Body World- October 24th, 2009

Words cannot begin to describe the exhibit of Body World we experienced at the Toronto Science Center. It was eyeopening on several levels, literally and figuratively. They were real bodies, plasticized and torn apart to educate the world on the inner workings of our bodies. It was nothing short of amazing.

Eglington Avenue was an experience in contrast to the viewing of Body Worlds. A full hour of driving straight west, watching the close up results of congestion of human social interactions played out in humans just performing their daily tasks with no connectionto the scientific reality which allows them to exist. You never know how badly you need glasses until you drive in a foreign city and need to read road signs (words spoken by the driver as we zoomed through downtown Toronto).

I saw close up where Shannon's lack of respect for rules may have originated. People crossed busy congested streets, pausing to allow traffic to pass by on either direction on either side of them as they stood in the middle of the road waiting for an opening to traverse the second half of the city street. U-turning cutting in and unrealistic speeds were the order of the day - and not by Shannon - She was angelic.

We chose to stop for a quick bite to eat so we would not have to pay exhorbitant prices for food at the franchise show, just to arrive and learn that over 50 percent of the booths were restaurant franchises serving substantial servings of their wares. We could have saved ourselves $20. Gloria-Rose made up for it by collecting over $20 of samples from the other booths.

The show itself was not as expected. It was much less extensive and inundated with restauranteurs.

A leisurely drive, escaping the city before the 401 and 400 was infiltrated with rush hour, took us north to Huntsville to Marie's, where we are now. Marie had prepared a fabulous home cooked meal, John poured us a glass of wine, and we feel very welcomed. To entertain ourselves after dinner we ate homemade apple crisp and watched Nickole's Christmas present.

We are wrapping up the night with "the Devil wears Prada!"

Goodnight
your travel bugs