It was another gorgeous day here in the North Country so we decided to head further north to visit Kingston, Ontario. The city of Kingston is halfway between Canada’s two largest cities: Toronto and Montreal. It has a major port which allows for a lot of boating and boat cruises throughout the beautiful Thousand Islands. These are the islands scattered throughout the St. Lawrence seaway.
We had lunch al fresco at a yummy Italian restaurant called “Casa Domenico” on Brock street in downtown Kingston. It reminded us a lot of our favorite restaurant in Wurzburg Germany “Casa del Gusto” and we strolled down memory lane a little, chatting on about our time in Germany, while lunching.
The town also has a Lush store which has the most delicious bath products. Most of my friends and family know I love their stuff and I’m THRILLED to have a store so close. I can stock up every few months 🙂 I thought FM was going to have to leave the store though, because one of the store clerks had the most pronounced French accent any of us had ever heard and we’ve been to France several times. It was so strong, I really thought she was putting us on at first but she stayed true to it the entire time. FM so badly wanted to join in with his horrible French accent along with his not-so-bad French “laugh.”
The Casa Domenico’s patio looked across to the farmers market which is the oldest in Canada having begun in 1803! Everything was so fresh and tempting but since we have a mini-fridge and no stove/oven in our temp lodging, I’ll have to wait until the end of the month to enjoy some of those delicious fruits and vegetables.
As we were sitting out and enjoying the wonderful day with temperatures at a perfect 78 degrees, I couldn’t help but think of one of my favorite songs, “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor, which always reminds me of my Dad. The words:
“…I’ve seen sunny days I thought would never end, I’ve had lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought I’d see you again”
kept repeating in my head. It’s hard for me to imagine the coming sub-zero temperatures and snow as high as my knees when it’s so gorgeous right now.
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