Apr 3, 2019. Just a date; well, not for me. This date will be etched in my memory for long time, may be forever. This is the day that marked the successful culmination of my journey to become Canadian citizen. I and my family were sworn oath of allegiance to the Queen and welcomed to the great Canadian family. As presiding judge Rodney Simmons said we started the ceremony as 99 nationals from 29 countries and after the ceremony left…
On December 28, 2018 evening while surfing internet I came across Niagara Winter Festival of Lights. The dazzling lights and fact that fireworks for the whole week from Christmas to new year tempted us to go there. Impromptu we took off for Niagara, started around 5.30pm. The roads were not bad, reached there around 7pm. A lots of parking spots were available, we parked at Victoria Ave and walked from there. The walk along the Falls was pretty nice, there…
It was Saturday, beautiful sunny day but not too hot. We started around 7.30 am to beat the morning rush on highway 401 as it tends to get very busy over summer weekends. We made a stop at Onroute, Trenton to use facilities and have a cup of coffee. As expected, there was a long queue at Tim Hortons and since we only wanted coffee, we bought coffee from another shop called Seattle something (damn! forgot exact name). My wife…
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St. Catherines is a city in the famous Niagara region. We drove to St Catherines this weekend. It was a beautiful summer day not too hot, no rain few clouds almost perfect to be outdoor. We drove on highway 403 and as usual in summer weekends, it was quite busy. What should have been less than an hour and half drive turned into two and half hours. We had fun in car though, had some cookies, chips ginger ale to…