My intention in visiting Toronto a week ago was to get out and walk... and walk I did, for three or four hours every day... pausing from time to time (of course!) for coffee...
With my son, his wife and my daughter, I explored
East York, a neighborhood Terry and I once called home. (We lived there the year before moving to Ottawa, when Terry was a student at the
Institute for Christian Studies.)
My son and his wife plan to move to that same neighborhood in a few weeks. They chose it because it is halfway between his work and hers.
Wandering around, we passed the church that Terry and I had attended. It looked strangely different. What had changed?!
Suddenly I realized: A large apartment building now sits in the church's former side yard.
(I guess change is inevitable!)
Closer to their new home, we discovered a bakery, an ice cream store, and other fun places...
Every large city is made up of neighborhoods. This one is old (built in the 1920s, I think)... But it's family friendly.
Very near their new home Natalie noticed a school sports field perfect for jogging.
I think they will be happy here. I know we will enjoy visiting them - and reconnecting with our old neighborhood!
There are so many neighborhoods in the metro Toronto area - I mean, what are the chances?!
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