Weekend getaway

The St. Patty's day weekend is generally one of lots of partying and green suds; definitely not the case for me this year. This weekend I was invited to a friend named Ally's place in Toronto to just relax for the weekend. I was humbled to receive the invitation and accepted immediately. The weekend began early Saturday morning. I caught the 7:36am VIA Rail train from London to Toronto set to arrive at 10:04am. After a sleepy ride to Toronto I met up with my sister and Ally, who had just seen Philip Phillips the night before, at the Starbucks at King and Yonge; we discussed what we should do for the weekend and decided on for the most part, relaxing. On our way to Ally's apartment, we stopped at Eglington subway station and got some cupcakes. Upon arriving at the apartment, we began playing games and relaxing. For dinner we ordered a plethora of Chinese take out, which was delicious. We had earlier decided that we'd like to go to a Marlies game at Ricoh Coliseum on the Sunday, so I bought tickets that night. The next morning we trekked outward towards Ricoh via the TTC. After a quick pitstop at an ATM and Starbucks we boarded the 509 replacement bus towards the exhibition. The game in question was the Hamilton Bulldogs at the Toronto Marlies. After sixty slightly boring minutes the Marlies won 4-1. We made our way back to the apartment after a quick pitstop at Dundas station. The lovely thrasher joined us for some big brother then was quickly on his way. After departure of the thrasher, Ally, Sonia and I discussed details of the trip in the summer of 2015. This discussion greatly renewed so of our excitement and anticipation for the trip to England next summer. The next morning (Monday) we packed our bags and were on our way. We departed Union station at 12:15 on VIA Rail train 73, or slated arrival time is 2:26pm. It's slated because I'm writing this from that train. Currently passing through Woodstock, I think it was a very successful relaxation trip and thank Ally very much!

Hamilton Bulldogs @ Toronto Marlies from Ricoh Coliseum