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Post by The Star Fox on Mar 16, 2008 19:39:05 GMT -5
Toronto and Kingston are definite musts. Kingston is the shizz, yo. They have all sorts of great shows. Montreal is pretty damn sweet too, but you had best know your French.
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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 20:03:59 GMT -5
sweet. I'll note it down. i know my french. well, i did. i can pick it up again pretty quick, i'm sure.
It really annoys me that so many places in the world have the same names.
Like, my mom was born in Kingston... but she was born in Jamaica. And researching NS for my fanfic, I noticed a Yarmouth... and theres also a Yarmouth in Maine, two in England... you get my point. They could have been more inventive!
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Post by misaki on Mar 16, 2008 20:25:53 GMT -5
One of my friends lives in the Yarmouth, Maine, and I've been to Yarmouth in NS.
If you have the time, wander on down to Vermont or Maine (depending on the time). I'll be there! (I live about three hours from Montreal and I'm working about four hours from it.)
As for places you should see, I really like Montreal. If you go there at the right time, I'll have my friends take you to Warped Tour (if you're in to punk music). I also really like Halifax.
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Post by child-of-fae on Mar 16, 2008 20:47:08 GMT -5
i went to nova scotia it waas so pretty. now i wanna go back.
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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 20:54:10 GMT -5
ohmygod. ohmygod. ohmygod. ohmygod..! I've wanted to go to Warped Tour since I was nine!
Now I have to come visit you XP. From the sounds of things, it looks like I'm going to have to make a trip the whole way across Canada! I'll have to get my dad to pay for me to rent a car.
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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 20:55:05 GMT -5
@fae: i want a forum meet up in NS! V_V i keep reading about it. and i wanna go, too. forum meet up, damn it.
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Post by Clover on Mar 16, 2008 21:51:31 GMT -5
Hey Rosuu, if you stop by Toronto, I'd be more then happy to show you around. I'm from the area, so it's no biggie to show you around. What is there to see? Well, if you're into Tourist Traps, there's the CN Tower, which was until very recently the tallest freestanding structure, and we joke that it's the world's biggest erection. It's pretty cool, on a clear day, since you can see for miles. And at night, it's like looking down at the stars. There's also the Roger's Centre (SKYDOME GODDAMNIT) with its retractable roof. There's the Hockey Hall of Fame, if you're into Sports, Canada's Walk of Fame, if you're into culture, the Toronto International Film Festival if you time it right... There's also Caribana, which is huge--mondo-massive Caribbean culture/music festival, Parade and everything, and of course there's Pride Week, which is always a hoot to go to. Again, massive, and loads of fun.
More casually, there's a bunch of funky little neighborhoods that are cool to troll around in--I'd recommend Kensington Market; it's a very relaxed and friendly area--pretty much a pedestrian village, though cars are allowed, and it caters to more of a 'indie/counter-culture' feel. It's right downtown, so you get a good mix of rastas, punks, and such. One of the best times I ever had in Toronto was buying a fresh watermelon from an outdoor vendor and having it cut and just sitting on the grass in the park people-watching. . There's also Queen Street, which is a mix of very high-class and very low class, but it has awesome side-walk artists; there's High Park which is gorgeous at any given time, there's the Toronto Islands you have to take a ferry to hop over to, but well worth the jaunt if you're just there for a picnic or a day by the water.
Again, like I said, if you're in town, I'd be more then happy to show you around!
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Post by misaki on Mar 16, 2008 22:14:10 GMT -5
I would totally go back to Nova Scotia again. I was considering the NS School of Art and Design (or whatever it's called, lol) but having to get a student visa and whatnot seemed more of a challenge than it needed to be. *sigh* Warped Tour's July 20th, I'm pretty sure. If you get tickets, I'll tell my friends to help you out. (Lol, I've missed out on Warped Tour the past two years, and I thought I'd finally get to go this summer--but decided to work at a camp instead. XD)
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Post by starvingartist on Mar 17, 2008 0:58:47 GMT -5
God, how many easterners are on this forum? Shit, man. XD Uuuh, well, to be fair, BC's got all the good stuff out west. Alberta has, well... Uh. Oil? If you're looking for a laugh, I guess the creationism museum in Big Valley is a kick, and depending on when you go Calgary has the Stampede on, and the rodeo is worth attending, at least, the carnival's kinda standard. And West Edmonton Mall is obscene, but so's everything there. XD
Yeah. Not a big stop on a trip like that, unless you want to hit every province. BC is prettier. >>
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Post by acilf on Mar 17, 2008 1:33:37 GMT -5
Ya we are!
Oh might understand where this is from if you've ever heard of the canadian band The Arrogant Worms. and if you haven't listen to them wonderfully hilarious! Anyhow I say you go to Northen Ontario, there is a park there call Terry's Taxidermy and Mounted Animal Nature Trail. It sounds... wonderful?
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Post by rosuu on Mar 17, 2008 4:18:04 GMT -5
Clover: Tourist traps XD i'll have to go up the world biggest erection, for a laugh... but going people watching with watermelon sounds much more appealing. ^w^ Sounds like the east is the place to go then. Maybe i'll go up from toronto through quebec and NS, and then get a ferry to newfoundland -just because - that would make a damn good trip.
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Post by naoise on Mar 17, 2008 4:19:02 GMT -5
What! seriously?! is kingston that cool!? Liek, I go to school here and have heard of none of this - elaborate! (also: DONT EVER COME HERE IN THE BLOODY WINTER, OR YOU WILL FREEZE YOUR ARS OFF - I learnt my lesson)
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Post by alba on Mar 17, 2008 4:37:18 GMT -5
sweet. I'll note it down. i know my french. well, i did. i can pick it up again pretty quick, i'm sure. It really annoys me that so many places in the world have the same names. Like, my mom was born in Kingston... but she was born in Jamaica. And researching NS for my fanfic, I noticed a Yarmouth... and theres also a Yarmouth in Maine, two in England... you get my point. They could have been more inventive! The ones in the Americas are named after the places in Britain because of the British immigrants. There's also a Newport in Wales and a Newport-on-Tay in Fife, Scotland, which is called Newport locally but Newport-on-Tay for letters and stuff so it doesn't get confused with the (bigger) one in Wales.
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Post by rosuu on Mar 17, 2008 6:15:34 GMT -5
i know it's because of the immigrants, but it just seems... uninventive. if everywhere had imaginative names, it could be like 'lets go to Yarmouth on holiday' not 'lets go to the yarmouth in norfolk'
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Post by alba on Mar 17, 2008 7:57:59 GMT -5
i know it's because of the immigrants, but it just seems... uninventive. if everywhere had imaginative names, it could be like 'lets go to Yarmouth on holiday' not 'lets go to the yarmouth in norfolk' Yeah, there's a New Dundee and a North Dumfries where I live, which is amusing because my mum's from near Dundee and my dad's from near Dumfries. But no one in Canada can pronounce Dumfries - they say thes second thing like in French fries. I think it's because people wanted some sort of connection to the 'mother land' because moving to a colony was a way of still being British when leaving Britain.
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