Toronto was full of tall buildings, and I couldn’t really get a sense of what the city was about at first.

After a nice lunch I realized what the city was about… Beer! And fried food! And getting intoxicated in the middle of the day. After all, I was on vacation, right?

There was a convention in Toronto just the weekend we were there, so the entire city was filled up with people like in the picture above. A lot of the cosplay was terrible and everything I associate with North American… cosplay, but some people actually pulled it of pretty ok, like the people in the picture above. (Minus the sneakers.) I am quite shy, so I didn’t dare to walk up to people and ask if I could take their picture.

I can’t really recommend this place for anything apart from good ambiance. Service was pretty terrible. Food was ok. But if you are in Rouyn-Noranda in Northern Quebec, you might want to stop by for a good time with some friends. That is, if you are ok with waiting for a long time, and don’t mind your food getting cold waiting for utensils to eat it with.

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The mobile pictures keep on piling up! Above, the Pine Dairy bar in Timmins, On.

Sushibird and bird-bird. I wanted to take the poor guy home. He was stuck in a hotel reception somewhere in Northern Quebec without 24 hrs of light and no privacy, poor guy. No wonder he was grumpy.

One more thing to cross of my bucket list, the Canadian version of a bento box. The crackers were ok. The Kit-Kat was not really my thing. Below, too much wine and freshly cut bangs.

I haven’t had a Slush Puppy since I was a kid, and I just had to try it out again. It was sweeter than what I remembered it to be. Below, more poutine and a true Canadian hero.

Timmins is not really well known for their food (although they do have yummy Poutine!), but we went to a decent sushi restaurant when we were there, Osaka Sushi (57 Mount Joy Street South. The google maps are not updated on street view but the address is correct). Compared to the other sushi places I had tried in Timmins previously this one was the best one. If you compare it to other places in the world, it wasn’t that much to call home about, but if you compare it to the rest of the food in Timmins, it is way above average and worth stopping by. The prices were very reasonable, and the food was decent. About the rice – it was slightly acidic and strong in taste compared to Kanto-style sushi rice, but nothing too-too overpowering. The rice was fresh and not dried out. Chinese people in the kitchen. It is an all-you-can-eat type of place ($15 for lunch and around $25 for dinner), and they also have a lot of Chinese and Thai food, so it is easy to go with friends or family that doesn’t want to eat sushi.

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Jeg har ingen ord. Høsten kommer tidsnok. Jeg ser gjennom bilder fra sommeren og tenker at jeg ikke er klar for kaldere kvelder helt enda. Jeg vil tilbake til Canada og bruke altfor lang tid på å drikke kaffe hver morgen, spise mat med høyt kaloriinnhold og lavt næringsinnhold og vente på å bli kjørt dit jeg skal. Jeg vil utsette alt som må gjøres, bare litt til.

… it is all blending together now. Driftwood dreams meet rain at 3am. One day when you come looking for her she will be gone.