The Hospital District

I was down town Toronto this afternoon. There is an area of downtown Toronto with some really nice fancy hotels, then there's the entertainment district, China Town, and Kensington Market however, we visited the Hospital District. I had an appointment with a doctor at Toronto General Hospital. It was a bit of a surprise when we got to the hospital to see three hospitals right there all grouped together. Across the street from Toronto General is Sick Kids Hospital, and right across the street from both of these is Mount Sinai Hospital. Hopefully you will never have to visit the Hospital District but if you are having a medical emergency downtown Toronto on University Avenue you have no worries, you will recieve good medical care.

Journey to the Center of Canada

Where is the Longitudinal Center of Canada? It is right outside of Winnipeg. It was a rainy day yesterday so it was a wet and yucky walk to stand by this sign. But a picture is worth a thousand words, and we are enjoying making memories together with our kids even if it is just with standing by signs. (smile)

Faith of Our Fathers

The Dyck family has quite a Christian heritage of grandparents who knew and loved the Lord. And I believe many of their prayers have been answered in most of their children and grandchildren also having a personal relationship with the Lord. Unfortunately, Vern only met one of his grandparents and the others died before he was born or died when he was a toddler. One of our "field trips" yesterday was to go to Vern's grandparents' farm. A cousin now lives there and farms the land. An aunt gave Ruth and I a guided tour of the place sharing different memories she had of growing up there. I was so happy Ruth and Titus were there with us for them to have this memory and hear a bit of their family history. Vern and Titus got the tour from his uncle and cousin's prospective. Thanks so much Charles for welcoming us and sharing a bit of history with us! (Titus' highlight was visiting another cousin's farm and being able to drive an ATV.)

Tea for Two and Two for Tea

Ruth was working on Mother's Day so the other day after school, Ruth took me on a date to a Tea House. We had been to this Tea House a couple of years ago but they have totally done a make over to make the atmosphere even nicer. For most of the time we had the Tea House to ourselves. (There is now a gift shop attached to the Tea House. )It was a lovely afternoon together with my daughter. Hey, all you girlfriends out there, when you make it to Durham to visit us, we'll have to stop in for you to experience the Tea House.

A Walk in the Park

I can not believe it but I do miss my exercise bike. The other day we were feeling frisky and were wanting to get some exercise. Therefore first thing in the morning we went to this national park for a walk. All sorts of people go to this park to walk as they have paths everywhere. In all the years we lived in Venezuela I have never been to such a neat park. It was so well maintained and it has so many interesting plants and trees. We even saw a yellow frog which I didn't even know existed. And the Lord gave us a beautiful rainbow. But I have to say that I slowed our exercise walk way down as I took a lot of pictures.

O'Hare International Airport

While I was passing through the "O'Hare International Airport" there was a neat display honoring Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare. It never even occured to me that the "O'Hare International Airport" was named after someone. Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare was a World War II fighter pilot from Chicago who was one of the greatest heroes in naval history. If you are passing through the O'Hare International Airport and have some time to kill, check out his memorial with his statue and Medal of Honor. You will find the display between terminal 1 and 2.