chris' wander around canada

i stayed in toronto for a few weeks trying to find work well not really trying i was just hopeing that something exciting and financially rewarding would turn up but i did apply for a few jobs!!most of my time was spent partying and recovering! one of my favorite nights was halloween. Halloween was epic it was a fantastic night I’d decided to go as a woman so nerissa took it upon herself to ensure I was beautiful so we went shoe shopping that day which was not easy as women’s sizes don’t go big enough but eventually we found a pair of heels I could squeeze into...unfortunately so we went back to the hostel and drank some beer while doing my nails then had dinner and returned to finish me off with more beer and a hair straightener nerissa also donated tights and a dress to the cause and Ruth had donated a feathery boa getting ready was interesting every stage was a transformation and when I was finally unveiled to the greater hostel community let’s just say I caused a few nightmares as I’m embarrassed to say I looked very hot as a woman!

. Nerissa and I walked all the way up church street to Bloor to the peridot lounge on the way church street was closed off for a major street party and I flirted with everyone and I mean everyone I really got into character as crystal nerissa had to keep pulling me away from girls I was chatting up so we eventually made it(half a water bottle of vodka later)and we went in leaving the vodka at the door for later I think my first drink was a cosmopolitan which was a bad idea as I in my drunk state got most of it on myself the party was ok there was some amazing costumes like Mr.T and Lego man. John finally arrived as a vampire so we drank a load more there is pictures of me chatting up girls I can’t even remember so we were all pretty hammered and by about 2 nerissa and I left to find a small pub we could terrorise on the way we met giant Burt and Ernie and a few other good costumes had a few falls nerissa grazed both her knees and we ended up in McVeigh’s an Irish bar by the hostel and I was certain we’d get drinks there now as it turned out we could not get served I’m not sure was it because it was after last orders or because I was dressed as a woman and hanging onto the bar for dear life shouting “I’m Irish and I want a drink” I guess I’ll never know!
due to not finding work in toronto and getting bored of the same city i decided to go to vancouver to try the west coast and see what it had to offer!
For my last night in Toronto I went to the hostel for a few drinks and we ordered in food from dangerous dans I got the quadruple C which means colossal colon clogging combo and consists of 1.5 pounds of beef ½ a pound of cheese ½ a pound of bacon 2 eggs and all the usual burger toppings with poutine and a milkshake somehow I managed to eat the entire burger ½ the milkshake and some of the poutine on top of 5 beers in under 15 minutes I was very proud of myself until my stomach felt like it needed to burst I was in pain for about 3 hours it was terrible! We later went to a few bars on queen street west and had good fun I was unable to get drunk though as I’d eaten so much! Next day I woke up early to finish packing and tidying up and went to get the plane to Vancouver!

chris' wander around canada

a travel blog by chrismcginley

toronto

Toronto, Canada

ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

montreal

Montreal, Canada

toronto again

Toronto, Canada