Amelia and I have been in the Toronto area for five days now–the first
two days in downtown Toronto and the last three in Oakville with
Amelia’s college friend.
Toronto is–in a way–a weird place. The grey snow banks, the leftover
ice from trampled snow, the green and yellow matted down grass wet from
melted snow remind me of Detroit and it’s suburbs. But then you see
the streetcars, the subway, the mix of townhouses, middle-class
apartment complexes and office buildings and you think how you’re in
alternate future Detroit. One that had kept investing in public
transportation and done whatever else you need for a thriving mixed use
city.
It’s actually been warmer than Boston was, so we’ve had a good chance
to walk around and see Toronto and Oakville. Slowly we’re getting used
to the cold.
We’re off tomorrow on our train trip exploring the western plains of
Canada. Assuming Amelia survives the long train rides without her
daily shower, we’ll soon have more interesting stories to tell.
