Birr 21st 22nd & 23rd 24th Oct,2006
A nice surprise today, 24th. I awoke to a white world, There was about an inch of snow covering everything. How lovely it looked ! I didn't venture out in it though, I only had my nightie on and it was very cold. I have been on the computer answering e-mails most of the morning, and looking out the window I have seen the snow melting as the sun came out every now and then.It is still pretty cold out there Pat said it was about 3 degs at 1pm. That's cold for me !!
Well we headed off to the Party on Saturday at Newmarket which is North/West of Toronto,stopping at Tim Hortons for lunch. We travelled through towns with names like Orangeville, Mitchell and Arthur, all pretty little places and we took many pictures along the way. We arrived at Dave and Barb's where the party was being held about 1.30pm.I was able to meet more of my Murrell relations. Dave's children and their children. We enjoyed the party, stayed the night, and after sitting with Dave the next morning drinking coffee,eating toast and laughing a lot, we set off for home. (Barb had to go to a Ten Pin Bowling game and was then having another party there with her Bowling friends.)This time we went a slightly different way home, we went across country and I was able to see a bit more of Ontario.When we arrived at Orangeville we decided it was time for lunch,so we stopped and ate at a place called "Angels". It was a good meal but bad service. There are so many places to eat over here it's a wonder they all keep going. I wonder if we will ever get a Tim Hortons in Aust. ? They are very popular over here. When we had filled our stomachs we decided to go stalking the Buggy People again. Sunday is their visiting day when they go to Grandmama's for dinner, so even though it was a wet cold day we still expected to see them and we weren't dis-appointed !! In fact we were very surprised to see two Mennonite girls on Roller Skates !! I only wish we could have taken a snap of them. We took pics of more Amish people. One was of a young husnand and wife walking along the road in the rain with their 2 children in a pull-along cart with a covered top. It looked quite foreign to anything I have ever seen. Pat tried to get a quick picture, but it didn't come out very clearly.
We arrived home about 7pm, tired but happy. We had a lot of laughs discussing where we'd been. We saw a beautiful home for sale at a town called Mono Mill. I said "I could live in that very easily ", so Jack suggested that I send an e-mail and tell everyone that I would see them in another 12 years time, as I had bought a house here and was not coming home !!???
Monday was "Trace the Ancestors Day"!!
We started our search at Woodlands Cemetery where the Brother and his Wife of my Grandfather are buried.They were the original Murrells who came to Canada when my Grandfather went to Australia.We also went to the grave of Pat's parents. Her father was one of my relations.. We also went to Pond Mills Cemetery where Uncle Sydney was buried. From there we headed to Port Stanley on Lake Erie. I have now seen 3 of the Great Lakes of Canada.We took quite a few piccies here, but it was bitterley cold, as you will be able to see by my face. After that we travelled to a town called Melbourne where there is a lot of history concerning a Bank Robbery. We travelled through part of an Indian(Feather) Reservation, the Chippawa Tribe. I think they keep their homes marginally better than our Natives, although they seem to like to surround their homes with old car wrecks. Not much Landscaping, that's for sure.
We had a "treat" in Melbourne. I had an Ice-cream and Pat and Jack had what looked like a Lemon Meringue and a coffee. If Jack doesn't get his "Treat" he becomes like a broken record stuck in the same groove. "I want a treat, I want a treat ".After that we headed back through Kilworth and drove along the Thames River. By this time there were snow flurries, but the 3 Muskateers continued on. We drove through the Campus of the University of Western Ontario which I must say is big and beautiful, and then toured around the old homes of Northern London looking for a "Hansel and Gretal " style home.I will include a photo of the style I mean. We ended our day with Jack shouting us dinner at a place called Kelseys.Another happy day full of laughs was over.
I had a pleasent surprise last night when Jackie rang from Vancouver to say "Goodbye". She wanted to know if I had let everyone in Aust. know I was heading back to Vancouver for a few weeks !! I wish I was, I had a wonderful time there. I've had a wonderful time where-ever I've been over here and wish I was starting out all over again !!
Will try and get back to the blog before I leave here on Thursday, but if I don't,I'll catch up when I arrive home. Bye now, and thanks for comments recieved. Thelly
Well we headed off to the Party on Saturday at Newmarket which is North/West of Toronto,stopping at Tim Hortons for lunch. We travelled through towns with names like Orangeville, Mitchell and Arthur, all pretty little places and we took many pictures along the way. We arrived at Dave and Barb's where the party was being held about 1.30pm.I was able to meet more of my Murrell relations. Dave's children and their children. We enjoyed the party, stayed the night, and after sitting with Dave the next morning drinking coffee,eating toast and laughing a lot, we set off for home. (Barb had to go to a Ten Pin Bowling game and was then having another party there with her Bowling friends.)This time we went a slightly different way home, we went across country and I was able to see a bit more of Ontario.When we arrived at Orangeville we decided it was time for lunch,so we stopped and ate at a place called "Angels". It was a good meal but bad service. There are so many places to eat over here it's a wonder they all keep going. I wonder if we will ever get a Tim Hortons in Aust. ? They are very popular over here. When we had filled our stomachs we decided to go stalking the Buggy People again. Sunday is their visiting day when they go to Grandmama's for dinner, so even though it was a wet cold day we still expected to see them and we weren't dis-appointed !! In fact we were very surprised to see two Mennonite girls on Roller Skates !! I only wish we could have taken a snap of them. We took pics of more Amish people. One was of a young husnand and wife walking along the road in the rain with their 2 children in a pull-along cart with a covered top. It looked quite foreign to anything I have ever seen. Pat tried to get a quick picture, but it didn't come out very clearly.
We arrived home about 7pm, tired but happy. We had a lot of laughs discussing where we'd been. We saw a beautiful home for sale at a town called Mono Mill. I said "I could live in that very easily ", so Jack suggested that I send an e-mail and tell everyone that I would see them in another 12 years time, as I had bought a house here and was not coming home !!???
Monday was "Trace the Ancestors Day"!!
We started our search at Woodlands Cemetery where the Brother and his Wife of my Grandfather are buried.They were the original Murrells who came to Canada when my Grandfather went to Australia.We also went to the grave of Pat's parents. Her father was one of my relations.. We also went to Pond Mills Cemetery where Uncle Sydney was buried. From there we headed to Port Stanley on Lake Erie. I have now seen 3 of the Great Lakes of Canada.We took quite a few piccies here, but it was bitterley cold, as you will be able to see by my face. After that we travelled to a town called Melbourne where there is a lot of history concerning a Bank Robbery. We travelled through part of an Indian(Feather) Reservation, the Chippawa Tribe. I think they keep their homes marginally better than our Natives, although they seem to like to surround their homes with old car wrecks. Not much Landscaping, that's for sure.
We had a "treat" in Melbourne. I had an Ice-cream and Pat and Jack had what looked like a Lemon Meringue and a coffee. If Jack doesn't get his "Treat" he becomes like a broken record stuck in the same groove. "I want a treat, I want a treat ".After that we headed back through Kilworth and drove along the Thames River. By this time there were snow flurries, but the 3 Muskateers continued on. We drove through the Campus of the University of Western Ontario which I must say is big and beautiful, and then toured around the old homes of Northern London looking for a "Hansel and Gretal " style home.I will include a photo of the style I mean. We ended our day with Jack shouting us dinner at a place called Kelseys.Another happy day full of laughs was over.
I had a pleasent surprise last night when Jackie rang from Vancouver to say "Goodbye". She wanted to know if I had let everyone in Aust. know I was heading back to Vancouver for a few weeks !! I wish I was, I had a wonderful time there. I've had a wonderful time where-ever I've been over here and wish I was starting out all over again !!
Will try and get back to the blog before I leave here on Thursday, but if I don't,I'll catch up when I arrive home. Bye now, and thanks for comments recieved. Thelly
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