Back from Canada, Eh!

Hey, I was just aboot to make some Kraft Dinner! Anyone care to join me? :)

I just got back from Canada, and man, was it a blast!!! My buddy Martin and I both went up there to meet some friends we met playing the game World of Warcraft. It was so much fun. We flew into Buffalo, NY on Wednesday night, and drove up to St. Kathrines, Ontario that night. I was fairly suprised, they didn't even check ID at the Canadian border coming in. Asked a few questions and sent us on our way. We got up to their house at about 11pm or so, and basically just hung out and got to know eachother in person.

Thursday night they took us out to the Penthouse Club down in Niagra. Man! All I have to say about that is American strip clubs have NOTHING on Canadian strip clubs! We actually "crashed" a corporate grand opening, invite only event they were holding, and got lucky that the person at the front door let us in when our friend Chris gave them his business card. It turned out the event was for local business owners who'd been invited to come by, and Chris just happened to be a business owner in St. Kathrines(not neccessarily an invited one, but a business owner no less.. :) It was open bar and free appetizers for the first hour we were there, so that was pretty cool. We hung out about an hour past that, and had a great time. Afterwards, we were introduced to what chris explained was the "Great Canadian addiction", Tim Horton's coffee. Lets just say each day after involved Tim Horton's coffee, not to mention the tin of coffee we each brought back with us. :)

The next day we went out to go grocery shopping and the such for a BBQ they were having on Saturday. Lets just say Marty and I held up the reputation for semi-obnoxious americans, making sure to point out everything that was different from the United States. The funniest was when we found a pallet of Kraft Dinner(aka Kraft Mac and Cheese to us in America). We found this absolutly hillarious, quoting Terrance and Phillip from South Park "Hey Terrance, I was just aboot to have some Kraft Dinner, would you like some?" "Phillip, You know I never turn down Kraft Dinner" Our canadian hosts hid from embarassment. It was all in good fun though.

So after the grocery store run we went oout and got some canadian beer, and went back to hang out at the house.

Didn't do a heck of a lot on Friday but hang out, Saturday was the BBQ (and who knew that July 1st was Canada Day??? Damned ignorant americans... hahaha) , for which 10 other people from our "Guild" in World of Warcraft came up to hang out. It was mostly Canadians who lived fairly close, but there were a few others who came up from the U.S. It was a great time, a bit nerdy, as most everyone hooked up their computer and played the game together later in the evening, but still a great time meeting people whom we'd been playing the game with for well over a year.

Sunday we went down to Niagra Falls. WOW! It was absolutly amazing! Quite possibly one of the most amazing natural places I've ever been to. I have to say, when I saw the falls, it really made me think "What kind of crazy bastard would ever go over that in a barrel!" :)

After we left the falls we went back home and just chilled out for the evening. We headed back to Buffalo on Monday to head back home, and stopped at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo. They are the undisputed original inventors of the Buffalo wing. Very good. We got our wings medium, but then decided to get a side of the "Suicidal" hot sauce. WHOO! Very hot, but very tasty as well. We went right to the airport afterwards.

I had a ton of fun on the trip, and met some friends who I am certain will be lifelong friends. It was an experience I will not soon forget.