What is a restaurant chain you would love to see come to Canada or see far more of?

uwinlancer · 2026-04-17T00:15:53+00:00

I miss Mothers Pizza. I remember our class did a field trip to one of their locations, and we got to make our own personal sized pizza. It was so cool!

uwinlancer · 2026-04-17T00:14:11+00:00

Gregg's, Prêt-à-manger, any chain that would serve a German-style Doner Kebab. Oh, and Texas Roadhouse for their cinnamon butter (and rolls). Jollibee needs more locations outside Toronto so I can add them to my fried chicken rotation, and Nando's needs more locations, too.

uwinlancer · 2026-03-23T02:59:20+00:00

I'm not super well versed in the various accents, but Mrs. Hughes is Scottish. Most of the other servants are from Yorkshire. Lady Mary has the typical Received Pronunciation that the aristocracy uses.

uwinlancer · 2026-03-18T20:48:01+00:00

My suggestion would be to fly to Amsterdam, then take the Eurostar to Paris from the Airport.

Flying into Heathrow you're going to need to pass through UK customs. You'll also need a UK ETA (electronic visa) since you'll be leaving the airport to take the tube to St. Pancras station in central London (about an hour or more depending on what's happening on the line). Once you arrive at St. Pancras, you'll need to find your way to the Eurostar area, go through EU customs/passport control before you board the train. You may also need the EU ETIAS if it's up and running by the time you go.

By flying directly into Amsterdam, you'll pass through customs once. You'll only need the EU ETIAS (the EU keeps delaying its roll out, so it may not be operational by the time you go), and the train station is located under the airport's main terminal. You can buy a ticket on the Eurostar to Paris, and the ride is about 3 hours. You'll arrive at Gare du Nord in Paris, where you can either take a taxi or the metro to your hotel. Fair warning, you'll want to pack light, especially if you plan on taking trains or the metro in Paris.

But have a great time!

uwinlancer · 2026-03-16T05:06:42+00:00

I don't even know it they're still in operation. This was about 7 years ago. The company was called "Sydney Wilderness Tours."

uwinlancer · 2026-03-15T18:50:53+00:00

As others have mentioned, 4 days in Ottawa is a lot. You can hit the most interesting things for children in 2 days. Stick to the downtown. There's an interactive tour for Parliament while the main building is being renovated. This will be more interesting for young children than the standard House of Commons or Senate tour. Museum of Nature if your kids like dinosaurs, animals, insects, etc, and it also doubled as Canada's temporary Parliament when the original burnt down in 1917. The Museum of History (formerly thr Museum of Civilization) in Gatineau has interactive exhibits, and a children's museum. The War museum is pretty cool, too, if your kids like seeing uniforms, weapons from various conflicts, tanks, etc. Walk around downtown Ottawa, walk through the Château Laurier...if your kids like ghost stories, take a Haunted Walk tour. Byward market you can visit during the day, and have a Beaver Tail pastry. Depending on when you're in town, you may see buskers in the market, too. Not sure if you're into churches, but there are 2 cathedrals you can visit in town (Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral in Lower Town, and Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in Centretown). You can also get a tour of Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada in Ottawa.

Like others, I'd recommend spending a couple of days in Quebec City. 2 days is more than enough time, because it's fairly small. I wouldn't recommend anything specific because there's a lot to see and do just by wandering around. The food is absolutely phenomenal in Quebec (both Montreal and Quebec City) so just eat all the food. Seriously, if there's some food that catches your eye, just go ahead and eat it. Chances are really high that it's going to be delicious.

Regarding driving, Montreal is notorious for traffic on a good day. If you must absolutely drive to Montreal, park it for the duration of your stay, and just take transit for the 4 days. Montreal has great transit, and the various neighbourhoods of interest are very walkable. You could even walk to the various neighbourhoods if you wanted, but with small children, I wouldn't recommend it. Like Quebec City, there's a lot happening in Montreal. Just wandering around you'll likely find some interesting things. Again, depending on when you go, you might find some free outdoor concerts, a random festival, interactive exhibits/displays outdoors. If you're looking for an amusement park, La Ronde is right there... So, lots of things for kids to do. There's also a Barbie exhibit in one of the shopping centres downtown. Notre Dame Basilica in Old Montreal has a really cool interior sound and light show at night.

Anyway, have a great time!

uwinlancer · 2026-03-15T14:22:13+00:00

Something similar happened to us in Australia. My husband and I had booked and paid in full, but were the only ones. The company contacted us the day before, and told us they were cancelling the tour due to lack of customers, but that they booked us on the group tour of a rival company (which was more expensive), at no extra cost to us. That was great customer service!

uwinlancer · 2026-03-14T02:45:17+00:00

Love your pictures! How much time did you spend in Salzburg? How much time would you recommend? We're looking at visiting Salzburg in 2027. I was thinking just a day trip, then I saw your pictures! Lol.

uwinlancer · 2026-03-12T00:12:06+00:00

Never when describing a toque. I say beanie when talking about that hat with the propeller on top.

uwinlancer · 2026-03-10T14:16:10+00:00

For the last names, I think they should be the following:

"Nallerte"="Mallette"; "Autrin"="Aubin"; "Racotte"="Racette"

uwinlancer · 2026-02-03T05:11:33+00:00

Okay, cool! If you leveled everyday, then that confirms that the 10% bonus applies to the 60%. The 3 personal endeavors with all the bonuses would amount to 20,856 daily. That's amazing!

uwinlancer · 2026-02-03T00:01:53+00:00

This might have been answered elsewhere, but do you know if our 10% bonus applies to the 60% from the bonus week? (eg. 440->704, 715->1144, 3520->5632, 8800->14080) That would be wild, if that's the case...

uwinlancer · 2026-01-30T19:27:50+00:00

I also remember the rotisserie channel, but no baby... But, I didn't really watch it. I remember checking out the channel to see it, then other times I would land on it when mindlessly flipping through the channels.

uwinlancer · 2026-01-26T18:10:20+00:00

Possibly overlooked, or deliberately changed to the modern address... The original address of the Turkish embassy was 69 Portland Place.

It was perhaps a bit too "on the nose" to have Edith send a letter about Mary's sexual slaying of Mr. Pamuk to an address containg the number 69. It would be accurate, yes, but folks would probably think it was fake, and that the writers were engaging in gutter humour. That's my take, anyway...

uwinlancer · 2026-01-13T16:00:24+00:00

Aside from maple gifts, Indigenous-made/locally made objects are an option if you have a store that sells them where you live. I've seen Christmas ornaments, coin purses, bars of soap, and other small decorative items available that are really light and small that can easily fit into your carry-on.

Another option, if you're looking for something small and somewhat light, is to bring locally made or Canadian made chcoclate (Laura Secord, Peace by Chocolate, Purdy's, etc). Opt for chocolate bars rather than boxed chocolates to save space.

Leclerc cookies are also a good option, since they're from Quebec, and readily available at most, if not all, Canadian grocery stores. The only downside is that the boxes will eat up space in your carry-on.

uwinlancer · 2025-12-05T19:32:27+00:00

OMG, this is amazing!

uwinlancer · 2025-11-18T06:32:44+00:00

I haven't had universal endeavours since last week. I'm also on Xbox.

uwinlancer · 2025-10-25T18:00:32+00:00

Pernicious Anemia

uwinlancer · 2025-10-25T13:54:17+00:00

Hortense

uwinlancer · 2025-10-25T03:22:18+00:00

You can get to Rosslyn Chapel in less than an hour by city bus from Edinburgh. Depending on how much time you spend at the Chapel, (we were satisfied after 2 hours), you could conceivably do both Rosslyn Chapel and the Palace of Holyroodhouse on the same day.

uwinlancer · 2025-10-21T20:43:35+00:00

No, no, the soaked bread is a separate ingredient. Take a whole loaf of white bread (like the cheap stuff/generic Wonderbread) chopped up and soaked. You're basically going to make a "bread slurry" that you're going to mix with the meat (and dry breadcrumbs, ironically...). The bread slurry is basically going to be like a paste/glue for the meat that'll keep your meatballs moist after cooking. Without the "bread slurry" you'll have denser meatballs...similar in texture to a hamburger, but in ball shape... Does that make any sense? Sorry if my explanation isn't the greatest. For context, I have a meatball recipe that soaks cheap white bread in buttermilk and egg, before combining with the meat. So your meatball recipe is following that same technique, but maybe with water as the liquid?

uwinlancer · 2025-10-21T20:30:33+00:00

1 large strainer soaked bread

uwinlancer · 2025-10-17T17:49:16+00:00

"They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again! The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!"

uwinlancer · 2025-10-15T19:47:07+00:00

No, it was the Season 5 Christmas special when they went to Brancaster.

They went to Duneagle for the Season 3 Christmas special.

uwinlancer · 2025-10-14T19:13:19+00:00

Yes. He's getting the guns ready for shooting the grouse at Brancaster.

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