Tower climb.

On arrival took the subway out to avoid another 2 mile hike. Nice and easy to pay with swiping cards but clueless as to how much we're paying. Needs must. A couple of wrong turns and then finally the blessed relief of getting rid of the backpack much to the amusement of the lobby staff. Yet more joy when an early check-in was offered. Very nice 1 bed suite. Would've liked to stay longer - ah well. Quick chill, freshen up & then off out for food and to explore Toronto - only chance we'd have and the persistent rain on the way in seemed to have subsided. Priority was food but the CN tower was an absolute must as well. Nearby food court had a Thai and that couldn't possibly include fries so that worked. Had a little mooch around Toronto taking in the City hall and Plaza. From there it seemed easy enough to get to the tower according to the map. However there was no evidence of any entrance. Can't find a half km tall building. Ended up following a tour bus. Queue wasn't horrendous and as it turned out what was there was down to security checks. Once in it was all relatively quiet - as always dreaded to think what it would be like in August. Glass elevator up offered a taste of the views. They weren't shy of exploiting the view with bars taking up half the window space. Still impressive views of the city and the islands. Out towards Niagara clouds seemed to be looming & shrouding the high rises, hopefully not coming our way. Took in the original glass floor experience so they say. There were plenty of other ways in which they'd devised to disposess you of your money - an extra 30 storeys of tower, premium experience, tower hang. All ludicrously more expensive so no deal. Back down to head towards the lakeshore.Read more