Canada Diary Entry - Aug 20
Returned the car today in the morning. Had to fill it up at the last minute, so went to a station right next to the car rental and saw a the last moment the posted "Full Service". Having no idea what this meant, I collected my stuff in the car, and when I wanted to get out, a black came up to my car, and urged me to say "Fill it up". Incredible; I felt so colonialist.
Then got lost in metro in search for a brunch restaurant called "Eggspectations". Since there was an enormous lineup of people waiting for a table already, I went searching for buns and got lost again.
Saw a "shop-dine-tour" bus on street. You obviously cannot name a tourist site just tourist site here, it must be shopping&dining.
Then went looking for Greyhound Bus station for a bus to bring me to Montreal next Saturday. Since I bought the ticket seven days in advance, it cost me only 49$ instead of 98$. For the latter price, I could have had a convertible rented including gas.
Later, seen illegal DVD stores in Chinese (or Oriental) mall. This means, there are stores (not only booths) selling nothing but pirated DVD copies here. New films like Stealth (the worst film of the year), Fantastic Four, Blade Trinity etc etc. The prosecution fine for film piracy is about 200$ here (two hundred Canadian dollars, equal to about 140 EUR). Authorities closed down one shop here some time ago; but after paying the 200$, they reopened and are now available 24/7.
In the evening, we drove out of Toronto for BBQ at the friends' friends' place. The friends' friend's girlfriend's important dog (a small white dog I insulted by calling it "poodle" although it's a "bichon" or something) was at least as important as the friends' little kid. Furthermore, there was a large grill; not as large as the friends', but still wow. This friends' friend allegedly uses the grill even in winter ("I put on my jacket, fire up the grill, come back in, then just pull down the meat").
Referring to yesterday's thunderstorm, "yesterday was hell, we lost power twice", as seen on TV.
Besides, this guy said "you can't be logical & artistic at the same time, it's mutually exclusive". This means that he - since he's some kind of tech guy - cannot decorate his place in style.
Then got lost in metro in search for a brunch restaurant called "Eggspectations". Since there was an enormous lineup of people waiting for a table already, I went searching for buns and got lost again.
Saw a "shop-dine-tour" bus on street. You obviously cannot name a tourist site just tourist site here, it must be shopping&dining.
Then went looking for Greyhound Bus station for a bus to bring me to Montreal next Saturday. Since I bought the ticket seven days in advance, it cost me only 49$ instead of 98$. For the latter price, I could have had a convertible rented including gas.
Later, seen illegal DVD stores in Chinese (or Oriental) mall. This means, there are stores (not only booths) selling nothing but pirated DVD copies here. New films like Stealth (the worst film of the year), Fantastic Four, Blade Trinity etc etc. The prosecution fine for film piracy is about 200$ here (two hundred Canadian dollars, equal to about 140 EUR). Authorities closed down one shop here some time ago; but after paying the 200$, they reopened and are now available 24/7.
In the evening, we drove out of Toronto for BBQ at the friends' friends' place. The friends' friend's girlfriend's important dog (a small white dog I insulted by calling it "poodle" although it's a "bichon" or something) was at least as important as the friends' little kid. Furthermore, there was a large grill; not as large as the friends', but still wow. This friends' friend allegedly uses the grill even in winter ("I put on my jacket, fire up the grill, come back in, then just pull down the meat").
Referring to yesterday's thunderstorm, "yesterday was hell, we lost power twice", as seen on TV.
Besides, this guy said "you can't be logical & artistic at the same time, it's mutually exclusive". This means that he - since he's some kind of tech guy - cannot decorate his place in style.
Labels: Canada, Canada 2005, Travel
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