[LMB] OT: AKICOTL Canadian Trip Advice

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Wed, 28 May 2008 23:15:17 +0100, Elizabeth Carabine <elizabeth at cheztaft.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> We're not going to Denvention alas but we are going to
> Ontario. Our flights are booked and we arrive in Toronto on 17th
> August and fly home on the 29th.
> In between we intend visiting Ottawa and Montreal for three and four 
> days each and travelling by train.
> We've yet to book accommodation and travel so any recommendations
> or tips would be very welcome. Offlist might be best.

Depending on my work schedule (part-time at a downtown hospital) and whether or not we're into a federal election campaign by then (up to Mr Harper, really) I might be available as not-a-native guide to Toronto, the Navel of the Universe (forty years residence here has acquainted me with most of the city.) Casa Loma, Fort York, alcoholic landmarks like the Wheat Sheaf Tavern (oldest continuously operating public house in the Province), the Horseshoe, Grossman's and the Good Old El Mocambo; the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardner Ceramic Museum, the Bata Shoe Museum (no, really! The shoes on display are fascinating.)

As for food, name a cuisine and you'll find it here. 

Email me offlist.

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