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mcgillianaire) wrote2006-03-25 04:05 am
mcgillianaire) wrote2006-03-25 04:05 am
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Dad's Trip to Montreal - A Pictorial Journey - Part One
Last Thursday, my dad arrived in Montreal. Barely a few hours after getting off the plane and traveling for 24 hours we headed out to Khyber Pass - an Afghan restaurant. My dad met 9 of my best friends.
Only one girl responded to my invitation!?
Early Friday morning we picked up our car from Hertz, visited a couple Hindu temples in West Island and then headed towards Toronto. Having made good time along the way we decided to drive downtown and check out what all the hype of Canada's fastest growing city was all about.
Toronto is happening! What a different atmosphere compared to Montreal. Where Montreal is romantic, Toronto just oozes an air of confidence and energy. Progress. I'm sold.
Hindu Mandir in DDO (North Indian)
Murugan Temple in DDO (Tamil)
My dad praying inside the Tamil Murugan Temple
Did I mention Toronto has trams? TRAMS! I love trams! I'm sold.
Making sure we stay on track while downtown. The car had a GPS system which was INCREDIBLE!
Skydome & CN Tower
Chinatown
Entrance to University of Toronto
UfTs Convocation Hall. McGill doesn't even have one!
What an awesome view of the CN Tower while leaving UfT
Leaving Toronto behind...
Then we headed to Mississauga to meet up with a family who used to live in Oman. One of two best friend's of my mum's who emigrated from Oman to greener pastures. Ironically, they couldn't stop telling us just how much all of them, except perhaps the husband, missed living in Oman.
Whether you realize it or not, there's no doubt living in the gulf just grows on you. Everything is laid out for you on a platter. Maids to take care of housekeeping and a general sense of laidbackness. In the West, the system is in place but you got to make the individual effort for anything to happen.
This is the biggest shopping mall in Ontario and the 3rd biggest in Canada. It houses the world's largest Wal-Mart store.
I have now visited Saravanaa Bhavan in 4 different countries (USA, Canada, Oman & India)
If you think McDonald's is the epitome of Western fast-food joints, ignorant souls, please visit India. For the volume and time it takes to make South Indian food, Saravanaa Bhavan is the perfect example of an eating joint that puts its mouth where the fast food really is.
Only one girl responded to my invitation!?
Early Friday morning we picked up our car from Hertz, visited a couple Hindu temples in West Island and then headed towards Toronto. Having made good time along the way we decided to drive downtown and check out what all the hype of Canada's fastest growing city was all about.
Toronto is happening! What a different atmosphere compared to Montreal. Where Montreal is romantic, Toronto just oozes an air of confidence and energy. Progress. I'm sold.
Hindu Mandir in DDO (North Indian)
Murugan Temple in DDO (Tamil)
My dad praying inside the Tamil Murugan Temple
Did I mention Toronto has trams? TRAMS! I love trams! I'm sold.
Making sure we stay on track while downtown. The car had a GPS system which was INCREDIBLE!
Skydome & CN Tower
Chinatown
Entrance to University of Toronto
UfTs Convocation Hall. McGill doesn't even have one!
What an awesome view of the CN Tower while leaving UfT
Leaving Toronto behind...
Then we headed to Mississauga to meet up with a family who used to live in Oman. One of two best friend's of my mum's who emigrated from Oman to greener pastures. Ironically, they couldn't stop telling us just how much all of them, except perhaps the husband, missed living in Oman.
Whether you realize it or not, there's no doubt living in the gulf just grows on you. Everything is laid out for you on a platter. Maids to take care of housekeeping and a general sense of laidbackness. In the West, the system is in place but you got to make the individual effort for anything to happen.
This is the biggest shopping mall in Ontario and the 3rd biggest in Canada. It houses the world's largest Wal-Mart store.
I have now visited Saravanaa Bhavan in 4 different countries (USA, Canada, Oman & India)
If you think McDonald's is the epitome of Western fast-food joints, ignorant souls, please visit India. For the volume and time it takes to make South Indian food, Saravanaa Bhavan is the perfect example of an eating joint that puts its mouth where the fast food really is.
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I met her on an Al-Italia flight from Montreal to Oman... there were THREE stopovers (Toronto, Milan and Dubai). In Milan I bumped into her randomly and then a couple hours later I bumped into her again. She was with a group of other students studying in N.America and heading back to Dubai/Muscat!!
How crazy is that...
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