Happy birthday to your wonderful country and to all it's citizens. This is a confession of sorts because I have had a love affair with Canada for more than fifty years. I First visited at Niagara Falls and since have visited many points both East and West. I left my heart in Victoria and have never managed to retrieve it. I still tell a story of many years past when I in the train station in downtown Toronto. I was on my way to catch "The International", I believe, and on a street corner across the street were two young girls selling hot dogs. It was ten o'clock at night in downtown Toronto As an American, I was understandably alarmed, and momentarily thought to shout out to them about their foolishness and the risk they were putting themselves into. Then, I caught myself and regained my senses. Silently I said, "oh they will be fine, this is Canada" God bless your fine country and all that live there.
Thanks, Rick! I enjoyed your sharing fond memories of your visits up here over the years. I have felt safe travelling around Canada over the years.
I had a goal years ago to travel across the country. I managed to complete it, but would like to see Vancouver more than I did.
I used to work rotating shifts in Winnipeg and spent my midnight shifts walking around the neighbourhood where I worked during my lunch break when the weather was nice. Some found it crazy, but my colleagues then realized that I was from Toronto and it was normal.
Happy Canada Day!
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ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your wonderful country and to all it's citizens. This is a confession of sorts because I have had a love affair with Canada for more than fifty years. I First visited at Niagara Falls and since have visited many points both East and West. I left my heart in Victoria and have never managed to retrieve it. I still tell a story of many years past when I in the train station in downtown Toronto. I was on my way to catch "The International", I believe, and on a street corner across the street were two young girls selling hot dogs. It was ten o'clock at night in downtown Toronto As an American, I was understandably alarmed, and momentarily thought to shout out to them about their foolishness and the risk they were putting themselves into.
Then, I caught myself and regained my senses. Silently I said, "oh they will be fine, this is Canada"
God bless your fine country and all that live there.
Rick
Thanks, Rick! I enjoyed your sharing fond memories of your visits up here over the years. I have felt safe travelling around Canada over the years.
DeleteI had a goal years ago to travel across the country. I managed to complete it, but would like to see Vancouver more than I did.
I used to work rotating shifts in Winnipeg and spent my midnight shifts walking around the neighbourhood where I worked during my lunch break when the weather was nice. Some found it crazy, but my colleagues then realized that I was from Toronto and it was normal.