The Social Event of 2007 – The Wedding in Toronto.
Niece Laural and her friend/fiance/life partner/significant other decided to formalize their eight year relationship. (True or False: by Canadian “Common Law” means they were already joined anyway?) We packed up father and friend, brother, spouse, dogs, cats, gerbil and two of the moles in the back yard and headed across the lake to Toronto to participate in the festivities. (Maybe there were no dogs, cats, gerbils or moles involved, but seemed like we packed enough to include them. . . if we had any.)
We got hold of a van so the five of us would be reasonably comfortable for a five hour drive, packed it up and headed towards the border. Got across fine, and into Toronto in just a few short hours. The families met for dinner, had a chance to meet everyone since many of us had never met before, then back to hotel to rest up.
Saturday morning we headed out to tour the CN (Canadian National) building, billed as the tallest in the world. Like the claim to fame of the worlds highest roads, the exact features that make this the tallest building still elude me. I am pretty sure there are taller buildings, but perhaps not of the same category. (Free standing, highest observation deck, tallest TV antenna?) No matter what the criteria, it was fun, and HIGH up there. Walking onto the glass floor gave cause for initial concern, but after a short time it was no big deal. (Although one “‘fraidy cat” to remain nameless never did more than dab at the glass with the toe of a shoe.)
We had chance to walk around downtown some, but after the tour of the tower and lunch it was time to get ready for the ceremony. The wedding was very nice, casual and relaxed, some pictures are posted, but the lighting levels and the puny flash on the camera weren’t quite enough to really capture much at a distance. After the ceremony there was a nice dinner, and then treats for everyone… some people had chocolate covered strawberries (be sure to check the photos) and others had plenty of liquids to stave off any possibility of dehydration! Did I say PLENTY? The younger crowd danced up a storm, the others sat and visited until people gradually wound down and departed.
Sunday most of our group returned home, with me remaining behind to visit one of our facilities in the area on Monday. Sunday afternoon though there was a nice bar-b-que at the bride and grooms house. We all had plenty of hamburgers, sausages and hot dogs to satisfy, and enough chatting to fill ones mind and stomach.
I said final good-byes about 7:30 and headed for the hotel North of Toronto, and will await the next gathering of the Kasdorf clan sometime in the future.