You from London, Ontario?

A long time ago when travelling to places where I was visibly not indigenous but wanted not to seem North American, I would wear a T-shirt saying "London" and displaying the City of London crest. But people would ask me: "Say, you from London, Ontario?" At last, here's my chance to see that London.

Not known as a tourist destination, London lies half-way on the railway line from Windsor back to Toronto. It's a university city of about 400,000 people, on its own River Thames. Here's a view from our hotel window and some ground-level photos of the distinguished 19th century architecture.

Unsure quite how to spend the day, we stumble on a festival of comics. Not content just to stand in line to buy old issues of their favourite cartoon, punters are dressed up as Spiderman, Star Wars, Xenia the Warrior Princess et al. Finally in a nearby curios shop, a zombie emerges from the depths to join in the fun!Read more