The last three weeks has raced by which is surprising seeing as we're both still in between jobs. The first week back was Canada Day and we went to the Blue Jays and Red Sox baseball match followed by fireworks at Woodbine Beach. Really cool day with a huge flag nearly covering the baseball field and the Jays scoring a lot of runs. Unfortunately we underestimated how hard it would be to get back from the beach and what would normally take 30 minutes ended up taki...

Pretty standard unemployed week in Toronto this week. We got back to our apartment from our delayed flight from Washington at around midday on Tuesday and basically had time to unpack and eat before we were getting changed for a rum networking event. It was a fun night, but we found it's too hard for us to move around and meet lots of people (which is the point of it) when we go as a couple so we'll have to consider another strategy next time. Wednesday night was...

Matt got back from his West Coast trip with Jamie late on Sunday night where they had a crack at climbing Mt Rainier in Washington and then flew down to San Francisco and road tripped down to LA. The climbing in Washington resulted in some very red noses which kept us company for the rest of the trip. Most stressful time of the trip was when Jamie nearly missed the flight from Seattle to San Fran after having trouble finding the hostel on Sunday night after a pub...

We arrived in Toronto late on Wednesday and made our first mistake by not tipping the taxi driver which is apparently expected here, but we did have a good excuse of being totally oblivious to these customs. Claudie (our airbnb host's mum) was at our accommodation to greet us and was very nice helping us settle in. The next few days we took pretty easy as it's the first time we've stopped since Christmas, but we did manage to do the following: - Sign up to the T...