O Canada~!

Why had I never visited this great neighboring country? Free healthcare, nice people, clean streets, preserved nature. Vivi and I set off on our trip to our neighbors in the north instead of going to Seattle to visit tubugurl (tixx were outrageous!). My goal for the trip was to take a pic with a mountie. that's right. I was on the quest to meet a real-life Dudley Do-Right. In addition to this stereotype, we were joking on the drive up that if the border patrol gave us any trouble with our passports, we'd give 'em our famous 'tude. "You need me to drizzle some maple syrup on that passport? Will that make it easier to understand? How about if I talk in a Rocky and Bullwinkle voice?" (*use hands to create moose antlers on side of head) Our first stop: Niagara Falls! Despite the natural beauty of the falls, it was overshadowed by Clinton Hill, a main street in Niagara full of chain restaurants and random attractions like Ripley's Believe It or Not and wax museums. This was one of the scarier things we saw -- this snake spoke with an indian accent. (in case you can't hear)



aside from this grotesque/frightening attraction, the falls themselves were beautiful and breathtaking.


the best part of the trip to Canada was Toronto!! just fell absolutely in love with the city and the kindness from the people. Not to mention that we stopped off at a bunch of wineries along the way to Toronto, namely the WAYNE GRETZKY WINERY! Vivi and I were having brunch at a cute place in Leslieville called Toast and either the owner or the manager of the place gave us free tixx to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibit), which turned out to just be a very exponential carnival. Not to mention the incident at a chain drugstore. The kid accidentally rang up Vivi's bottle of water that she had paid for at a deli. Not only did the kid apologize, but he immediately got his manager to fix the situation instead of looking at us insolently. The manager also apologized profusely and fixed the situation in a snap. We were shocked--from kindness.



unfortunately, i did NOT get to see my mountie. so vivi and i improvised at the CNE. all in all, it was a great long weekend and we got to watch funny canadian advertisements especially "Silence the Rooster." Just look it up on youtube.