From: baratron	Date: 13th June 2007 00:03 (UTC)		(Link)

Does that mean I completely miss you? We could make another trip later in the week, otherwise.

	From: baratron	Date: 13th June 2007 00:04 (UTC)		(Link)

Mmmm, my lungs don't get on well with dust. We're talking plaster dust and things like that, yes? Probably be best to see you somewhere other than your house, then.

But we definitely must see each other, because it's been too long and I have a present for you. (I saw it while shopping for something else and it came home with me :D)

	From: baratron	Date: 13th June 2007 00:16 (UTC)		(Link)

Sofa bed may do for a day or two, I'll see how it goes.

It's now looking like we might only be staying Thursday night in Toronto itself and be going to Hamilton on Friday, and not returning until Sunday. (Have to check what all the other #soc.biters plans are.) In that case, it would definitely be useful to have a sofa bed to stay on for the first night, because it's pointless checking into a hotel for one night. Then I guess we'll stay in a hotel in Hamilton on Friday & Saturday nights. We might end up in a hotel in Toronto from Sunday to Tuesday, but then I'll be wanting to stay with people where possible while I'm in Toronto by myself.

Is being there for Canada Day good or bad? I mean, is it the sort of holiday where all the shops and museums close and there's nothing to do except go to church and/or village fetes? Or does it just mean the city centre will be unusually busy on a weekday?

From: (Anonymous)	Date: 13th June 2007 00:31 (UTC)		(Link)

Banks and offices will be closed on the Monday. Museums will still be open. Some stores and restaurants may be closed, depending upon the willingness of the owner to pay overtime. There may be interesting things going on in the parks and at City Hall. And there will be fireworks!

	From: baratron	Date: 27th June 2007 22:04 (UTC)		(Link)

Heh - we're not sure where things stand either! Organisation has not been forthcoming due to my menstrual cycle and lack of desire to leak on other people's furnishings. We've decided it will be best to get a room in a hostel for the first couple of nights (before we go to Hamilton), so I have a private bathroom to use.

The place we've booked is the Toronto Travellers Home, 588 Dundas Street West - it's on the same map as your place, but east a bit (on the corner of Dundas Street W and Augusta Ave). We would love to meet up with you for dinner on Thursday or Friday, if you're available.

I have made a new post here with a chart of what we're doing when. At the moment it's a whole lot of empty.

	From: baratron	Date: 28th June 2007 00:55 (UTC)		(Link)

That could work. You'll have to pick a meeting location that is easy for us to find :)

	From: baratron	Date: 13th June 2007 00:30 (UTC)		(Link)

I am randomly allergic to all non-human animals with fur, but how allergic I am varies from animal to animal of the same species, and is impossible to predict in advance. I don't seem to be particularly allergic to Ludy's cat Sylvia at all, although it helps that she's never tried to lick me. But I have been much more allergic to jinian and hoopycat's cats. It's weird and somewhat annoying.

I do have fairly effective allergy meds now, though, so I'm not too bothered about cats. It's dust mite that's the real problem. Blah.

I have a shiny new Rough Guide to Toronto because I figured my Rough Guide to Canada was completely out of date (bought it for alt.polycon 6, and I don't think it was that year's edition anyway). I will read it in my Copious Free Time *cough* and figure out what we want to do/see.

	From: epi_lj	Date: 23rd June 2007 15:22 (UTC)		(Link)

Well, let us know if you decide that you want to stay here. I looked through the other comments and wasn't really sure what the schedule is. :)

	From: baratron	Date: 27th June 2007 22:23 (UTC)		(Link)

Neither was I! I have made a new post here with a chart of what we're doing when.

I think we could be convinced to go to the Royal Ontario Museum. I very much like that it's open until 9.30pm on Friday & all weekdays in July - that's an aspect of civilisation that's barely made it over here. (The only museums in London that have a late night at all are the V&A and the Tate Modern.) I wonder if that means we could tack it onto the end of a day in which we mostly did something else? Hmm.

Looking at the gallery plan, I expect we'd mostly want to look at the natural history. The Bat Cave and Reptiles galleries sound good. Shame the dinosaurs bit won't be open until winter :( I like dinosaurs!

The Art Gallery of Ontario isn't really appealing because of the construction work - none of the exhibitions listed particularly appeal to me, and I haven't heard of any of the artists really. It might be interesting when the construction work is finished and the permanent galleries are open again, but not right now.

I think I or we would like to stay with you at some point next week. I'll be around on my own from Wednesday night until Saturday afternoon, and I don't want to stay in a hostel by myself after having had Richard around. I don't know how long you'd consider it reasonable to have house guests for (I know you live in a flat).