I will try to report it to you, just as I wrote it:
9:10 a.m.
We are now passing the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. I can see the Wind Share Mill.
For those of you who have never been to Toronto, here is a link to the Canadian National Exhibition:
Here is one of my own pictures of Toronto's Wind Share Mill:
This structure can be found in the Exhibition Grounds. That is what you see in the background there.
Now I can see Barrymore Furniture which is on King Street West. Barrymore's is a big furniture manufacturer in Toronto - it has a long history.
(Sorry to say I don't have a picture of the old building I'm speaking of.)
http://www.ontariocanada.com/ontcan/en/P...
There's a sketch of the building on this web page here:
http://www.barrymorefurniture.com/barrym...
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It is only now that I feel the reality of leaving. It's hard to believe that I'm going to be on this train for more than 3 days.
This Parker pen of mine needs a refill - I'll do it later.
Already, I'm feeling homesick - feeling bad about Jeff staying behind, not being able to share the experience. But I do not dwell on it.
I have wanted to take this trip across the country since I was a teen and for one reason or another have put it off every year of my life. Now, I'm doing it, come hell or high water, and there's no going back.
I know I'm not going to have a good time if I allow myself to mope, feel guilty and rationalize every moment. I force myself to stay focused on present moments, enjoy them as much as possible.
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9:30 a. m. I think they're collecting the tickets - yes, they are. And surprise! Smoking at 10:00 to 12:00! In the smoking car, that is.
Now, this is interesting ... the smoking car is actually the bar car. Smoking can be done between 10 a. m. and 12:00 noon. Then you have to wait till 3:00 p.m. when you may smoke for another couple of hours. At 5:00, the ashtrays are collected and you may not smoke again until 8:00 p.m. Then you can smoke all night till 8 in the morning.
Fair enough.
This, of course, isn't really good - there's a part of me that was happy when I thought I wouldn't be able to smoke much. But the part of me that smokes, is happy to learn of these hours.
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