friday our flight was at 9 am on friday morning (we were up at 5:45 and in the car for 6:30 on the way to the airport). the flight to thunder bay from toronto was about an hour and 20 minutes, allowing us to arrive in thunder bay around 10:30 am. after laughing at the unbelievably tiny airport, terry's uncle had arrived to pick us up from the airport and brought us to where we were staying for the weekend, at terry's grandfathers house. we brought our suit cases in the house and in a matter of 20 minutes terry and i were back in the car - my tour of thunder bay had begun!
we drove around probably for less than an hour before i was complaining how hungry i was. he took me to a place (it cant even be granted the title restaurant) called coney island in which terry had previously described as "a hole in the wall restaurant with amazing burgers". maybe it should be called a diner. you know - the kind of diner that uses plastic cups, mismatched dishes and only accepts cash - yup that is what coney island is. terry ordered 4 burgers and i ordered a burger and a poutine (dont worry, any smaller and these burgers would be classified as sliders). i didn't enjoy the burger very much because all i tasted was mustard but they were pretty interesting - the burgers were similar to a weird mix between a hamburger and a sloppy joe (with a strong taste of mustard - blahh!). terry loved his 4.5 burgers and i liked my poutine!
the rest of our friday was spent driving around. terry showed me the mall (yes the one mall in thunder bay) and the neighbourhood he used to live in with his parents. we drove around the poor parts and the rich parts of thunder bay and he showed me some of the arenas he used to play hockey in. we went to see the terry fox memorial monument (thunder bay was where terry fox was forced due to physical illness to end his run across Canada). we went to get a few groceries and some wine for the weekend and we even took a special eight year old in his life out for dinner and to the arcade.
throughout the weekend, i honestly had to keep reminding myself i was still in canada. they had restaurants, coffee shops and grocery stores i had never heard of. there were even foods i never heard of and brands i had never seen before. ohh also.. so as we were driving around, i kept smirking at these funny little yellow huts that were stationed outside of certain houses near the side walk.. im laughing to myself thinking.. man what the heck, these things are so ugly - that really has to devalue the property of a house, having one of these huts in front of your house.. terry explained.. it gets so cold during the winter in thunder bay that these huts are actually for the crossing guards to stand in while they are waiting for kids crossing the streets (haha makes sense- but i had definitely never seen them before.. i still think they are the most ridiculous looking things ever!)
saturday we woke up and went to the market. i guess there is a market every saturday morning from 8am until noon. terry's mom had mentioned we should stop by and say hi to some friends of hers who have a little stand at the market. we had no intention of purchasing anything but we ended up leaving with probably three meals worth of perogies, fresh dinner rolls, some italian sausage, some elk jerky for terry and some chocolate for me. yum! we spent some time in a coffee shop (me reading my kobo and terry doing some work on the laptop - both drinking coffee). we got some lunch and then headed to kakabeka falls where we were meeting up with some friends.
kakabeka falls was one of the few places i was daring enough to take my mitten hands out of my pockets and actually take some pictures. even though the falls were entirely frozen over, the site was beautiful.
the sky was such a beautiful blue that day. not a cloud in the sky
you could hear the water running underneath the ice, but the top layer was entirely frozen.
ahh so beautiful! id love to go back in the summer or fall!
after the hour or two we spend at the falls, we drove around a bit more. around 4 we went back to his grandfathers house to make some dinner and rest before we had to help set up for the stag and doe.
we went to pick up terry's friend around 630 and headed over to help set up (basically our job was to stock the beer fridge) for the stag and doe. the stag and doe was fun! drinks, music, lots of people and some great prizes! i think the couple getting married was impressed with the turn out! get this though.. saturday night it went down to - 23 degrees celsius before windshield! i dont think i have ever experienced cold like that when i wasn't decked out in ski attire (fleece sweaters and covered head to toe from the cold). my purse froze! my leather purse - completely froze! i swear. when we came back to the house at 2 am.. i shivered for probably 35 minutes after being in the house and covered with a blanket (i think terry may have thought something was seriously wrong with me).
sunday was very low key. i slept a lot. terry watched a lot of hockey/sports (when terry watched sports, i napped - there wasn't internet and only one tv got channels worth watching.. so i napped a lot.. or read). sunday dinner, terry's aunt and uncle kindly took us out for dinner to a local steak house. i had salmon and it was delicious.. ohh and did i mention all you can eat salad/bread& soup bar?!.. yum yum! it was nice! i like his family (thats a good sign right!?) :). after dinner we went back to the house and decided to play some weird game.. i forget the name, something to do with pigs. the game didn't last long, i won a round, he won a round then we gave up. we decided to watch a movie and drink some wine.. (big wine fans here!)
monday family day! our flight back to toronto was around 4 pm. we lazed around, went for lunch, got some coffee, dropped off some presents/made a visit and went back to the house to pack.
that was my long weekend!
first weekend away with mister boyfriend :)
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