us on the cruise
toronto skyline
cruising around toronto islands
yonge st
flatiron building 
the mural on the rear of flatiron
bronte in the park behind the flatironWednesday 3rd June
Bit of a slow start today with a nice sleep in till about 8.30 am. We were heading into the city so we could go on a boat cruise on the harbour/lake. Made our way back to the same car park as the previous day as it was reasonably priced. Parked the car and then went for a walk towards the shop. Found a Starbucks and went in for a coffee, the motel did not have breakfast included and I needed my morning coffee. Sat outside the front of Starbucks in the outdoor dining area and watched the Torontonians walk past and go about their day.
After the coffee we walked past the CN Tower and towards the water of Lake Ontario. Found the water and then walked along the foreshore area and found a tour group that offered cruises on the lake. Paid $12 each for a 45 minute cruise which took us around some of the 14 Toronto Islands. The cruise was nice and peaceful and it was good to see the city skyline from the water. We took lots of photos while on the cruise.
Got back to shore and walked back into the city and found a food court in the ‘PATH’ and had some lunch. The ‘PATH’ is an underground shopping centre connected by corridors under the city area. The corridors connect all the shop by more than 24 kilometres which connects shops to hotel lobbies etc. It was a bit weird to find your way around in.
After lunch we walked towards Yonge St which is the more cosmopolitan area of Toronto’s Downtown area. It was nice to just walk and watch people and look at shops. Yonge St was not really too seedy, it was quite colourful and had some interesting people.
From there we turned and walked back down the next street over (Church St) to the Toronto version of the New York Flatiron Building. It had a mural painted on the back of the building that was suppose to be an optical illusion to the eye. I could not quite work out the illusion but the mural was kind a cool. From there we walked back to the car park and collected the car. Had a bit of a drive through the city area and Chinatown on the way back to the motel.
Once back at the motel I went for a swim and a spa. I had walked so far and had sore feet and felt like relaxing in the spa. The pool area also had water slides which were cool and included. So after a spa I had a water slide or seven and it was great fun. Bronte stayed in the room and surfed the internet and counted sheep!
Once I got back from the pool we went out to Applebee’s for dinner. We had been to Applebee’s once before and found it to be really nice. Once again the food was good. It turned out that the Applebee’s was right next door to where the cinema complex was from the previous night.
Back to the motel now as we are heading to Niagara Falls tomorrow. Have to get up early as it is 125 km and I would expect that it will be busy on the road as the weather is meant to be nice and clear with a top of 20 degrees C. Can’t wait to see the falls, it almost seems surreal that we are in Canada. It still feels like USA, shh don’t tell the Canadians that!!
Bit of a slow start today with a nice sleep in till about 8.30 am. We were heading into the city so we could go on a boat cruise on the harbour/lake. Made our way back to the same car park as the previous day as it was reasonably priced. Parked the car and then went for a walk towards the shop. Found a Starbucks and went in for a coffee, the motel did not have breakfast included and I needed my morning coffee. Sat outside the front of Starbucks in the outdoor dining area and watched the Torontonians walk past and go about their day.
After the coffee we walked past the CN Tower and towards the water of Lake Ontario. Found the water and then walked along the foreshore area and found a tour group that offered cruises on the lake. Paid $12 each for a 45 minute cruise which took us around some of the 14 Toronto Islands. The cruise was nice and peaceful and it was good to see the city skyline from the water. We took lots of photos while on the cruise.
Got back to shore and walked back into the city and found a food court in the ‘PATH’ and had some lunch. The ‘PATH’ is an underground shopping centre connected by corridors under the city area. The corridors connect all the shop by more than 24 kilometres which connects shops to hotel lobbies etc. It was a bit weird to find your way around in.
After lunch we walked towards Yonge St which is the more cosmopolitan area of Toronto’s Downtown area. It was nice to just walk and watch people and look at shops. Yonge St was not really too seedy, it was quite colourful and had some interesting people.
From there we turned and walked back down the next street over (Church St) to the Toronto version of the New York Flatiron Building. It had a mural painted on the back of the building that was suppose to be an optical illusion to the eye. I could not quite work out the illusion but the mural was kind a cool. From there we walked back to the car park and collected the car. Had a bit of a drive through the city area and Chinatown on the way back to the motel.
Once back at the motel I went for a swim and a spa. I had walked so far and had sore feet and felt like relaxing in the spa. The pool area also had water slides which were cool and included. So after a spa I had a water slide or seven and it was great fun. Bronte stayed in the room and surfed the internet and counted sheep!
Once I got back from the pool we went out to Applebee’s for dinner. We had been to Applebee’s once before and found it to be really nice. Once again the food was good. It turned out that the Applebee’s was right next door to where the cinema complex was from the previous night.
Back to the motel now as we are heading to Niagara Falls tomorrow. Have to get up early as it is 125 km and I would expect that it will be busy on the road as the weather is meant to be nice and clear with a top of 20 degrees C. Can’t wait to see the falls, it almost seems surreal that we are in Canada. It still feels like USA, shh don’t tell the Canadians that!!
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