Visitors From Abroad!

This weekend two visitors came to visit Canada. One woman, Marta, is a friend of Ann Marie's cousin in Spain. The other, Brynja (Breen-ya), is a freind of Marta's from Iceland, where they met working as nurses in the same hospital. I picked them up from the airport at 11pm on Friday and drove them to their bed and breakfast. On Saturday, Ann Marie, our friend Sharon, and I drove to Toronto to pick them up and take them to the Royal Botannical Gardens in Burlington. Why a garden when there are so many other places in Toronto to see? Trees. There are almost no trees in Iceland and they were very interested in spending some time outdoors amongst the nature on Ontario. We had a really good time walking around and talking. The funniest part was watching Marta trying to capture a photograph of a chipmunk! The chipmunks looked as though they were jacked up on cotton candy and wouldn't stay still for even a second to give her the chance at a picture.

The Gardens are very beautiful and I wouldn't mind a trip back to spend some quiet time with Ann Marie and maybe take a picnic lunch. It's definitely not a great place to take young children for two reasons. One, it's only plants to look at with the occasional animal and two, the gardens would be a tranpled mess after the kids got done running through them!

After the Gardens we went back to Toronto where we parked the car and walked through the streets of Toronto in search of a restauraunt that didn't exist. It was about 7:30pm and already dark when we started our walking adventure, after spending 6 hours walking in the gardens already! We were in search of the Rainforest Cafe, but alas, we mistook it for Planet Hollywood. We ended up at an East Side Marios where we enjoyed a relaxing dinner and a recap on the days events and some nice conversation. By the time dinner was done it was raining and we were 45 minutes from the car so we opted to take the subway. By the time we got back to the car we were all beat so we dropped Marta and Brynja at their Bed and Breakfast and went home...