catch up after no wi-fi period

We’ve had some time away from wi-fi, so this is a catch up since the last upload…..
Saturday 18th September
We had a great night’s sleep in a very luxurious hotel and woke on Saturday, considering the options on our list. We checked emails and found that Caroline's Aunt Diane had responded to a request from Caroline to see if she knew where her Grandmother was buried. we got some rough idea, then after a short bit of internet research we had contacted the Park Lawn Cemetery on the west side of Toronto. The person asked that they closed at 12.00 midday, and gave us the plot number and area. We checked out of the hotel and made our way to the subway and arrived in good time. Unfortunately the area designated was the oldest and many plots were sporadically marked. We weren’t expecting to see a named stone as we had with Caroline’s grandfather the day before, but after half an hour of looking, we decided that our search was similar to that of a needle in a haystack.
We made our way back into the centre and found ourselves attracted to viewing the Chinese Terracotta Warrior Exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum.
We spent around 2 hours looking at both the special exhibition as well as other artefacts from around the world as well as a specific section on Canadian design, art etc.
It was becoming a bit tough on the feet, so we made our way back to the subway and got off at Osgoode to eat a burger for me and a strange tasting ‘veggie hot dog’ which didn’t fool Caroline as we thought that there was probably meat contained. She had to leave it, but concentrate on fries instead.
It was around 16.00 and thought we could head back to the hotel to collect our cases and then walk to the Union Station and sort our tickets out and check in our bags.
By around 17.30 we had dropped our bags off, and then considered which direction to go in order to get a meal. I think we went the wrong way, and whilst carrying 2 heavy backpacks, the feet were starting to feel considerably tested!
We eventually found a very nice restaurant back near the station, ‘Oliver & Bonacini’ Café Grill, (33 Yonge Street). We chatted to people on both neighbouring tables about our adventure who wished us well on our journey across Canada.

It was time to head back to the station and start soaking up the anticipation and excitement with other travellers who were congregating at the Station.
We boarded the train at 21.30 and the train left at 22.00 (right on time).
Soon after departure we were invited to a champagne welcome party in the lounge area. We went and spoke with several other passengers, one of whom had retired the day before and was doing a solo journey across Canada, to Vancouver island after doing a further train journey through the Rockies.

Time to get sorted in our cabin, which was not a place to swing a cat around in, but with a little practice, we managed to get settled down with ear plugs in place were gently rocked into slumber land, courtesy of several glasses of Champagne!