Final Tour Day

I'm siting here in our hotel room, close to the Toronto airport, almost packed up, with some time to look back on yesterday.

It was a full and rewarding final day! Kathy, from the Canadian Publishing Warehouse, took us on a mini tour of the surrounding towns . . . one of them being St. Jacobs. We passed beautiful homes and farms along the way.

and, once again, saw a way of life that we do not normally observe where we live.

We visited several touristy shops. One of them being The Village Silos. I could have spent a whole lot more time in there! It is just as it sounds . . . a number of old feed silos converted into little shops. It had the feel of an old castle with it's rounded shops and shelves tucked into little nooks.

I was told there were more than 50 local artisans in this place selling their wares . . . one of them being The Village Potter, where we could observe the artist at work at the potters wheel.

We also visited the local farmer's market . . . a busy place on a Saturday . . . showing off its beautiful local produce, honey, maple syrup, homemade sausage etc.

Lovella picked some gladiola stems to take to the dinner we were invited to for the evening. Lunch was served in a similar fashion as at our local MCC Relief Sale. I had perogies . . . Lovella had cabbage rolls and perogies . . . Kathy had a large hotdog.

In the afternoon we had book signings at Ten Thousand Villages and at Wordsworth Books in Waterloo. . .

just so grateful for the positive response and people who are joining us on this venture.

Once again, it was to special to meet bloggers in person, especially when we recognized the name!

This still looks surreal to me . . . does every one of these authors feel like this? We left with signed books on the shelf. This too was something new to me.

Late in the afternoon Kathy took us to the Publishing Warehouse . . .

 

just to see where she works. This is the friendly voice that takes the orders for the books ordered in Canada. We had a tour of the warehouse.
For dinner we were invited to the home of Ron and Kaye, the president of Herald Press . . . who just retired, but still wanted to host a dinner. We met a large number of their friends, shared our story and signed more books. Late in the evening we drove to Toronto, our hearts filled to overflowing with all that we have experienced these past two weeks.