On Saturday (after a well needed sleep in!) we drove into Toronto itself. Our drive in was good although traffic going in the other direction was bumper to bumper. I have since asked some local people why that is. One of the reason is that when you rent a cottage the rental goes from Saturday to Saturday! Hence the volume of traffic!
I did some homework as to what would be the cheapest way into Toronto. Most of the other cities we have visited, taking public transport is the way to go. Taking the car and parking was the cheapest way to go in Toronto. The GPS was pretty good but the parking garage that Albert had found had roadworks and so now we had to resort to plan B. We didn't have plan B and so drove around until we found a cheapish place to park. While we were driving we got stuck behind an Indian Parade, interesting! Providentially we ended up parking in one of the office buildings for $9, quite a bargain! We discovered a whole underground shopping mall complete with over 28km of underground paths. Initially when came out of the elevator and saw the shops there was NOBODY. Mmm this is strange so we asked a security guard and she told us that the shops/food courts are only open during office hours Mon-Fri. It is quite a surreal feeling to walk underneath Toronto and just about seeing nobody! The 'Path' as they call it is quite a maze and I'm VERY impressed by Albert's skills to get us back to our car, navigation above ground is one thing but below ground in a maze is quite another!
We didn't have any real plans on what to see in Toronto apart from Izaak wanting to go up the CN Tower. On the way to the CN Tower we came across a soccer village with big screens, very cool. Izaak shouted Albert a trip up the tower with him and off they went. While the 'boys' were waiting in line and waiting in line, the girls checked out the surrounding area. We saw a 'turn table' for the trains, looked at some old trains and some restored ones, ate some snacks and watch the start of the soccer match between Holland and Brazil. The boys joined us for the end of the game with of course Holland wining the match. After this we went in search for a much needed SIM card for Izaak. (communication with a love interest is hard without the internet!). We ended up at the mall which was HUGE. We didn't have a good look around as it was getting late at that point and so after we had dinner (Izaak's shout as is tradition now!) we drove home! What a fun day!
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| The Path Maze |
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Indian Parade
(photo taken from our car!) |
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| CN Tower |
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| View from the tower |
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| Oh there he is our visitor! |
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| That's scary looking down! |
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| Brave man! |
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See the red umbrella?
The girls and I were watching the soccer there! |
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| Crazy people |
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| Rail system |
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The turn table from the tower.
The girls and I visited this |
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| Ice hockey stadium |
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| The Boys! |
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| Spot the tourist |
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| and another one! |
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Remember the red umbrella, well here it is up close!
(with Izaak!) |
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| Watching Soccer! Hup Holland Hup! |
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| Walking underground, scary :) |
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| Turn Table up close |
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| Zara and Kate |
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| Hamish this is for you, Love Michaela! |
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| Cool miniature train |
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| Some history |
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| Changing the tracks! |
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| Another one of the screens! |
