Wow, so its been like almost a year since I got back from my USA trip, yet i haven't even finished up my blog. I wrote this a while ago, but didn't publish it. Its pretty much the end of the trip, minus Vancouver, Seattle and Honolulu part 2. I'm not going to write those bits, as it was just mindless shopping and getting ready to come home (much poorer than I began financially, but many times the wiser about life, cultures and other members of our human family).
Well after leaving Nigara Falls, I caught the train into Toronto, which is about 2 hours or so. The journey was made in the dark so I didnt get to see alot of the scenery, but a good time to get a bit of shut eye as I was up so late the night before doing my laundry since I was deperately running out of clean clothes! Once I got into Toronto, I found my hotel and settled in as it was in the evening and I hadn't planned much to do for that first night. I bought my dinner from the petrol station across the road (healthy, I know!) to eat in the room watching cable - I think it was something like Pussycat Dolls present Girlicious lol. I spent a bit of time on the computer and then it was time to catch some zzzzz's. The first day was a chance for me to go and get acquainted with the city itself and so I explored the Eaton Centre (it is a MASSIVE shopping centre!!!. I also tunnelled my way through the city in their underground PATH system which is amazing. You can literally wander underneath the whole city without even having to see sunlight or go onto the street - it is an absolute godsend considering the outside temperature was somewhere below freezing. I spend some time on the Rogers Centre tour, which is home to the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Argonaughts (their baseball and NFL teams respectively). The Rogers Centre is right next to the Toronto CN tower and about a block or so away from Air Canada Centre, which is home to the Maple Leafs (NHL). I also spent some time seeing Lake Ontario which is gorgeous with all the snow covered islands and footpaths. That was pretty much my day and I got to see the beautiful city sights.
Well after leaving Nigara Falls, I caught the train into Toronto, which is about 2 hours or so. The journey was made in the dark so I didnt get to see alot of the scenery, but a good time to get a bit of shut eye as I was up so late the night before doing my laundry since I was deperately running out of clean clothes! Once I got into Toronto, I found my hotel and settled in as it was in the evening and I hadn't planned much to do for that first night. I bought my dinner from the petrol station across the road (healthy, I know!) to eat in the room watching cable - I think it was something like Pussycat Dolls present Girlicious lol. I spent a bit of time on the computer and then it was time to catch some zzzzz's. The first day was a chance for me to go and get acquainted with the city itself and so I explored the Eaton Centre (it is a MASSIVE shopping centre!!!. I also tunnelled my way through the city in their underground PATH system which is amazing. You can literally wander underneath the whole city without even having to see sunlight or go onto the street - it is an absolute godsend considering the outside temperature was somewhere below freezing. I spend some time on the Rogers Centre tour, which is home to the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Argonaughts (their baseball and NFL teams respectively). The Rogers Centre is right next to the Toronto CN tower and about a block or so away from Air Canada Centre, which is home to the Maple Leafs (NHL). I also spent some time seeing Lake Ontario which is gorgeous with all the snow covered islands and footpaths. That was pretty much my day and I got to see the beautiful city sights.
The second day was a little more touristy, going up to Casa Loma which is some riddiculously huge mansion shaped in the mould of a castle build by some rich dude who started providing electricity for Toronto. He ended up losing the house because of bad debts only a couple of years after it was actually finished lol. Anyways, that was interesting to learn about the history of Toronto and then after a couple of hours there, I went and did the night lights of Toronto, revisiting the CN tower and also going to the Town Hall which is some wierd building shaped in the form of a dome and curved wings either side (see photo album...).
The last day in Toronto was spent exploring the more ecclectic villages in Toronto, namely Chinatown, and the Kensington Markets, while also going up north and visiting the University of Toronto which was next to my ultimate destination of the day, the Royal Ontario Museum (or ROM). It was half price/tight arse tuesday after 5pm, so I hung around my new fave place in Canada, Tim Horton's to have a Hot Chocolate. A warm drink is a requirement pretty much whenever you see somewhere that sell them in the cold weather lol. So i spent the night in the museum then when I'd seen all that I wanted, it was time to take a last spin in the PATH, passing Bloor St which is kinda like 5th Ave/Oxford St etc.
The next day it was time to hop on the train and begin the 3 day journey over the land of maple syrup...YUM!!!
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