We flew to Toronto to catch the Niagara Falls too on our way back to Boston. It's currently sort of the dry Summer season and the Falls were not in their best condition, but I still found it great. Best time to visit is during Winter!
Happy Campers
Our family holidays are really spontaneous and free-spirited (unplanned & disorganized). Let me write of just a single example. On a usual day, we wake up at 11am and take an hour to dress up and get out of the hotel. My grandfather is usually starving by this time, but not to worry because my grandma usually has a horde of food stashed under her belt to feed him, so we continue to dilly dally. Then we will walk aimlessly along the roads which my mother used to frequent (she studied in Toronto during high school) and we will walk and walk and walk till we get hungry and decide to eat (My grandfather is usually on the verge of fainting at this point).
Buddies
I will continue my illustration. Then we will walk aimlessly, without a map. My mother insists on walking, without a map (because she CAN recall directions from 22 years ago) and we will usually spend thrice the amount of time to get to a specific place. But I must really give credit to Maps by Blackberry (on my phone) for making my life so much easier & happier. However, sometimes, we walk too far and get lost- again, because we didn't have a legitimate map and my phone died. So, my gramps, becky & I, begin chilling out at some random bus-stop and corner of Toronto, while my mother begins her treasure hunt to get a car.
She takes forever to get the car because she starts sharing about Jesus to the car rental salesman who is suffering from a broken marriage and several addictions (nothing wrong with that, we are all very excited to be part of the ministry ). But my grandpa, who started off like this:
happily chilling on somebody's shop front
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ends up like this:
My grandfather says that this is a lousy tour, but we're all having such a great time ;) I'd never thought I'd say this, but Boston is so... hot.
Okay, back to my books now. Have a proficiency exam @ Harvard tomorrow :(
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