Had dinner at my aunt"s. She won a nationwide award for her company this year. All the managers go on a cruise in the Caribbean and they do the awards Oscar style so she had no clue she won till her name was announced and posted on the big screen. It's a nice thing to get considering she in a tough neighbourhood in Montreal meaning the people know ( Read more... )

The train ride up was uneventful - The Hubby napped and I read or watched Stardriver on the netbook. Walked to the hotel and dumped the bags off so we could go to our firts movie.

The Troll Hunter was a slow but lovely movie but the shaky camera gave a bit of a headache. The matter factness of the movie and the beautifull Scandanavian scenery made ( Read more... )

1. Hotel for 5 nights booked. Check ( Read more... )

I got three trips in August (Fan Expo and Nan's Internment) for the price of Diggy and I to Fan Expo had I booked all this in June ( Read more... )

But now the the strike is over I think I can book our tickets now because I prefer the train these days.

"Improved work schedules, benefits and training are among the demands of the 340 engineers, who have been without a contract for 2½ years ( Read more... )

But the train isn't.

"Passenger rail service between Toronto and both Ottawa and Montreal will be disrupted until at least Tuesday afternoon after part of a freight train derailed in Kingston, Ont., Monday morning ( Read more... )