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Toronto Ambassadors Arrive In Sacramento and Settle in With Hosts
Inbound from Toronto Canada, Day 1 of 8, October 25, 2017
By: Ray M
Today is arrival day and settling in with hosts. Since arrivals are at various times, there was no group welcome today. Welcome brunch will be tomorrow.
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| Arrivals: Lynn, Debbie, Gladys, Carol, George, Julia, Bernatette |
13 of the 18 ambassadors arrive on various flights in the afternoon. 5 ambassadors arrived the day before and stayed downtown at Governor’s Inn Hotel.
Some of the ambassadors who arrived Oct 24 went on day outings with their hosts.
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| Locke, an old Chinese town in the Sacramento Delta |
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| Elaine D couldn't resist riding the Locke dragon |
A little Toronto History
Did you know that we (US) attacked and heavily damaged Toronto? [a number of us just came back from Japan – we did the same thing there!]
“Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population in 2016 of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the most populous metropolitan area in Canada, and anchors the Golden Horseshoe, an urbanized region that is home to 9.2 million people, or over 26% of the population of Canada.”
“Toronto is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the area for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississaugas surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793, and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by U.S. troops.”
In Friendship and Peace
Credits:- Canada Flag image by George F.G. Stanley - This file was derived from: Flag of Canada.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32276527
- Map By Allice Hunter and Vidioman - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63238633
- History: excerpted from Wikipedia
1 comment:
Hey Ray! Congrats. Looks like you positioned the Toronto blog on top. We learned something new today...a good day. Have a great time with your ambassadors.
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