The other day we took a drive down to Cobourg which is in between Toronto and Belleville. The town is very pretty and has some nice shops. We wandered through King street where most of the quaint type shops are. We then wandered along to the lakefront and to the marina. There were lots of water birds here and lots of expensive looking boats.
As you can see the wether was beautiful, very hot with sun shining and not a cloud in the sky. Along side the marina a lots of new condos. Some are already built but others are still being built. They looked really nice (as condos go) and when I got home I looked up on MLS to see how much they were. They ranged from around $250k for a one bed apartment to half a million dollar for three beds and a harbour view.
After exploring the marina we then went to the beach area. Cobourg has a large beach with lots of amenities such as cafe, toilets, showers, children’s play area and Victoria park backs onto it. We will probably bring the girls here when they stay as they want a day on the beach.
We were going to take them to Sandbanks, but by going to Cobourg instead they get the all the other bits the town has to offer as well as the beach. Plus the cafe and toilets are right on the beach so the amenities are better.
We cannot believe that the girls arrive on Monday. It seems like forever ago that they originally booked their flights etc. With their new flights they arrive early on Monday morning , so an early drive to Toronto for us. Lets hope the traffic won’t be too bad.
Well on Monday we went to the airport in Toronto to pick up my aunt and uncle. Fortunately the weather was great and the journey uneventful. We got there as their plane was due to land and only had to wait about 20 mins for them to come through arrivals. After greetings etc we loaded their luggage into the truck and made our way home stopping off in Port Hope for a Tim Horton’s – well you have to get visitors into the swing of things as soon as possible don’t you? We got home and showed them around the house, chatted for a hour or so and then they went to bed shattered.
Yesterday was out first full day together and they got up really early as they were still on European time. We spent the morning catching up on thing and then later took them into Belleville to show them the sights. We took them to the mall and Chapters book shop which they were really impressed with. We toured the city and went across the bridge to The County and went along Rednersville Road where there are some really nice waterfront properties.
We went shopping and they were very impressed with the choice and price of food available. $200 of food shopping later we went home and my uncle cooked us a meal. I know you are all thinking, poor man, he comes here on holiday and has to cook a meal. But he loves cooking and is very good at it so is doing us all a favour – honest!
Every night we get deer in our garden and we had told them about this. So, with video camera set we waited for them to come – but no, the deer decided that last night was going to be their night off – making liars of us, typical!
The evening was spend watching telly and chatting, but soon the jet lag was catching up and they went to bed.
Today we went to Presqu’ile Provincial Park in Brighton. Trouble was many of the trails were flooded and inaccessible, but we still managed to visit a lot of the places and the lighthouse etc. They were amazed that Lake Ontario was so vast and looked to all intense and purposes like the sea. The weather was great and temps up to 16C so they haven’t got frostbite yet!
Tomorrow we are going up to 1000 Islands and Charleston Lake which should be really nice.
