Explore the city

As a true Dutchie I enjoy exploring the city by bike. One of the main reasons why I think Toronto rocks, is because of the hundreds of really cool restaurants, lunchrooms, coffee shops (not the Dutch kind of coffee shop!) and so on. They all have this unique style, which I would describe as urban or industrial. LOVE IT!! Combining two of my newest hobbies, exploring the city and social media, you can consider me an addict of every possible app to discover as much as possible hot spots. Foursquare, blogTO, got them all!

Current favourites are Marben (marbenrestaurant.com), La Palette (lapalette.ca) and Buca (buca.ca) for dinner, Nadège (nadege-patisserie.com), Sassafraz (sassafraz.ca) and The County General (thecountygeneral.ca) for lunch, and The Drake Hotel (thedrakehotel.ca) and Le Petit Déjeuner (petitdejeuner.ca) for Sunday brunches. New tips are more than welcome!

Let’s go outside!

Canadians are known as people who love to canoe, hike and go camping… Enjoying the great outdoors! This, in combination with my fabulous birthday present awakened my passion for… biking! And I have to admit that I really enjoy it. As a true metropolitan we alternate places like Niagara-on-the-Lake with tours along the coastline of Toronto. WOW! This time of the year is beautiful, even this city-orientated person is amazed by all the trees with their yellow and red leaves. However, I wasn’t such a nature lover anymore when wet and windy edges of Sandy reached Toronto. I was shaking in my bed in our beloved high-rise building! Next time I will be prepared…

First impression

Where should I start? There are so many differences between Toronto/Canada and Amsterdam/the Netherlands! Let’s start with my favourite dissimilarity… Living on top of the world! Not literally, but on the 40th floor next to the CN Tower feels a little bit like that. I love the view, especially by night when the city is lit by thousands lights. Still haven’t found out the CN Tower’s lightshow rhythm yet, but it sure is a colourful happening every night. As a result of living at high altitude, on misty days our apartment is surrounded by clouds. I can assure you, this is far from colourful! Anyway, can’t stop making pictures of the spectacular view 🙂

Besides the heights and views, I am still impressed by using cheques, squirrels in the city, (false) fire alarms in the middle of the night, school buses, sports bars, skyscrapers, the Canadian friendliness (Hi, how are you?) and so much more. Totally different from what our charming but tiny and flat country has to offer. I suppose that’s the fun of living abroad, experience the unknown!

Welcome to my blog! YES WE CAN(ADA)!! Enjoying life in Toronto…