VIA Rail Business Class intercity trains from Toronto to London in the most comfortable and relaxed way. It was the first time I travelled by train anywhere in Canada when I planned a return visit to see family in London Ontario. When I was younger we used to drive between cities to celebrate Christmas with […]
There are cities in the world you enjoy arriving, knowing that when you get there you’ll shuttle through and out of the airport efficiently on your way but there are poor transport links for Toronto Airport. In the case of Toronto Pearson International Airport, a visitor will struggle to find a cheap alternative to get […]
The Eaton Centre is Toronto‘s top tourist attraction with more than one million visitors per week. A multi-levelled, vaulted glass-ceiling shopping mall and office complex in downtown Toronto, Canada. Modelled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, and named after the now-defunct Eaton’s department store chain that once anchored it. Considered revolutionary at […]
01:28While visiting family in Toronto over the Christmas period of December 2015, I had a play with my camera and some time-lapse features. Sadly, there was no snow during my stay and Christmas wasn’t a white one, however, freak weather meant this Christmas to be one of the warmest on record. It was a difficult […]
As a fellow Canadian, I completely understand the hardships of weather patterns in Toronto Canada. In 2011 it’s proving to be an especially scorching summer, something that can’t be said about London England. In Toronto the swings of seasons are clear, hot summers, wet autumns, freezing winters and warm springs. Though ask any Canadian and […]
A few years after it first opened its doors, Fishbar on Ossington Street in Toronto still delivers a fine catch and selection of seafood tapas. The menu reinvents seafood with unique combinations of ingredients that break with tradition. Seafood enthusiasts are certain to taste something new here. The grilled sardines with balsamic reduction and mint pesto […]
02:56The Mendonca Family day happens every return to Toronto, approximately every two years, united to see me and to see each other. Having edited this, it clearly demonstrated the wild and crazy nature of the Mendonca Family. It starts calm, but as each member arrives, it gets louder and crazier. I can’t complain, its family, […]
My home city of Toronto celebrates its 175th birthday, it continues to grow and show the world what a modern city is all about. At 175 years Toronto still remains one of the world’s youngest cities which celebrates global achievements such as the most multi-cultural city in the world as voted by the United Nations. Annual events […]
05:43A visit to Kensington Market is like a sensory trip around the world. During the 1920s, it was known as the Jewish Market. Today, you can sense the city’s rich, multicultural mix, obvious in the shops packed with goods from Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, South America and Asia. It’s also a treasure trove […]
03:05C’mon Toronto, have a good time in this buzzing city on the shores of Lake Ontario, one of the largest fresh body of water in the world that resembles an ocean more than a lake. Over 40% of the people of Toronto are not native Canadians. Toronto has the third largest percentage of immigrants in the […]
WHY TORONTO‘S EXPATS LEFT, AND HOW TO GET THEM BACK. Attracting ex-pats to return home ensures a brighter future for the city, a plan for the economic and future prospects of a growing city of Toronto. The number of Canadians abroad (including myself), 2.8 million according to a recent study, includes scores of bright Torontonians […]
Tastes and traditions of Portuguese pastries and bread. A family-owned and operated business, established in 1991, Nova Era Bakery is one of the early bakeries in Toronto to offer European-style coffee, bread and pastries to the growing Portuguese community. Maintaining traditional methods of daily handmade, freshly baked bread and pastries, from the famed Portuguese pastel de […]
Pride Toronto, an annual event celebrating sexual diversity, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Trans Gender Community, united in one goal, accepting who we are for what we are and for equal rights for all. “The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.” Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada is one of the few places on the […]
Trinity Bellwoods Park is a 14.6-hectare public park located in the west end of Toronto, Canada on Queen St. West at Strachan Ave. The park sits atop the now buried Garrison Creek ravine, now a city storm sewer, it still flows beneath the park from the northwest to the southeast corners. Once the home of Trinity […]
Without disclosing the location, my visit to an indoor cannabis growing operation. Crops are turned around every 12 weeks, this involves the growing to drying process, producing 4 yields annually. The result is a nicely balanced product that ensures you get what you were seeking in the first place. Cannabis needs certain conditions to flourish. […]