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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Thursday, August 13, 2015

{Toronto Canada Then and Now}

Yes, we have been in Toronto in 1986, for the 6th North American Mushroom Conference on July 20-23.
Pieter was the speaker on July 22 and also a panelist.
This is husband Pieter on Sunday, July 20 of 1986 with the Old City Hall Tower in the back ...
This is me on Sunday, June 7 of 2015 in about the same spot.
6th North American Mushroom Conference
Hilton Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Canada
July 20-23, 1986
On July 22 of 1986 Pieter was one of the speakers
Also Pieter functioned as a Panelist
and your participation as a speaker was a major contribution in making this conference the most successful on records...
That's me, standing near Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel, where we were having the Conference.
Notice the Canadian way of writing 'Harbour' - just like we studied our Oxford English!
Now it is called The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
Husband Pieter in the Toronto Financial District on July 20, 1986
Toronto Financial District on June 7, 2015
The Bank of Nova Scotia to the left.
The Bank of Nova Scotia to the left and the Old City Hall Tower in sight on June 7, 2015
 
This is me again, now to the side of the Old City Hall on Sunday, July 20 of 1986
This is the front view of the Old City Hall with Tower on Sunday, June 7 of 2015
The little pink dot in the center, that's me, wearing my Escada polyester/silk jacket.
Just to the side of the Old City Hall is the Toronto Eaton Centre where we went in June, like we did in July of 1986
Me, studying the directory at Eaton Centre.
 We walked back to our hotel in about half an hour; just before the rain!
That was a nice Sunday afternoon for going back to areas where our foot steps were.
Do you also like going back to certain places you enjoyed previously?

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{Brunch in Toronto With Friends Blogger I Admire} | previous post by me
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{Our Grand Hotel Mackinac Island Michigan Afternoon Tea} | previous post by me
{Mackinac Island Flora} | previous post by me
{Mackinac Island Carriage Tours} | previous post by me
{Patriotic & Romantic Mackinac Island} | previous post by me
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{505 S Huron Avenue, Mackinaw City, Michigan} | previous post by me
{Delta Annual Companion Certificate Flight to Detroit, Michigan}  | previous post by me


15 comments:

  1. What a wonderful flash back to Toronto ... living the here the changes are gradual over time and one barely recalls how things use to be - it's nice to look back once in a while and see how much things really have changed. Especially along the water front. I had to smile as I looked at the photo of the front of city hall I was looking to see if I could find you or Pieter ..and that pink "dot" I thought may be you or perhaps it was just a scenic shot ... then I read your caption - and I smiled. Wishing you both a wonderful week ahead. xo Blessings, Celia M. HighHeeledLife.com

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  2. Dear Mariette,
    How fun to retrace your footsteps and have the photos to compare! I have always wanted to see this city - maybe someday. It seems a wonderful place for a conference, too. I really like the glass ceiling with the birds! :) Lovely photos. xo Karen

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  3. Dearest Mariette,
    thank you for this Look back! Great pictures!
    Have a lovely week,
    Love and hugs
    Claudia xo

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  4. Liebe Mariette,

    das ist wunderbar!
    Alles Liebe
    Elisabeth

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  5. Hello dear Mariette!!
    What a beautiful city!!
    You and Pieter look great!
    I really enjoyed your wonderful pictures from yout trip to Canada!
    (Flora and the baby are here for Summer vacations!)
    Hugs!
    Dimi...

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  6. In het straatbeeld is niet veel veranderd, alleen de mensen zijn ouder geworden :-). Leuk om het Eaton Centre weer te zien.

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  7. My dear Mariette! Indeed I do enjoy going back to places I have been to previously. I had my first child in Bremerhaven and we took a tour wherever our Volkswagen would take us 4 months after he was born, to show Erich off! We went from Bremerhaven all the way to Venice with many stops between to show him to kind folks who were so nice as we moved about all over Europe and the middle east every few weeks. Thank you for the welcome visit. I have had to have the excellent nursing care of Katie for these three weeks and probably a little longer still. It was so good to hear from you. xo

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  8. I love to go back to places where I've been before and I loved them, always nice too see some progress.

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  9. I enjoyed the photo comparisons between then and now! Old City Hall looks such a gorgeous building. And I love the bird exhibit in Eaton Centre. It's always fun to go back to places I've been before. I worked in Orlando, FL for a while. Then came to Atlanta. After a while I visited Orlando for business trip and was surprised how much the city changed! Looks like Orlando, as an tourist town, keeps changing all the time!

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  10. Oh, ich dachte zuerst, Ihr wart jetzt dort, liebe Mariette. Gigantisch! Diese hohen Häuser, da würde ich Platzangst kriegen! ;-)

    Liebe Grüße
    Sara

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  11. I had so much things of your wonderful time back in the conference in Mushroom Pieter was the speaher on panetint the bank of Nova Scotia in to I like old city Hall on Sunday. I like to your Eslada polyester/silk Jacket. Dear Marieete!
    Hugs and Love both of you!
    Michiko

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  12. Wat groot allemaal -de flats (voor mij te ) maar toch lijkt het me een belevenis..

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  13. Dearest Mariette; Oh, how Great to enjoy the contrast 'old and new' of the Great city, Dear friend♡♡♡ By the way, I've served and had three Soba-noodle meals during this Obon-season, so today I'm planning to make mushroom rice p:-)
    Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*

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  14. It's interesting that you comment on the spelling of "harbour." It is of course correct. Other than the United States and a few of its satellites the entire rest of the English-speaking world follows the original British etymology.

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