A classic English breakfast/brunch:
A classic Canadian brunch:
Ultimate Eggs – layered hash browns, sausage, back bacon, sweet red peppers and two lightly poached eggs topped with a sundried tomato and feta butter sauce
– I think you can see what Paul felt about his first meal on a glorious sunny Sunday morning in Toronto the day after our arrival in October 2009:
They say everything is bigger in North America . . .
(sorry about the picture quality, I was laughing too much!)
Few people can fail to be aware that Ice Hockey is pretty important in Canada.
Toronto’s team, the Maple Leaves may be a financial success, but are not known as winners on the ice.
Recently the Toronto Star ran a selection of Maple Leaf jokes, of which the following is a taster:
Q: What do the Leafs and the Titanic have in common?
A: They both look good until they hit the ice!
Q: What do you call 25 millionaires sitting around watching the Stanley Cup playoffs on TV?
A: The Maple Leafs
(the Stanley Cup is the NHL championship trophy)
Q: What did the Leafs fan do after Toronto won the Stanley Cup?
A: He turned off his PlayStation.