November 2021: The 'Fresh Of The Boat' feeling as we board Air India direct flight to Toronto after a two year Covid intermission. We have been visiting Canada since 2012 but this trip was special, coming as it did after deliberating the risks, even with being double vaccinated and fulfilling ArriveCan regulations. Checked and ticked:… Continue reading Fresh of the Boat…..
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Doors…to market
Kensington Market, Toronto 2015 Kensington Market a walkable bohemian neighbourhood stacked with vintage boutiques, indie shops, arts spaces, grocers, bakeries, cheese shops, trendy bars, cafes, fine dining and casual diners. What attracts me are the windows and doors, resembling cut-outs, in the multicultural ambience of 'plains-clothe' houses with their harlequin-esque facades camouflaging the antiquity of… Continue reading Doors…to market
Toronto Summer–Unionville vibes
Another bright sunny summer day and this time it is Unionville, the historic village in Markham, 33 km north east from Toronto. The quintessential European Village, founded in 1794, owes its existence to the mills in the early 1840s. In fact the name is derived from Ira White's Union Mills. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionville,_Ontario The centerpiece of this… Continue reading Toronto Summer–Unionville vibes
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