Monday, March 27, 2006

Optimum way for traveling to Toronto

If you want to go to Toronto for a weekend, I think I’ve discovered the optimum way Possible:
Using the “Carpool-daily” service on Friday, you can be picked up at 5:45 PM from Namur station and you will be in Toronto before 11:30 PM, so you can still catch up with the rest of the night. (Total cost: 45$)
Now, for squeezing every little drop out of weekend, Use “Coach Canada” Bus on Sunday at 9:00 PM and you’ll be in Montreal, somewhere around 3:30 AM. If you’ve used all your energy as you were supposed to do, there shouldn’t be any problem sleeping the whole 6 hours and a half in the bus. Go home, try to sleep for 2 more hours, take a shower and go to work. (Cost: 51$ Tax included + Cab fare (if you can find any better way of transportation at 3:30 AM, well! Be my guest))

Don’t forget to bring a pillow! That’s the most essential part of all

*Total hours in Toronto: 45 (out of weekend’s 48! WOW)
*Total Cost: Around 100$
*Why you should treat yourself like this? If you’re not in love or don’t have a long distance relationship, couldn’t think of anything but plain stupidity!

Back from Toronto

Well, I’m back. Toronto, as always, was OK but it’s not Montreal. Call it prejudice or whatever, but apart from that lovely distillery district, elegant built-for-tourists Yorkville Street, the cute little café in Kensington that my most recent friend Naz introduced me to and I still don’t know the name of it!, and probably some other interesting places that I still haven’t seen, It’s bitterly unfriendly, it’s uncomfortably huge, and it doesn’t have any character.
Although I have to say, some of my dearest friends live there and that makes it pleasant and I really missed the hot dogs :)