Friday, October 11, 2024

Toronto Vacation Part 2

I'm breaking this trip post into smaller posts so the photos don't fill an entire page, or something like that.

SATURDAY

We had an amazing breakfast at the Delta Hotel (655 Dixon Road/Toronto) and the rooms were nice.  Then we were off to Casa Loma.  Because it was October, they were set up for Halloween with the basement and grounds decked out in scary display.  I could have stayed here all day, and I think Natasha could too.  Boris was tired but would have rallied.

The rest of the day sucked.  We went to city hall for a few minutes and managed to prove why Americans are assholes. We went to take a group photo in front of a fountain and most of our group failed to notice a queue of people lining up to take the same shot.

After the photo we went to a mall called the Eaton and hung out for an hour or two, having lunch at the food court.  We had Gyros and Greek salad. being Canada, they do it differently.  but it was still better than our dinner would turn out to be.

I had a decent Gyros pita and Nightingale got a Greek Salad with a side of Gyros.  I guess Gyros salads aren't a thing in Canada.  

The kids got McDonalds.  Our App wouldn't work so we had to use the kiosks.  No big deal, though we could have used what little savings the app might provide. 

After lunch we took walking tour of The Market Gallery and graffiti alley.  All this walking was too much for the children.  One kid had a massive breakdown and I think the parents had to signal an audiable and do something else until dinner time.  

The Market Gallery would have been a great spot to hang out under different conditions. It had a peminment Street Fest vibe.  For some reason, our tour guide dumped us off at the edge of an adjacent park that was filled with homeless tents.  That doesn't bother me and we were perfectly safe.  In fact, many of the kids played on the swingsets at the end.  

Still, it would have made more sense to drop us off at the other end of the park next to the Market.  And give us some suggestions and guidence like "the gallery goes a mile in this direction and a half mile in either direction at the cross street" or something like that.  

Because we didn't know the lay of the land and had been walking so much, we just wanted to sit down and have a drink.  The streets were very narrow and most places didn't have outdoor seating, so we went with a place called Amadeu's Restaurant.  Our waiter was fantastic.

Then the worst dinner of my life at Swiss Chalet.  I thought the meal at Canadian Denny's was bad, but this meal made that lunch look gourmet.  




WE get to the hotel sometime near 10 pm...but first..  Our tour guide makes the driver go to the liquor store across the street.  I'm okay with this but share with the group!  I spent 30 minutes earlier finding the same liquor chain when we where at the mall!

 I'm breaking this trip up into smaller posts so the photos don't fill an entire page, or something like that.


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