Toronto
We train it from Quebec to Toronto.
Its a quick journey on the Subway from Union Station to Keith's aunt's stop of Finch in the suburbs of Toronto. She is very welcoming and will be having us stay for 3 nights.
If one thing you take from Toronto, it is that there is a great ethnic mix. Predominantly Chinese. It became a large centre of immigration from Hong Kong especially before handover, and many Chinese remain. So much so that many of the suburbs are literally bi-lingual chinese/english.
In fact something that really struck me about Canada was, as Keith showed me, the number of Ethnics on Media. Its something I am definately not used to, coming from Australia. Especially seeing Chinese people in serious non cameo / stereotype roles as newsreaders, interviewers and hosts on TV, as well as in movies and writing in the newspapers as general journalists. I wonder if Australia will ever get like that???
It was only fitting our first meal was Chinese! And it was fantastic, my first Chinese meal in 7 weeks!
Toronto itself reminds me very much of hometown Sydney, the feel of walking in town as so similar, its quite uncanny. There are interesting architectural highlights, as seen in the photos, but otherwise, its a nice place to live I think. Nothing really special or charming about the place for a tourist, just nice!
Its a quick journey on the Subway from Union Station to Keith's aunt's stop of Finch in the suburbs of Toronto. She is very welcoming and will be having us stay for 3 nights.
If one thing you take from Toronto, it is that there is a great ethnic mix. Predominantly Chinese. It became a large centre of immigration from Hong Kong especially before handover, and many Chinese remain. So much so that many of the suburbs are literally bi-lingual chinese/english.
In fact something that really struck me about Canada was, as Keith showed me, the number of Ethnics on Media. Its something I am definately not used to, coming from Australia. Especially seeing Chinese people in serious non cameo / stereotype roles as newsreaders, interviewers and hosts on TV, as well as in movies and writing in the newspapers as general journalists. I wonder if Australia will ever get like that???
It was only fitting our first meal was Chinese! And it was fantastic, my first Chinese meal in 7 weeks!
Toronto itself reminds me very much of hometown Sydney, the feel of walking in town as so similar, its quite uncanny. There are interesting architectural highlights, as seen in the photos, but otherwise, its a nice place to live I think. Nothing really special or charming about the place for a tourist, just nice!
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