So I have booked my flights to Toronto with some airline called Air Transat, never heard of them, but the club class was relatively inexpensive, and the times of the flights were very good, no early start either end and landing at civilised times both ways.
Still in the planning phase at the moment, I'm thinking of Toronto for three days, Casoloma, Royal Ontario Museum and maybe Toronto island (noticed a restaurant called Bite Me that sounds good).
Then head off by train to Kingston (I work in Kingston!) for a couple of days just looking around the waterfront and town, then back to Toronto to catch a Blue Jays game, do some more sauntering and to meet some nice people :-)
Then off to the airport on Tuesday to pick up a hire car and drive up to the Deerhurst resort to chill for a couple of days, then down to Niagara falls for half of Thursday and Friday, drop off the car and home :-)
Hotels? Now where to stay? I have booked the Hilton at Niagara, but am not sure about where to stay in Toronto itself, I think I would like to be in the city so that I am able to get around easier, the Cosmopolitan looks very nice. As above I am not planning on driving until I have left Toronto so I need somewhere central, being a diamond Hhilton person staying there would probably be good, but it does seem pricey.
Still thinking of maybe hiring a car for a bit earlier and going out to the burbs instead of Kingston though.
Friday, 10 April 2009
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Holiday!
I have finally managed to agree a fortnights holiday!
So where to go?
There was a super deal with Air France to San Francisco, but that has disappeared now :-(
Still considering Toronto and/or San Francisco, blowing the last of my BA miles :-) Also hoping that my Hilton Diamond card lasts!
Anyway, does anyone have any interesting places to suggest that I visit? I can sit on a beach for about two days without going mad, and I like interesting things to see. However for places like China and Japan I would prefer to go on a package and this is going to be an independent deal.
So where to go?
There was a super deal with Air France to San Francisco, but that has disappeared now :-(
Still considering Toronto and/or San Francisco, blowing the last of my BA miles :-) Also hoping that my Hilton Diamond card lasts!
Anyway, does anyone have any interesting places to suggest that I visit? I can sit on a beach for about two days without going mad, and I like interesting things to see. However for places like China and Japan I would prefer to go on a package and this is going to be an independent deal.
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Small things
Why is is that almost everyone in the country would be happy to allow any Gurkha to live here yet the government thinks that people who have given at least 15 years of their life for the country should be sent home as soon at their tour is over?
2 3/4 years ago I was outsourced, the rules over here are that a number of things go with you when you transfer companies, including redundancy payments, this expires after 3 years. Guess when the company I work for now is starting to lay people off? I appreciate that companies may need to make people redundant these days, but to make people redundant one day after 3 years is over seems like a mean thing to do (particularly after the deals non transferred people have had).
Clocks changed last night, I am going to amble round confused for a while now.
I have an headache, it feels like a coffee headache, but I haven't drunk coffee for months.
I was supposed to be going to a meeting in Germany next week, however we were able to sort everything by telephone, sort of a shame since I like Germany, however since it was going to be a first flight in, last flight out thing overall I am a little relieved. The thing is when I heard about the meeting I checked for my passport (which is always in the same place) and couldn't find it. which reminded me that I was also unable to find it the last time I wanted to go to France.
Anyway my flat is in a bit of a state after my searches, however I finally found it somewhere that I would swear I had checked at least twice before.
Final thing...
I remember the first time I went to the USA it was in October, and some of the TV stations were showing horror films at all hours of the day I seem to remember that they showed Halloween at about mid-day, but when we were watching the Shining at about midnight in a scene where there was a painting of a topless lady her baps had been pixellated out.
The reason that this comes to mind is that an American TV station called PBS was showing King Lear recently, they were more than happy to show Gloucester having his eyes gouged out but drew the line at showing an old man with his trousers down.
In the UK this makes no sense, either cut both parts, or if only cutting one cut the violence. I think it is another one of those "but it seems so similar" things.
2 3/4 years ago I was outsourced, the rules over here are that a number of things go with you when you transfer companies, including redundancy payments, this expires after 3 years. Guess when the company I work for now is starting to lay people off? I appreciate that companies may need to make people redundant these days, but to make people redundant one day after 3 years is over seems like a mean thing to do (particularly after the deals non transferred people have had).
Clocks changed last night, I am going to amble round confused for a while now.
I have an headache, it feels like a coffee headache, but I haven't drunk coffee for months.
I was supposed to be going to a meeting in Germany next week, however we were able to sort everything by telephone, sort of a shame since I like Germany, however since it was going to be a first flight in, last flight out thing overall I am a little relieved. The thing is when I heard about the meeting I checked for my passport (which is always in the same place) and couldn't find it. which reminded me that I was also unable to find it the last time I wanted to go to France.
Anyway my flat is in a bit of a state after my searches, however I finally found it somewhere that I would swear I had checked at least twice before.
Final thing...
I remember the first time I went to the USA it was in October, and some of the TV stations were showing horror films at all hours of the day I seem to remember that they showed Halloween at about mid-day, but when we were watching the Shining at about midnight in a scene where there was a painting of a topless lady her baps had been pixellated out.
The reason that this comes to mind is that an American TV station called PBS was showing King Lear recently, they were more than happy to show Gloucester having his eyes gouged out but drew the line at showing an old man with his trousers down.
In the UK this makes no sense, either cut both parts, or if only cutting one cut the violence. I think it is another one of those "but it seems so similar" things.
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