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    • New York - Kanada 2019
      Day 4

      Toronto

      August 29, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 21 °C

      Da wir eine Stunde Verspätung in New York hatten, die Einreise in Toronto etwas länger gedauert hat und wir noch ein bisschen Bus und Bahn fahren mussten, waren wir erst gegen 1700 im Hotel.
      Also schnell die Rucksäcke abgelegt, kurz frisch gemacht und dann auf in die Stadt, wo wir uns dann mit einer Kollegin von SAMSON getroffen haben, die zur Zeit als Studentin hier ist. Mit ihr sind wir dann was essen gegangen. Leider mussten wir feststellen, dass es das Hard Rock Café gar nicht mehr gibt 😩🙈Aber wir haben trotzdem noch was gefunden und mussten nicht verhungern.
      Danach wollten wir eigentlich auf den CN-Tower. Weil da aber eine Hochzeit war, die in dem der zur Stadt zugewandten Teil des Towers stattfand, sind wir nicht hoch. Weil wir hätten dann ja nicht auf die Stadt schauen können. Wer auch immer so viel Geld hat um für eine Hochzeit den halben Tower zu mieten. Schade für uns. Wir sind dann noch ein bisschen am See entlang gegangen und haben uns die Stadt von unten angeschaut. War auch ein netter Anblick.
      Toronto hat auf uns einen wesentlich ruhigeren Eindruck gemacht als New York. Obwohl hier auch viel Verkehr ist, war es wesentlich leiser und die Leute waren weniger hektisch. Aber mehr als die paar Stunden hätten wir auch nicht bleiben müssen.
      Morgen gehts dann endlich mit dem Roadtrip los 😃😃      Read more

    • TravelerCanada Road Trip
      Day 3

      Day 3 - Last day in Toronto

      August 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      We planned to take our last day in the city a little easier than the first two and started the day by jumping back on the open-topped bus and heading for Canada’s only castle ‘Casa Loma’.

      A beautiful building with very little history. Only lived in for a short while before bankruptcy by its creator forced him to sell, it then became a hotel at the turn of last century, but the Great Depression put a swift end to that. It is now a tourist destination for a pleasant couple of hours, a popular wedding venue with a five year waiting list and its biggest claim to fame, a favourite location for filming. The most recognisable of which being the film set of Xavier’s school for budding mutants in the X-Men film.

      We had a lovely lunch in a pub called ‘The Village Idiot’ - great name, great food and a laid back atmosphere. Probably had something to do with the name but we felt right at home!!

      In the afternoon we strolled through the lanes of Kensington Market. A fabulous bohemian experience with colourful street traders selling everything from vintage clothing, fruit & veg to jewellery, baked goods and cheese. We loved the vibe - seetorontonow.com describes it as; ‘a trip to Kensington Market is like a sensory trip around the world’

      An evening stroll after dinner saw the CN tower lit up like a Christmas tree - dominating the skyline at every turn

      Toronto gets a big thumbs up from us!      Read more

    • TravelerCanada Road Trip
      1
      Day 2

      Day2 – part 2 The CN Tower

      August 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      I did it!

      I can’t say I enjoyed it, but you really can’t visit Toronto without visiting THE most iconic building on the city’s skyline, the CN tower!

      This evening we made our way to the tower. Once through security, we headed to the super-fast, glass-fronted lifts and then on up to the viewing level – 72 floors in less than a minute!

      I’m never going to be good with heights - however, the views from the LookOut were well worth the discomfort. We timed it perfectly, with the sun beginning to set over the city skyline. I avoided the glass floors and the floor-to-ceiling glass panels (which apparently enhance the experience...?) and instead looked out across the vista a good three feet from the edge and enjoyed watching the planes take off from Billy Bishop Airport 1,135ft below. The huge sky-scrapers which had towered over us during the day look even smaller than Monopoly buildings.

      The trip back down again was equally as quick and as we descended I tried very hard not to think about how fast we were plummeting towards the ground!

      If you asked me to go up again it would be a resounding ‘NO’, but I am so glad I’ve done it!      Read more

    • Gone walkaboutworld tour '16
      Day 9

      reflections on a cool town

      August 28, 2016 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Been a very short stop off here in Toronto but totally worth it, great views, good food, plenty of beer and very cool people.

      Highlight has to be ; Random bar conversations leading to better place to watch the baseball in the stadium leading to random bar queue chat, leading to roof parties and another bar and even more awesome people...

      Can't say I've been much of a "tourist" here but Google tells me I've walked about 20 miles since Thursday, seen a decent chunk of the downtown and China town areas, eaten some decent food, drank a ton of beer, watched the titans win and met some cool people...I'm ok with that

      Tomorrow I get out on the road and drive down to the falls before going to see my mum's friends in Elmira      Read more

    • TravelerCanada Road Trip
      Day 2

      Day 2 - Toronto Part 1

      August 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Having been awake since the wee hours due to the time difference, this morning we were both showered, fed and ready to go before 9am! We walked to the beginning of the tour bus City Tour Route and picked up an open-topped double decker bus to begin exploring the city.

      Although the settlement of Toronto has been here since the late 1700s, two fires at the turn of the last century decimated most of the city, so there is no architecture that predates the Victorian era. Today’s architecture is mainly made up of large glass-built sky-scrapers and Victorian town houses and theatres, giving the city a clean, modern feel. But what Toronto lacks in history, it makes up for in cultural diversity.

      There are over 160 languages spoken on a daily basis and over 51% of the population were born outside of Canada. French, which is one of the official languages of Canada is actually only the 12th most spoken language. English comes first, with Chinese and Cantonese coming in second and third respectively. This variety of cultures follows through with the cafes, restaurants and bars, with every type of food imaginable on offer on every street corner.

      We jumped off the bus tour at the harbour and boarded the ‘Serendipity Princess’ riverboat to explore the Toronto Islands on Lake Ontario. We were also treated to some fantastic views of the city from a different perspective. Toronto has many similarities to New York (apparently it is regularly used for filming ‘New York’ scenes in films and televisions shows) and this was certainly evident as we watched the city skyline from the shoreline.

      Afterwards we had lunch in the Distillery. An historic Victorian, pedestrian-only, village area where only independent business are allowed to trade from the refurbished industrial buildings. The cobbled walkways gave the area real character and without the city’s traffic racing around the roads, it was certainly a peaceful afternoon. We had lunch in a Spanish Tapas bar and just generally chilled and gave our feet a rest.

      At the end of the afternoon we jumped back on the bus and finished the tour in the sunshine and then headed back to the hotel for a cocktail and some much needed rest, before heading out again for the evening.      Read more

    • Rachael KingIceland, USA and Canada - 2015
      Day 9

      Beautiful city!

      September 11, 2015 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      We arrived at the hostel, it was still very early so we put my case in the storage room and headed out to walk around Toronto. Everybody seemed really friendly when asking directions etc.

      We headed to China town to but Nat a new suitcase so she can ditch her other when it arrives. We found cases which were far cheaper than the ones in DC. We got ourselves a cheeky McDonald's before heading back to the hostel to check in. The hostel is very big but has tea and coffee facilities which is nice, I was also able to do my laundry :-)

      We got changed and headed out later in the hope to see some celebrity's at the film festival between having a few cocktails and some tea! Matt Damon was here which we caught a glimpse of but not for long due to the crowds! Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are here too!

      When we arrived back at the hostel... Nats bag had arrived! Yey!!      Read more

    • TravelerCanada - Summer 2016
      Day 34

      Aquarium & Bar Hop

      August 28, 2016 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

      A lazy morning this morning, with the luxury of a mattress (of sorts) in the tent cabin. We had a hearty breakfast of a CLIF bar each which is my favourite find of the holiday. It also became apparent that the sun had been strong on our last day of paddling, with Ben wearing knee high sunburn socks and v-neck! We said goodbye to Algonquin Outfitters and to our guide Vanessa with a chuckle - being British on immediate arrival at our first campsite I had offered her a brew, which she politely declined having to canoe back solo...divided by a common language as while I was offering tea she thought I was offering beer!

      Taxi back to Huntsville for more triple fudge brownie at the Whimsical Bakery before the bus to Toronto. The rather flustered driver was sure we'd be at least an hour delayed before we started due to 'cottage traffic' (those returning from their country retreats for the weekend to Toronto) and an earlier accident. It was more like 90 minutes in the end.

      This precipitated a brisk walk from the bus station back to the RCMI, quick change and straight back out for date night at Ripleys Aquarium - entrance, food , guidebook, photo and giftshop voucher for one price. While it was still full of children and still quite busy, it was nonetheless a fun night out. Lots of jellies and sharks and the chance to 'stroke' a horseshoe crab. It was rather overaweing in terms of the Americanised atmosphere which was a shame. The gift shop voucher was put to good use, with a cuddly turtle for me and a vicious cuddly camoflaged shark for Ben...

      We called in at Bar Hop on the way home, a grand microbrewery with a great rooftop patio. While Ben tried the home brew, I enjoyed some farmhouse cider and we both took advantage of Sunday's buck-a-shuck to try oysters for the first time.

      The kind people at the RCMI are letting us check out at 1pm tomorrow - a long lie-in in a real bed for the first time in over a week!      Read more

    • Adventures With NachelBFFLs do Canada
      1
      Day 1

      Graffiti Alley

      August 17, 2017 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

      Amanda and I spent the afternoon exploring Toronto with my friend Tamzin from college. Of note was Karelia Kitchen, a Scandinavian restaurant where we had lunch. On our way to Old Toronto we also explored Graffiti Alley, which was very interesting and beautiful. I highly recommend it to anyone visiting Toronto, and I imagine you would see vastly different art from week to week. Included are a few pictures from our afternoon.Read more

    • TravelerKanada
      Day 4

      Toronto 6.-10.2.

      February 9, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ -3 °C

      Wie ich merke ist es hier (gerade?) nichts für mich. Toronto ist sicher ganz schön. Aber ich kann mich nicht auf die Stadt einlassen. Ist auch nicht sooooo einfach bei gefühlten -19°C. Es hat zwar nur -9°, aber durch den "strong and gusty wind", der hier mit 80 km/h durch die Stadt wütet fühlt es sich 10° kälter an. Wenigstens kommt ab und an die Sonne durch, die die Stadt etwas freundlicher erscheinen lässt als tags zuvor mit dem Nebel.

      Ich nutze meinen 2. Tag in Toronto, um mir das Eaton Center anzusehen und den Icebreakerladen aufzusuchen. Was ich in der Mall will weiß ich selbst nicht. Sie ist riesig und schön und es hat in jedem Laden 3x so viele Verkäufer wie Kunden. Ich laufe noch zur Younge-Dundas Kreuzung, an der es von Lichtern nur so wimmelt und vorbei an zahlreichen schönen alten Gebäuden zwischen riesigen Wolkenkratzern. Es erinnert mich hier sehr an New York.

      Als ich dann den Icebreaker-Laden betrete komme ich mir etwas blöd vor. Außer meinen Schuhen - natürlich Leguanos - trage ich ausnahmslos Icebreaker. Sogar Mütze und Handschuhe! Zumindest kann ich bestätigen, dass die Sachen warm genug sind. -19° - kein Problem, auch nicht für die Leguanos, wenn man dazu Merino-Socken trägt (ich muss aufhören mit der unbezahlten Schleichwerbung ;-) ).

      Was mich überrascht hat: statt Tauben sitzen hier Adler auf den Balkonen :-D (Mein Freund meinte aber, das wäre nicht der Normalfall)      Read more

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