This is dedicated to the many awesome Canadian friends I now have...
So... although we were still recovering from an amazing lunch, Dinner was still to be had... Matt and Megan and The Burger Cellar - really good burgers, but The Burgers Are Better At Home... Nth America love their sugary bread rolls and only a token amount of salad... still prefer a good Grill'd Burger...
In my next post i will be able to justify all of the food but let me continue...
Sunday was a day full of secrets and suspense.. Sam and Amanda had decided that they weren't really going to tell me anything we were doing until about a minute before it happened. I went to bed Saturday night only knowing that we would be Ice Skating at about Lunchtime tomorrow - that was it...
We all know a good Sunday morning involves Yum Cha (or Dim Sum if you are a Crazy Canadian). Mark and Meredith, and Rob and Laura joined us for this. Laura even brought Pumpkin Muffins that were freshly baked... but then proceeded to share stories of her cooking disasters... but the muffins are awesomely yummy!
Then it was off to Ice Skating. Brian met us here. Brian will feature more later as he will be joining us for the Skiing adventures in week 4! Special mention to the expert tuition from Meredith - i was almost good by the end of it! I managed not to fall over at all while I went round and round the open air skating rink. It was a major flashback to the late 90's with the music that was playing though...
You know how almost ALL Nth Americans think we ride Kangaroo's to school... well I thought that when they talked about skiing to school it was the same sort of joke... turns out it is true!
Anyway, after the awesome epicness of skiing, it was time for the next secret... well we just started walking and I didn't know where until we arrived at The Christmas Markets. The Christmas Markets (although being politically correct I think they are called the HOLIDAY markets...) are in the old brewery district. There is lots of small art galleries and it seems to be a little bit of an arts hub (somewhere to check out more on the next visit) in this area. There were ACTUAL Reindeer there. as well as street vendors with all sorts of things: Maple Cones, Mulled Wine, Chocolate, Stocking Stuffers... etc... so much Christmas cheer packed into a couple of street blocks.
After eating our Maple cones and drinking our Mulled Wine to warm up, we were back onto a street car to the next mystery location... SO.MUCH.SUSPENSE...
Mark and Meredith's house! AND Cheese Fondue for Dinner! AND more Canadians that I met at Sam and Amanda's wedding! AND a crazy dog!
So that was my amazing day of Fun, Food but most importantly Friends!
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