{"id":848,"date":"2005-06-24T00:29:31","date_gmt":"2005-06-24T00:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=848"},"modified":"2017-10-04T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:29:03","slug":"toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slingadventures.com\/destinations\/canada\/toronto","title":{"rendered":"A Summer in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"Having experienced a few days of a\u00a0bitterly cold winter in Toronto a few months earlier, spending time in the summer months seemed a better alternative. So on return it was fortunate that we were able to actually spend an entire summer in Toronto. With the benefit of a few resident friends, assimilation into Toronto or 'T-dot' way of life was made all the more easier.\r\n\r\nIt's always daunting arriving into a new city in which you intend to stay a while. Which is why an airport pick up from our friends Jen and Ken was a very welcoming gesture. They do say the Canadians are some of the nicest people! We also had some friends, Cath and Marty, from Australia who had recently arrived so we were also lucky to have a place to stay until we got settled.\r\n\r\nThe usual tasks of getting established in a new city include the following in roughly this order. A phone, a job, a place to stay and a circle of friends. So having the last two by the first day was a great head start. Coupled with the fact that Allison had actually secured a job before leaving Australia. A few phones and a job for me and we were all but settled!\r\n\r\nFinding temporary office work seemed a little troublesome with it not really being the done thing in Toronto. Meanwhile Marty offered to introduce me to the moving company he was working with to get some cash initially. With moving house normally being a nightmarish experience I was hesitant to do this full time! However after the first few jobs, while physically it was tough, the pay was decent and the fellow movers were certainly entertaining. Plus I realised when you move for yourself it's the packing and unpacking that is the worst. The actual moving is not all that bad.\r\n