Do i look like a loony ?????

Went down to the gym last night and ran on the treadmill for half an hour, started to feel a bit dizzy because of the jet lag (i was running at 2am UK time!) so went back to my room and watched some TV.

Woke around 8am, watched TV for half an hour before going down for some oatmeal for breakfast:) I gathered my laundry up and went to the reception to ask what the washer/dryer takes, the conversation went like this (or so i thought it did)

Receptionist: Hi, can i help you.

Me: Yes, can you tell me what money i need for the washer/dryer ?

Receptionist: Your a loony and you need 2 quarters!

Me: excuse me ?

Receptionist: you need a loony and two quarters.

Me: Oh,

I held my hand out and asked her if this was a “loony” holding a $2 coin out,

Receptionist: no that's a tuney!

She took my “tuney” and gave me a couple of “loony's”

I've been to Canada 6 or 7 times and never knew they called a $1 coin a Loony and a $2 a tuney!

Went and put my laundry on then back to my room for shower and to pack. Collected the laundry, packed my case and headed out of the hotel around 11am. Went for a drive around the lake a different way to yesterday and then started to head down towards Toronto.

A couple of people had mentioned that i must stop at a roadside burger place called “Webers” apparently its an old time burger type place and you cant miss it on the drive down. An hour into the journey i got the most amazing smell in the car of BBQ’d burgers! i could see the place about 1/4 in front on the other side of the road. Apparently so many people used to park up and try cross the 4 lane highway to go buy the burgers that Webers actually paid for and built a huge bridge across the highway!

   

I parked the car and headed over the bridge, the smell was amazing. i wasn't actually too hungry as I'd eaten oatmeal a couple of hours ago but the smell just made me want one! There was a line of about 10 people in front of me and the menu was real simple

Burger

Cheeseburger

Garden Burger

Fries

Hotdog

That was pretty much it, no cards just cash and the place was buzzing! i can imagine it’s a goldmine to be honest someone's made a serious amount of money out of that place!!

It was probably one of THE best burgers I've had! i had a cheeseburger with onions on. It was freshly cooked right off the grill and made in front of me within a matter of seconds.

Num, num, num

I then headed down to the hotel where i was staying tonight before flying out to Chicago tomorrow. Bob is having BBQ at his place tonight before the show, Jens, Thomas, Andy and a few of Bobs other friends would be there.

Took me a couple of hours to get down to the hotel, could have been a lot quicker but i was on facebook on my laptop and checking my email, and having a web chat with a few people! Only joking:)

 

Just had a Skype video call with Lauren, first time I've seen her since i left the UK, :) Just going to check in the room and then drive down to the city to Bobs house. Looking forward to the show tonight.

Friday part 2……

After having a look round and driving round a few scenic places i made my way back to the hotel, parked the car and then walked over to the steamboat just across the lake from the hotel.

     

Its a 2 hour trip that takes you on lake Muskoka and goes around all the expensive houses and cottages. Bob and Andy have a cottage about an hour east of Toronto and Bob said theres no way you can buy anything  around Muskoka for less than a $1 million! he was right! The captain commented on some of the houses that had for sale sighs up and told us the prices that was being asked!

$3 million gets you a place like this:         $8 million gets you a log cabin, this is just the boathouse that goes with it!!

    

I was probably the youngest person on the boat, there were about 50 people in total and luckily the weather was a lot better than it was yesterday, it was clear blue skies, the sun was out and it  wasn't too cold to stand on the outside deck of the boat. I’d say 75 % of the houses had huge boathouse and piers at the end of their gardens, theres over 160 islands on the lake and a lot of those have individual houses on. The only way to get to them is either by boat or as i saw by small sea planes that a  lot of people had moored up.

Plane, boat or jet ski!!

In the past when I've been on my travels I've always tried to take pictures of anything unusual and out of the ordinary, today's trip was no different. I've no idea why there's a red Indian at the bottom of one garden, a plastic cow at the bottom of another or why people insist on wearing socks with sandals! especially white ones!! its just not right!!

I’m pretty sure this is what flag Lauren would want on our house if she could have one!

You can view all the pictures from the boat trip here:

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After an hour and a half on the lake we headed back to land and i walked back over to the hotel.

Its about 6pm now, I’m gonna head down to the gym for half an hour, go for a dip in the pool and then get an early night. I’m hoping the jet lags gonna be gone by early next week, the hardest part of the day is between 2pm and 5pm when i just feel so tired! I seem to be waking up that bit later every morning and am getting my appetite back (I’m more than happy to NOT have that back!) although I’ve not had any really nice food yet. Its the 3rd and last Toronto show tomorrow, I’m gonna have another drive around up here in the morning then head back down to Toronto early afternoon. I’ve also been told to call in a famous burger place on the way down called Webbers! After seeing the countryside up here and having been to Toronto 5 or 6 times now I’m beginning to really like it here, its certainly a place I’d like to live one day if i ever could.

Jim, what was the name of those nuts in the tubes you told me to look out for  ?