Last weekend I spent my entire Sunday in Toronto going from one outdoor event to another. My favourite part about Toronto in the summer is being able to attend outdoor festivals and getting to eat my share of street food. It was super fun going to the second annual matsuri and having my first night market experience in Toronto! We started off the afternoon by visiting the ROM. I finally had a chance to see the Forbidden City exhibit. It…
Another delegation come and gone! The time seems to fly by so quickly during the week of the delegation. It’s hard to believe the amount of activities we packed into their schedule during their stay in Mississauga! The delegate who came to stay with us this year was named Mika. She was super cute and we had lots of fun taking her around places in Mississauga and Toronto. Since it was also her first time traveling abroad, the trip was…
This year marked my first time going to the Toronto Japanese Film Festival. Even though I was aware of the fest during previous years, none of the movies attracted me enough to make the 45 min drive (during rush hour nonetheless) to Toronto to watch any of the films. Luckily they had an amazing selection of movies this year, with most being relatively new, so we took advantage of the 5-movie pass and picked five films to watch. My first…
For our final day, we pretty much spent our time in transit. We only managed to catch a couple hours of sleep after returning from the aurora viewing, but we had no choice as we needed to catch our flight to Edmonton in the morning. In some ways I will miss this view from our hotel room. The airport in Yellowknife is pretty small, so it didn’t really take long to get checked in. Everyone pretty much had to wait…
Last full day in Yellowknife! After the slightly disappointing aurora viewing the night before, I dragged myself up from bed after a few hours of sleep and made breakfast. After grabbing all our gear, we got picked up at 12:30pm to begin our dogsled tour at Aurora Village. It was my first time doing a day tour with the company and it was definitely much more relaxing than the nighttime aurora viewings. We had a much smaller group, so it…