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.

( Khyber Pass Photos )

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 Temples, Downtown Toronto & University of Toronto )

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.

( Photos from Mississauga )