Wrapping Up

On this Saturday we had to be out of our stateroom by 8 am, and off the ship by 8:30. Several guests, including us, have flights leaving Toronto later this afternoon. So Viking kindly arranged an included bus tour of the city, ending with a trip to the airport. Our guide was native Chinese, and let’s just say that his English was difficult to understand. Several of us fell asleep on the bus. The first place he took us was a downtown park next to the old city hall. Under ordinary circumstances the park would have been quite nice amid the gleaming new skyscrapers of Toronto. However, last night an Indian festival ended, and the city workers have not had time to clean the park. It was an unfortunate beginning of our visit to Toronto. Things improved quickly though when we arrived at an old distillery now converted into a lovely neighborhood of boutiques and shops. We found a coffee shop where I ordered with my coffee a magnificent lemon tart. We finally made it to the airport, where our Global Entry cards allowed us to breeze through the TSA and customs inspections. So now we wait at a taqueria inside the airport. I had a pretty good burrito drenched in hot sauce and Glenda got a little quesadilla dish. Next stop: Charlotte, and then home—the best place in the world.Read more