Glen Rouge Campground June 12-15
Toronto is the capital of Ontario with a population of over 2 million. We did a double decker bus tour of the city for two days and saw some wonderful and amazing places. Toronto really reminds me of a smaller version of New York City.
Notice the narrow looking building that is the Flat Iron Building- According to the Canadians it came first and NYC copied it and made it much taller!
Before we started this trip I purchased a coupon book and it has proved to be a real money saver for us. We have been able to eat in some fantastic restaurants for half price. Most of the restaurants are all outside dining what they call “Patio seating”. We had some great weather days so sitting outside was wonderful.
The St Lawrence Market is by far one the best farmers markets I have seen. There are cheese shops with literally hundreds of different cheeses from all over the world. Fish and shellfish are flown in from all over the world. The breads and baguettes all made fresh and usually sell out within hours of the opening of the market. The produce looked so good most of it local some imported in from the US. Most of the locals shop daily and I can understand why.
The Distillery District is a unique area it is 10 city blocks wide and over 40 buildings with all sorts of artists all of them are one of kind. No franchises are allowed to rent a space in the district keeping it very unique and very local!! (more pictures in the web album link below)
What really amazed us is the underground city Path it is 27 Kilometers. There are over 1200 stores, 50 office-building towers, 20 parking garages all underground and the subway is built within the underground city. Path hold the Guinness book of world records as being the largest shopping complex underground.
We have really enjoyed our time here in Toronto the locals are friendly and the city was really easy to navigate once you figure out how its all laid out public transportation is very good. I have discovered that even tho the ocean, mountains, and all our national parks are wonderful- put me in the middle of a city and I am one slap happy woman!!! For me there is just nothing like the sound and the excitement of the City!! Next Stop Kingston, Ontario
More Pictures click on this link http://picasaweb.google.com/jcrobnik/Ontario
