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A nostalgic diner with a cool vibe, in business since 1944. The Avenue Diner maintains a loyal clientele, despite being unlicensed and open no later than 4 p.m. Located in the Yorkville and Annex area of downtown Toronto by Davenport Road and Avenue Road, it has an open setting that lets you see your meal being […]

Poor Transport Links for Toronto Airport

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 […]

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel is in a great location and within walking distance from transport and most attractions in the Toronto city centre. The views are amazing too if you you have a view of the city hall. The room was spacious and the bed outstanding – the sleep quality was top marks!! The guest rooms […]

Ottawa • Canada

The capital of Canada and a municipality within the province of Ontario, located in the Ottawa Valley on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, connected by several bridges to its Quebec neighbour, the city of Gatineau on the northern shores of […]

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Casa Loma – North America’s only castle

North America’s only castle, Casa Loma, is a Gothic Revival style house and gardens in midtown Toronto, Canada, that is now a museum and landmark. Constructed over a three-year period from 1911–1914, and designed by the architect E. J. Lennox, Casa Loma took more than 300 men and approximately $3.5 million to complete. At 98 […]

TORONTO 175TH BIRTHDAY

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 […]

VIA Rail Business Class

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 […]

Niagara Falls • Canada

The most powerful waterfall in North America, on the Niagara River between the international borders of Canada and the U.S., composed of two sections: Horseshoe Falls, which lies on the Canadian side of the border, and American Falls on the American side. Formed when glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age, and […]

Eaton Centre

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 […]

TORONTO CALLING EXPATS

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 […]

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Toronto Winter 2015

While 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 […]

Niagara-on-the-Lake

A Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, and where many first got their first taste of freedom. The original site was a Neutral Nation village known as Onghiara, many of the first inhabitants were Loyalist refugees who fled the United States during and immediately after the American Revolution wanting […]

Fishbar

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 […]

Gay Pride Toronto

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 […]

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The Mendonca Family

The 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, […]