Late uploading my blog this week... sorry for those who plan a cuppa around reading it at a certain time each week! And not much to say... well not through photos... as I didn't seem to take many!
The usual wedding whirl occurred last weekend but this time both weddings on Saturday and Sunday were on the Toronto Islands. Like the beaches of last week, Toronto has islands too! They (see map insert) are in the lake not far from the city. They provide a perfect vantage point for the city and are idyllic playgrounds for Torontonians in the warmer weather. I spent a luxurious Sunday (while Peter worked) walking through parks, eating lunch at the famous Rectory Cafe while I finished my latest book, lying on a beach and eventually falling asleep on the grass in late afternoon sun...
Only problem... I forgot my camera... so no images. But the day before on a different island I was able to watch the sun set and then catch the city lights across the water. So there's some evidence of those happy days....
Started my Digital SLR camera course this week. Began with composition and now I can see what is wrong with all the photos I've already posted! The instructor asked if anyone thought they had the eye and I stupidly said I thought I did... and no one else did.... so they'll have fun critiquing my photos when I send them in for later classes. Duffer!
Today I am writing from Montreal! Trained here yesterday (about five and a half hours) to spend the weekend with my friend Eva. She is here from London attending the International Civil Aviation Organisation legal meeting here. Apparently there is a Montreal Convention. I am learning lots of things I hadn't considered before! We, of course, as old friends (we met at the Brisbane Migrant Resource Centre when we were both working there in about 1996) are talking madly and today going out into a sunny day to explore Montreal old town.
On the train I sat next to a young woman who looked sophisticated and very chic! I thought she must be from Montreal... the French are always so chic I thought to myself. So after a while we started talking... oh, she's Australian! Where are you from? Brisbane, she says. West End! So then I have to ask myself, who's chic!!!? We had a great time talking the rest of the way to Montreal and will hopefully catch up here.
Finally, for those who know my earlier blogs, I have made a friend!!! In the queue for the Toronto International Film Festival I met a fabulous woman and couldn't stop talking for hours! Unfortunately she lives in Chicago... and so it doesn't count for a Toronto friend I guess. Hoping to visit her there sometime as it is a short flight from here and apparently an amazing city.
Well the sun is calling... and Eva doesn't get that much sun living in London so more next week.
love
Lindy
