My Friend's Parents

(Moraine Lake, Alberta. Not my photo)

My friend's parents and aunt came to visit from Korea a couple of weeks ago. Within a day of their arrival in Toronto they boarded another plane for western Canada. I believe it was either to Calgary or Vancouver (both of which they visited).

They spent a few days out west. As well as Calgary and Vancouver, they went to Banff. I believe they went on a couple of helicopter flights to see some glaciers while out there. I heard the weather in Vancouver wasn't too nice. It rained most of the time unfortunately.

Upon their return to Toronto they spent half a day here before flying out to Quebec City. They stayed there for a day then flew back for another evening here where we met up at another friend's place for a barbeque before they flew out for Halifax, Nova Scotia the next morning.

After spending about three days in Halifax they returned where they finally stayed in the general area of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). One other friend took them to Niagara Falls where they spent the night. The also crossed the border into the U.S. for a quick look. This left them two full days in Toronto before they would head back to Korea.

On their first day in the city another friend dropped them off downtown. They went on a site-seeing bus tour and a boat tour around the Toronto Harbour. It was stiflingly hot and humid that day. With the humidity I think it was supposed to feel like nearly 40C. In the early afternoon they called it a day so they could go home and cool down.

The next day I had them with a different friend. The weather was a bit nicer. The forecast rain didn't materialize thankfully and it was a bit cooler. We took them to the Distillery District, the Beaches, Yonge/Dundas Square, the Eaton Centre, City Hall and St. Lawrence Market.

After that they had dinner at home and spent the last few hours with their daughter and her housemates before going to the airport for an early morning flight (at around 1:00 a.m. I believe) to return to Korea.

Now that's a whirlwind tour if I've ever heard of one. I think they spent nearly as much time in an airport or aboard planes as they did here.