So far so good we are not freezing yet during our Canadian vacation, which is surprising after being spoiled by tropical weather the last 8 years. Yesterday morning we took the dogs for a nice nature walk at the conservation park across from our friends house. It was nice to see that a good chunk of land was untouched by the concrete jungle.

We ended up going on a short shopping trip before dinner, Monique wanted to bring me to the mall where my mom used to have a cosmetics shop and to new Asian grocery store called Oceans so I could restock on more iced coffee. We got mall head fast and were overwhelmed by choices so other than a sim chip for Paul’s phone and a phone case for mine we did not bother with anything else. At Oceans I was in heaven and told everyone they could lock me up there for 24h and I would eat my way around the store.

Our friend Monique gifted me with a nice pair of fluffy socks

She also stocked my favorite drink canned Mr Brown iced coffee

They laughed at me taking a picture of dandelions

Large pine tree on our nature walk

Playing in puddles

Bridge on nature path

Crossing the river

Of course what’s a vacation without totally pigging out on all the things you cannot get where you live. We decided to call a group dinner and our friends Monique and Joanne were great about working together organizing everything for an all you can eat buffet at the Mandarin. I knew Monique would choose the one in Brampton because it has giant fish tanks which are always fun to watch.

We ended up with about 15 people and had a great time catching up and stuffing ourselves silly. I put my bet on Greg Monique’s boyfriend and he won the eating contest going through 10 plates, I can in a not so close second at 5 plates of food.

When it came time for dessert Paul asked why I was loading up on fruit of course my immediate reply was “have you seen the price of strawberries in Belize.”

Plate number 1

Kieran beside the giant fish tank

Sushi time plate number 2

Plate number 3 more sushi

Plate number 4 onto the good stuff

Glen and birthday girl Joanne

Plant number 5 yummy sweet treats

Friends and family enjoying a group dinner

Today we are heading to our 3rd destination in 3 days my mom and step dad Norm’s house. We will overnight and from there we will head out to Paul’s Parent’s farm for a few days. We will not likely have internet there so I will be officially on blog break.