What is Earth From Down Under

Earth from Down Under is a blog about our twice in a lifetime retirement visits to the Antipodes with stops in Hawai'i. To stay in touch with friends and family while on our trip, we will post updates as often as possible. (Click on the photos to enlarge them for the full effect.)



Sunday, March 28, 2010

Dinner with Toronto Friends



Luckily we checked our notes and didn’t miss our dinner with Ros and John Dekker on the Tramway Restaurant. I do admit I was a bit sceptical of this concept. A small tram car continually circles the city as one dines. However the whole experience was charming, the wood paneled tram car was most attractive and the food was tasty though too plentiful. It was excellent connecting with Ros, a former colleague from Bloorview school, and her husband John. They are on a 5 week holiday to the Antipodes and before we left Toronto, we compared itineraries and hoped to rendezvous in Christchurch.
A fellow Kiwi diner very kindly took our photos, and we hope we were weren’t too loud for this young couple who sat across the aisle. It was great fun to compare notes and hear of their luxurious flight over in business class. We hope to see them again near the end of our travels in Adelaide. I’ll always remember walking behind Ros at school wondering how on earth she kept her svelte figure. I’m still wondering; how can she eat all her potatoes and look so good?

2 comments:

  1. Claude,One might ask the same question of you and Duncan, Major foodies that you are! S.

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  2. Hi Sylv,
    Dunc is skinny but for me it's an ongoing battle. There is an artist here - Cecily who designs hilarious cards for women of a certain age. One says something like: I thought I looked good until I viewed my profile in the store window! Isn't that the truth.
    Claude

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