Experiencing Canada

As we finally reached our check-in point we realised that we had planned to take one bag to many as hand luggage. My mother and father franticly transferred our entire luggage from one bag into the others whilst my extremely hyper sister and I stood eagerly waiting to approach the plane. Then when we finally checked-in we entered the plane and left the runway on our long hideous flight...

My mum, dad, sister and I finally arrived at Toronto, Canada and my Auntie was waiting in the pick up point in her large beige Ford 4x4. She greeted us with a cheerful hug, a gentle kiss on the cheek, and then we set off in the car (or should I say a monster) to her house. As we drove out of the airport I studied the environment around me. There was snow everywhere. The view, even in the outskirts of Toronto driving on the motorway, was better than any view I had seen in Britain. One of the first things I noticed was that there were no small cars, spread across the wide road were what seemed like hundreds of beasts. Each car belting it down the road, on what I knew as the wrong side!

The air seemed somehow lighter and the temperature was surprisingly warmer than Britain (even though the temperature was under freezing point). I soon learned that this was because wind in Britain was stronger than in Canada.

About ten minutes later we arrived in the village that my auntie lived in. We turned round the corner and we saw a row of posh bungalows. Now, from what I had heard my Aunt and Uncle were wealthy, but from first site of the house's on their street o thought I had heard wrong. We pulled up into their driveway, eager to see their house. We walked through the front door and immediately thought that we were in paradise. The décor was pleasant, the smell was appealing but as my aunt showed me around I thought to myself, ''There are only three bedrooms''? As we walked down the long spacious corridor I noticed stairs, they have a basement. I later discovered that in the basement was another living room, a mini-gym, two bedrooms, a games room, a bathroom, and most importantly, a beer closet. On top of the upstairs living room, the kitchen, dinning room, study, two bathrooms, and three bedrooms this was my idea of a perfect house.

For the first couple of days we all went shopping to one of Toronto's malls. And then as a special treat for lunch my auntie and uncle took me to one of their favourite restaurants. The Sneaker.