maple leaf?
Me: (thinking in my head) On the floor.
Little Boy: On the flag!
Tour Lady: Yes, now where else can we find the Maple leaf?
Little Girl: On the pennie
Tour Lady: Yes!
Us: (walks away)
Canada's national sport was lacrosse before ice hockey took reign. Toronto has one of the best team in the NLL (National Lacrosse League). The average salary for a lacrosse player is around $14,000CAD; this means they are still required to retain their full-time job. Image your teacher turning up to class all bruised because he got into a fight the night before. These are your everyday accountants, builders, bankers who play this sport for the love of it.
The game is fast, high scoring and aggressive. I will be signing up for an introduction course in lacrosse for my next Canadian experience.
About 10 years ago, do you remember watching TV and seeing emo girls in tight shorts skating around in circles whilst trying to push opposing teams out of the rink?
Well, this sport does exist and it wasn't just an act to get girls wearing next to nothing and on roller skates.
Roller derby is a very female dominant sport in Canada and USA; there are currently 31 teams in the Canadian derby girl’s league. It was quite a turn on watching girls roughing it out with one another.
The unique crowd also made the whole event colourful and
entertaining. Hippy mums, bogan dads, alternative, emo, hipster and punk kids.
Everyone has been cosmic bowling. It’s basically bowling with disco lights and trance music. We went one Friday night to show off our mad skills. The night was a failure, tacky music, dive venue, under aged teens drinking; the cops even made it an effort to patrol the venue for intoxicated teens.
Working in the entertainment sector always has it perks and this time it was 4 tickets to the Toronto Marlies game. These semi-professionals work their asses off when their on the ice hoping to be one day called into the Maple Leafs. For a population of 6 million and only 1 first grade NHL team, the Marlies should technically be the B team but like all sporting fixtures, there are always chokers.
Today, we went for an hour and a half drive North to the town of St Jacobs. The St Jacobs farmers market is quite a unique attraction because the town includes the Mennonites community. Mennonites are similar to Amish and Mormons; in regards that they have their own community and a lot will still travel by horse & carriage.
The market is filled with fresh organic produce, homemade cakes, weird arts & crafts and of course fake goods; markets are grand.
We finished the afternoon off with chicken wings at the infamous Morty’s pub; although delicious, the heavy feeling of just a chicken diet is quite unpleasant.
Buncey, Meatloaf, Nicole and FiFi, sorry I couldn't be there to celebrate your oldness.
What an essay, time for a beer
Sam
Checking for Sap
Red Riding Hood Making Syrup
Awesome
Pow!
Actually Pretty Crap
The Girls getting ready
Go Girls Go!
I need a new camera
Crap Photo
Inside St Jacobs Market
