Sunday, 24 November 2019

Toronto Tourists


Did you even go to Toronto if you never went to see the Toronto sign in the day and night?

This is from the day we did everything - zoo, aquarium and CN tower! Between getting back from the zoo and going to the CN tower later on in the day me and Tracy wondered around to have lunch and to get a Taiyaki ice cream on the way back to the apartment we went to Nathan Phillips Square where the 3D Toronto sign is.



We seen this cool piece of art in front of the Mayberry Fine Art Gallery of Vincent Van Gogh which is a piece done by an artist called Joe Fafard where he recently had an exhibit there.

Nathan Phillips Square






Look at the second O..




There was a Filipino festival on with all different stalls and we think a talent competition or show with different kids and adults singing and dancing. The one's we stayed and watched were actually really good.





This was cool don't know how he did it.

On the way back from Red Lobster walking back to the apartment we went back to the Toronto sign with Chris.


Look at the N... See if you can spot Chris. He managed to climb it but said it was so flimsy and shaky. I might have been able to climb the R but didn't want to risk it after the Ottawa sign...










Looks so nice at night and the sign changes colours.


Canada's Wonderland


On the penultimate day of the holiday we finally went to Wonderland theme park. Karen very kindly bought us tickets with the drinks package. (Thanks again Karen!) We got fast passes as it was so busy which cost us $101.70 (£65) which was the best decision we made and I'd say an investment as we were flying on every ride. The queues for all the rides were so long. We wouldn't have got on anything if we didn't get them. Probably would have got on about 2 rides but we managed to go on all the big rides and some other random rides we wanted to go on. It's a really big theme park and was really good.







They really don't care if you take a photo as in Blackpool and Alton Towers it was like you were committing some crime they'd flip at you.

Not idea what the people in front of us were doing...?? 


It was such a good day out but tiring as the park is really big. We watched a Chinese acrobatics show as well.

When we left we popped over to Vaughan Mills outlet just to have a look around but when we got there all the shops were closing and the stuff was rubbish.
The Nike outlet was the worst shop I've ever been in. The shop was a mess - trainers and boxes all over the place. Basically just walked straight back out as it was stressing me out.

Me and Tracy got some food at a Chinese restaurant and the waiter serving us was so rude that we didn't end up leaving a tip.



Food wasn't even that nice either.

After we went to pick Nanny Wing up as she came down with Auntie Kitty and uncle as they were visiting Toronto anyway and it meant she didn't get dragged round doing everything we wanted to do. She got to spend the last day with us which was chilled anyway before we flew home.

I promise there's only one more post from Canada from the last day! I have been dragging this out for nearly 4 months and it does make me sad writing these posts at how much I'm ready for another holiday. Also people seem to think I'm in Canada now if they're only just following me on Instagram or just catch the odd posts. But nope I've been back for months now just slowly blogging about!


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Thursday, 21 November 2019

Taiyaki NYC


Between going to the zoo, CN Tower and aquarium me and Tracy went for a walk round downtown Toronto and went to Taiyaki NYC to try their famous ice cream. I've only just learnt now that Taiyaki is actually the fish shaped cake/cone. I thought it was just the name they came up with for the place.









Tracy got a vanilla ice cream, can't remember what filling she got think chocolate, chocolate syrup drizzle, sprinkles and cookie straw.




I got matcha ice cream custard filling, white chocolate syrup I think and coconut sprinkles. Should have got a cookie straw too!

It was nice but expensive - cost £5 which was expected.
I realise now that the cone is suppose to be soft and a cake but I thought it was suppose to be a crispy waffle cone but didn't know if it was because of the custard filling that made it soft!

The place is an Instagrammers dream with the wall and interior. It's the biggest Taiyaki NYC. More of an experience than anything but I do love matcha ice cream.


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Saturday, 16 November 2019

CN Tower


We went up the CN Tower before we went to the aquarium. I thought I'd do a separate post just to drag out Toronto. I really wanted to do the edgewalk around the outside of the tower but prices started from $195 which is way too expensive. If it was cheaper I would have definitely done it. Our City Pass got us in there but unfortunately doesn't cover the extras!







Lego CN Tower


Went up the see through lift



























Wished we stayed up there till it was dark as it would have looked just as good in the dark with all the lights.



This was the next level down that was open. It was so cold and windy as we were that high up.









They're really not that bothered about you taking photos. I was trying to be sneaky but you could tell I was and they never said anything unlike here where's it's like you've committed a crime. The photos were already printed they might as well have given them to us!






The views were so good we picked a good day where it was clear and not too sunny. Didn't realise it's the 3rd tallest tower in the world was the world's tallest free-standing observation and communications towers. CN stands for Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower.

Did you even go to Toronto if you never went up the CN Tower?


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All photos were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S9 phone.