Back home again!

Here I am ready to go to work today.

Yesterday I spent home doing the odd thing around the house and unpacking my carry-on-bag. I had to see my latest grandchild so we visited Ron and Lynne for a while in the afternoon. Upon leaving there Ted noticed one of the tires of our car was soft. Luckily we carry an emergency pump with us to get us to a tire place. He came out with two new tires and a bill of close to $300.00. :(

It was very good to spent time with my sister-in-law Willy who is very lonely after the passing of my brother Dirk. We did a lot of talking, I asked her a lot of questions about my parents since she has been part of my family for over 60 years.
Strange as this might sound, I do not remember much of my childhood nor my parents.

For instance, who do I take after?
What was I like as a child?

When my brother was around we did not get to talk about things like that as he always had "more important" subjects to talk about, hahaha!

All I know and remember is me being very fond of them growing up. They left Holland for Canada when I was 12 years old and was very saddened by that.

For her to be talking about years gone by was indeed good for her. I found her to be very well adjusted to her life without her "soulmate" of 60 years, she is really trying!

Upon my arrival in Toronto as I mentioned in my last blog, I was picked up by a limousine and taken like a movie star to my niece Monica's place. We had a wonderful time together. Had our nails done, I could get used to that!! I met some of her co-workers at her work. Went shopping in the famous Eaton's centre, sat down for the yummy fattening New York fries. Then by 6:00 we met some of her friends, Caroline, Sara and Fiona for dinner, sorry I can't remember the name of the place. The transportation was all done by the Subway. What an exiting way to travel. I have always loved the city life. I could feel at home living in a hi-rise smack in the middle of downtown.

Friday morning we again took the subway to the Union station where she parked me right inside the "go" train. She is such a sweetheart, everybody should have a "daughter" like her.
I am very much looking forward seeing her at Christmas.

I was picked up by my nephew Robert, where we also had dinner on Sunday.

My other niece Nelly and her husband Peter took me to the airport after dinner in this fabulous restaurant "The Mandarin". You have never seen a buffet like that. I was thinking the entire time how much Theo/Ted would have enjoyed that, since he loves eating so much!!! There was just anything and everything. That sure made for an unforgettable ending to my trip.