This year marks my fifteenth wedding anniversary; and boy, what a long, strange trip it's been. To observe the occasion, my spouse and I took the train ( Via Rail ) to Toronto on Wednesday, 20 June (our actual anniversary), returning on Sunday, 24 June. I sprung a wee surprise on the missus: rousting her at an ungodly hour on Thursday morning (21 June), I chivvied her into showering, dressing, and hopping onto the subway (run by the TTC, the Toronto Transit Commission, which also runs GO trains,... read more