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August 21, 2005
Toronto
Well we just got home from Toronto. Jena came with me and my family (mom, bill, and grandparents) for a fun filled weekend in Toronto. We were supposed to take the fast ferry, but it was all sold out so we had to drive instead. It was such a nice weekend! We had a great time (even though Jena and I were EXHAUSTED most of the time.) Friday night Jena came over to my mom's to sleep over so we could get an early start. We ended up staying up all night talking until 3:30AM!!! When my mom tried to wake us up at 8:00AM, we both hated ourselves for staying up so late!
Anyway, it was a great time. We had rooms at the Westin Harbour Castle. Jena was able to experience the Heavenly Bed for the first time!! We also went to Richlee's (Bill's favorite restuarant and Seymen's when he was introduced to it a few years ago by Bill.) I hadn't had a chance to go to it yet (Seymen and Bill went to Toronto together when he was getting his H-1 Visa) so I was PSYCHED to try it. And of course it exceeded any expectations that I had. It was DELICIOUS. My stomach is gurgling just thinking about it.
Today, we went to see the blue man group, and Jena and I headed back to Rochester after a quick dinner at the Greek Restuarant next to the hotel. (Again delicious). We had a pretty unventful drive...except our "dumb girl" experience at the border. The custom's guy asked us the usual questions:
Custom's Guy: Hi, where are you from.
Beth and Jena in unison: Rochester, New York
Custom's Guy: What were you doing in Canada
Beth: Going to see a show!
Custom's Guy: All citizen's of the U.S?
Beth and Jena in unison: Yes!
Custom's Guy: Can I see your IDs? Where in Canada were you?
Beth: Seeing the Blue Man Group <--Dumb girl answer
Jena: In toronto seeing a show.
Custom's Guy: Oh? That must have been a fun concert.
Jena: Well actually it was a show on Broadway.
Custom's Guy: Oh really? Is it good?
Beth and Jena in unison: Ohhhh yess! It was excellent <--Dumb girls answer
Beth: You should DEFINITLY see it! <-- Dumb Girl answer
Jena: Yeah! It was awesome!
Custom's Guy: Umm...OK...Who's car is this?
Beth: It's my car (while petting the door) <-- Dumb girl.
Custom's Guy: OK. Go ahead... (Slightly smiling)
So, at least we got him to smile!! We both started cracking up afterwards. We then started driving and had to make a U-iey on the Robert Mosely Parkway...and then again on Route 18 when we thought we were lost, panicked and turned around and then called Jena's Dad, and then had to turn around again. But it turned out OK, and we made it back fine :-)
Anyway, I'm off to bed. Talk to you later!
Posted by beth at August 21, 2005 10:40 PM
Comments
I just want to thank u and your family for a wonderufl weekend. Thx for the blue man tickets, and seymen for the hotel room and bill and your mother for dinner....I didn't expect all that. Please thank everyone again for me!! I had to much fun and a lot of good chats! :0)
Love ya,
Jena
Posted by: Jena at August 22, 2005 05:46 PM