23 Hours in Toronto

It was so nice of Toronto to prepare us for Antarctic weather. It was a balmy -18 degrees Celsius (-0.4 degrees Fahrenheit) with a wind. Brrrr. It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity that gets you!

After reasonable get up and nice breakfast, I set out to visit Peg, my mother-in-law, with the hope of catching a visit with my nephew and his wife and the glorious chance to meet their son, Finn for the first time. Lindsay opted for a quiet day and being luggage guardian!

The trip on UP to Union, then TTC was a walk down memory lane. As I made my way to Rivercourt Blvd., I enjoyed the limited view but thrilled at the many memories from living here.

I spent a lovely morning with tea and talking (I did the lion’s share of that) with Peg. After a good catch up, we were joined by young Finn, Daniel and Catherine! What lovely family. I got a good helping of hugs to keep me until we see each other again.

So the travelling with Lindsay part began when I arrived at YYZ and met Lindsay at Super Elite check-in. We used our nexus cards to circumvent the line for TSA and then trekked a half a mile to the Signature Lounge at Pearson International. If you have not experienced the signature lounge, it’s a notch above.

The table service dinner with an elevated cuisine made the 6 hour wait for our flight quite pleasant. We sampled appetizers, with me having beef carpaccio and Lindsay a ginger soup. We then moved on, a half an hour later, to mains, which were Fogo Island cod and a rabbit with a pasta, and we finished with scrumptious desserts. Also a bottle of white wine for Lindsay and a bottle of red for me later we headed to the gate.(Even though it was 6 hours later we had perhaps a bit of a list).

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