Busy Week. Mission: Coffee.

I've only been in Toronto for a little over 48 hours now, and it has been a very busy 48 hours. So I apologize for not having written much about it yet. There are just a few things that I need to take care of before I really start to explore the city.

Here is what I have done in the past two days:

• Get through immigration.
• Explore immediate neighborhood a little.
• Settle into our temporary home.
• Buy groceries.
• Look at more longer-term places to live.
• Tour nearby neighborhoods.
• Bikram yoga class at a new studio.
• Find out where to register for social insurance number (needed to work and open a bank account in Canada) and OHIP (government health care) card.

I have walked a ton, and have found myself exhausted by later afternoons. I have a few errands that I need to take care of tomorrow, and then hopefully Wednesday/Thursday I will be able to explore some further neighborhoods. One that I am really interested in hitting up is Cabbagetown. A few weeks back, Bail and Whale told me about a kick ass coffee shop over in Cabbagetown. It is called JetFuel, and I am really set on making this one of my first adventures.

Now that I am in Canada, and the Starbucks here don't accept the Starbucks Gold Card, I am interested in exploring other coffee shops. I tried the Second Cup yesterday. And there is also Timothy's, which is good too. There are three other chains in the area, as well as an independent one around the corner.

It'll be good not to be tied down to the "bucks." In Boston, Starbucks were just so convenient. I couldn't stomach Dunkin' Donuts coffee, and all the independent coffee shops were just too far away.