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Hotel Selby

 We flew to Toronto, early and in very good spirits, but these days the “safer” it gets to travel by plane, so too does it become incrementally more painful. Remember peanuts and Shirley Temples? No longer my friends. Now, you can buy soggy little sandwiches in crinkling cellophane packages for $6 a pop, crummy snacks all wheat/nut free too salty or too sweet to make up for the lack of flavor, and even the movies are pay-per-view. I am saddened that the romance has been X-ray’d away.

Atmosphere brakes between the slits in the wing, and finally the ground is visible again.

We were surprised at the wind winding through the airport (although, I guess I shouldn’t have been.) One thing I always love about traveling to new cities is the change in foliage. And they really weren’t kidding about scores of maple leaves! I cannot wait until the green seeps out! The secrets of the Toronto train began to reveal themselves, and Robin and I felt our independence returning. One thing that I cannot seem to get over is that the trains in Toronto smell EXACTLY like those in New York City! I never would have thought that that scent would be so nostalgic- but now I want to go there with Robin more than ever. Were staying the weekend at a rickety converted mansion- all brick and lovely molding. The elevator reminds me of NY too- room for two people at the most, and a cinching metal lattice for peace of mind.

We ventured to the Air Canada center to watch the Festival Cup: an all-star hockey game to raise funds for Children’s right to play sports. Being that I’m not an enormous hockey fan, the highlight for me was seeing Tim Robbins right up close and in person. It was surreal and fantastic!

Missing you all- and surprisingly the dry air.

With more adventures to come…

Liz

Tags: Liz, Toronto, Travel

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