In which our hero ventures forth and meets people

[chickenfeet]

So, yesterday morning I nervously sniffed the crisp autumn air outside the lair and ventured forth to meet the in-transit frumiousb. The plan was to meet up for a coffee before she and her party embarked on the near legendary high speed ferry to Rochester. The frumiousb and her partner were delightful but unfortunately the Toronto International Passenger Ferry Terminal is the only ferry terminal, bus station, airport, railway station or spaceport in the entire galaxy that doesn't have a coffee stall or similar so coffee wasn't to be. Still, it was a very nice walk to and from the docks on a bright sunny morning.

Not content with meeting Real Live People™ once in a day, lemur_catta and I hied ourselves chez metalana for an evening of drinks, snacks and Scrabble with assorted persons who were awfully nice etc. There was one young lady from rural BC who was very well behaved and didn't start gnawing the table leg every time the tap was turned on. In fact no trees were cut down all evening. We returned shortly after midnight without me, against all expectations, turning into a pumpkin.

Comments

[thidwick.livejournal.com]

How is the Toronto-Rochester ferry doing? It had some difficulties a while back, no?

When I was in college, there was much talk of it but it didn't actually launch until after I graduated. We always wondered whether Rochester had enough appeal to attract people from Toronto, or if the ferry would be populated entirely by Rochesterians on day trips. :-)

I never did make it to Toronto while I was in Rochester, mainly for lack of a car most of the time I was there. If there had been a ferry at the time, that would have made it easier!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I think it's still quite a marginal enterprise. It seems to be mainly used by tourist coach parties who want to include a day or two in the Finger Lakes area as well as up state New Yorkers coming across for the theatre etc.

The catamaran itself is rather impressive though.

[frumiousb.livejournal.com]

It was very nice to meet both of you, thanks for walking to meet us!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

The pleasure was all ours!