Minnie’s Musings
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Rapidly turned into a sport for the menfolk. Goodness how they like a bat and a bit of friendly rivalry. Less so swimming in the Lake. Apparently it was cold. NO IT WASN’T. Luke warm at worst. Our local heated indoor pool is chillier. I love a bit of fresh water swimming, particularly with snorkel…
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After a bit of hunting the following morning we found a supermarket called ‘No Frills’, expecting a cut price Lidl. Instead we got shelves and shelves laden with all things good to eat in startlingly large packets. Canadians clearly take the American approach to the purchase of food as they have fridges large enough to…
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Well, small lake just south of the Algonquin National Park. There is nothing quite like the relief and joy of seeing relatives, and more importantly their car, when you have pushed your case through arrivals and emerge onto the sidewalk in pursuit of transport. After negotiating the random pick up/drop off/short stay/long stay/you-will-get-ticketed-if-you-stop-for-more-than-five-seconds irregularities of…
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And Ontario is very flat. At least it is in its southern half and along the St Lawrence River, where we spent most of our time. As we have already holidayed in Holland this year, we have rather overdosed on flat. Next year we will go to the mountains. And I am officially launching my…
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Yes, we had a lovely holiday, thank you very much. Canada is a delightful country; big, beautiful and full of lovely people. The Canadians are so polite. So genuinely polite. Not in the obsequious not-interested-in-you-but-I-am-paid-to-greet-you ambush as you enter the store (I am thinking specifically of The Gap in Quincy Market, Boston, where all I…
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… there is now so little leg or elbow room on aeroplanes that the whole experience is deeply uncomfortable. And to my mind, dangerous. Not only are you so close to the seat in front that you cannot stand up straight unless you are in the aisle, but you also don’t have enough room to…
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I have two observations about our baggage fiasco: A manned bag drop/check-in desk facilitates rapid resolution of issues through effective problem solving. This results in happy transactions and good customer relations, for the most part. A “difficult” customer has to be dealt with whichever process you want to shove them through so you need to…
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Wakey, wakey, saga not finished yet… Breakfast at Pret accompanied by two very noisy small children and one harassed mother loudly declaring that if they didn’t pack it in everyone who was staring would think they were naughty and they were not naughty children. I think she thought I was staring at them in horror…
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The fact that getting through security had involved dismantling some extremely tight packing (when I realised that Toronto doesn’t have the jazzy new x-ray machines that let you pass through with small liquid containers), the shoving of dismantled contents into random shopping bags and then the rush to find our departure gate – with purchase…
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