Roses
I thought I would take it easy today and only visit the Ex for one or two hours. There were just a couple of things I wanted to do. I met my friend Betsy and her daughter Sarah at the GO train. We wandered over to the Winter Games area. Sarah and Betsy tried out wheelchair curling. Sarah managed a tricky hit and stick take out in the four foot to pull out the win. Next they tried out the biathlon and luge. Sarah’s attempt to match the record for jumping into the luge was not as successful as her curling.
Betsy and Sarah were heading to the SuperDogs show. As I had seen it yesterday, and the day before, I thought I would hunt for the elusive deep fried bacon. Everyone I asked had heard of it, but no one seemed to have seen it. After a thorough check of every Midway concession stand I finally found it on Princes’ Boulevard, across from the Direct Energy Centre, closer to the Princes’ Gate. Once I found it I didn’t have the courage to try it. Maybe next week.
I wandered through the International Pavilion for a while. There is a vendor that sells ceramic bird calls. I could listen to him make bird songs with it for hours. It was getting close to one so I got in line for the cheese tasting seminar. Boy, was that worth the wait. Before the seminar started, a gentleman at my table entertained us by asking questions from the 100 Canadian facts flyer they gave us. The tasting was led by Anne-Marie Shubin, a cheese expert from George Brown College. We were able to try six Canadian cheese, and filled in our thoughts on them in the cheese diary were given. The seminar was really interesting and delicious. At the end of the presentation we were given a lot of cheese reading material and a wonderful cheese grater.
I caught a bit of Shawn Monteith’s presentation on how to get rid of mould. Not the kind in the blue cheese I just tried, but the kind you find in bathrooms. I made a note to come back to see a whole presentation.
I started to head back to the Midway, but discovered it was starting to rain. I ducked into the Ricoh Coliseum and caught the Movie Magic ice show again. By the time it was over the rain had stopped.
Time to head home. A quick check of the watch and I was shocked to discover that 6 hours had flown by.
Tomorrow, big cats and little horses.
