Introduction to Ontario.

When I arrived in Canada to visit Mike, we spent the first day exploring the town where his family lives, Oakville, Ontario.

We started the visit with a veggie burger from Licks and a Canada Dry ginger ale. It was a pretty good welcome meal.

Next, we headed out to the waterfront to see Lake Ontario. Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes (but still quite impressive!), and the second that I’ve visited.

It was strange to look out over the water and see glimpses of the US on the other side. It was also fun to see where Mike grew up during middle and high school.

The next day we headed over to Mike’s university town, Kitchener-Waterloo to meet up with some good friends from Abu Dhabi. We had lunch at a pub that might want to rethink the message its logo sends. Is it a grill or a gay bar or both?

I was so happy to be able to meet up with Sarah and Skylar before they left on their grand European tour. Plus, it’s always nice to know that friendships transcend political borders!

After lunch Mike and I drove out to the Elora Quarry with one of his friends for a little swimming and sun bathing.
Here I got to see first hand just how polite Canadians can be. The park ranger confronted a group for drinking alcohol (which was forbidden) and the conversation went something like:
Ranger: Hi. Excuse me. You can’t have alcohol here.
Man: Ok.
R: I need to know if you have anymore alcohol.
M: No, we don’t.
R: Ok, will you please ask your friend to come over here so I can ask him too? Thank you.
M: No problem.
No intimidation factor. The three of us observers couldn’t help but chuckle.
It was a great start to my visit!
xo, jill
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Comments

  1. Oooo, you got to explore my province! I can’t believe I haven’t been to many of these places and they were so close to my old home. Very true about the park rangers and even police officers; most of them are quite relaxed. :)

  2. i love your lake pictures. so pretty!

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