Ralf (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} canada_ralf) wrote,@ 2004-12-19 22:33:00 |
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I Can See Your House From Here......
Christmas Cheer to you all! I am enjoying my first ever-white Christmas this year. Its been snowing now on and off for the past few days and currently its –21! I went to Toronto yesterday to go up the CN Tower and the Royal Ontario Museum. Both are spectacular in different ways. The CN Tower ‘Canada’s wonder of the world’ really is that although I am not sure of the point of it commercially. The weather was perfect for viewing the city, and the observation deck is so high it rises above some clouds. There you have 360-degree views of the GTA including other landmarks buildings such as the TD Towers, The Scotia Bank Tower, Bank of Montreal Complex and the Sky Dome. Its quite amazing! Then I went to The Royal Ontario Gallery, also stunning. It has a fine collection of paintings including Monet, Gauguin, Degas, Renoir, Picasso and Modigliani. I went mainly to find out more about the Group of Seven, who were a group of Canadian artists who were radically, changed art in N-America. Their work is striking and helps the tourist understand how Canadians see their country. Also the AGO has the largest collection of Henry Moore Statues in the world, someone who I knew precious little about. Then I watched the skaters in the central square of Toronto and then went shopping at the Eaton centre were I bought a 6ft 3D jigsaw puzzle of the CN Tower, what I day!
I know I don’t update this that often but I really appreciate you visiting it, and like your comments. Hope you got your Christmas cards; a Christmas message will appear shortly.
Christmas Cheer to you all! I am enjoying my first ever-white Christmas this year. Its been snowing now on and off for the past few days and currently its –21! I went to Toronto yesterday to go up the CN Tower and the Royal Ontario Museum. Both are spectacular in different ways. The CN Tower ‘Canada’s wonder of the world’ really is that although I am not sure of the point of it commercially. The weather was perfect for viewing the city, and the observation deck is so high it rises above some clouds. There you have 360-degree views of the GTA including other landmarks buildings such as the TD Towers, The Scotia Bank Tower, Bank of Montreal Complex and the Sky Dome. Its quite amazing! Then I went to The Royal Ontario Gallery, also stunning. It has a fine collection of paintings including Monet, Gauguin, Degas, Renoir, Picasso and Modigliani. I went mainly to find out more about the Group of Seven, who were a group of Canadian artists who were radically, changed art in N-America. Their work is striking and helps the tourist understand how Canadians see their country. Also the AGO has the largest collection of Henry Moore Statues in the world, someone who I knew precious little about. Then I watched the skaters in the central square of Toronto and then went shopping at the Eaton centre were I bought a 6ft 3D jigsaw puzzle of the CN Tower, what I day!
I know I don’t update this that often but I really appreciate you visiting it, and like your comments. Hope you got your Christmas cards; a Christmas message will appear shortly.
