Strange things we saw in a mall today - part 2

Rock music remade in lullaby form (Led Zep, AC/DC, U2, The Cure...).

Strange things we saw in a mall today - part 1

More flavours of popcorn than you’ll ever need or want (cheese, sweet chilli, taco).

Arctic conditions, tropical rainforests... all in one day

So, yesterday we went to Toronto Zoo. It was pretty amazing. Sure, on a snowy February day a lot of the outdoor African animals were nowhere to be seen but there was so much else to observe and it was all so well-designed and (best for me) it was all fairly free of human crowds (it being a Monday in midwinter). Highlights were the Tundra section (Arctic wolves and foxes and h’s favourite 3 majestic polar bears), the Sumatran orangutans and the Western Lowland gorillas but it was all pretty spectacular. Mark took a lot of photos but the best of them (still quite a lot) can be seen here.

Early days

So a few quick shots from our first few days. This is the local garden wildlife - we don’t get squirrels this colour where we’re from:
Then today we went bowling (5 pin – never done that before. Tiny balls! Big pins!) and I wore this dazzling footwear: Whilst there we saw this sign on a Claw machine (and couldn’t resist it):
There’s a loon (bird!) on a Canadian one dollar coin (if you wondered – details here). x

Touchdown

So, yes, here we are in Canada. We arrived in Toronto on Thursday and since then we have been trying to get used to the time difference, trying to sleep, trying to wake up and generally just being confused and a little delirious. We are staying with relatives just outside the city for now and so we have been meeting up with various family members over the past few days. We’ve had dinner with the oldest uncle and got to know the newest cousin (only 3 months of age). h has been enjoying being the big grown-up one for a change. I can’t quite believe that the big hand on this picture belongs to our little girl! We are nearly human today so we should manage some other photos soon. Are we getting old or is it always this hard to adjust? 

Waiting for a plane

First stage