Day 10 - Oakville

Went to St. Simons Church in Oakville this morning. I first went there 22 years ago with my brother when I emmigrated to Canada in 1982. There were a couple of people who remembered me (I have been back a few times - most recently 3 years ago). The most remarkable thing for me was to realise how much I have aged in the last few years. I clearly look older than some of the people I thought were old 22 years ago. One man remarked to me how much I looked like my father (the half glasses don't help!). I took it as a compliment.

The church is quite conservative and so dramatically different from our own and that which we had enjoyed in New York. We shall probably visit again but have just discovered another local church on the internet that is most likely to be our home whilst we are here. They have a set of drums.

Went out again for lunch and came back and had an afternoon nap with Julie. Can't remember the last time we did that. Mum and Paul sorted the boys out and we emerged from our room about 4:00pm. Bliss.

Very much enjoying our newly installed 5Mbps internet connection. This is done through cable TV and cable modem and is 10 x faster than the regular 526k connections we have at home. This what the internet was designed for. I can access my computer in the UK remotely (using Remote Desktop)and it's as if it's right in front of me. Just magic.

(techies check out http://www.broadbandreports.com/archive. We are with Cogeco - no. 4 in the list)