Toronto (Miles to Date: 3095)
We travelled from the 300 miles from Ottawa to Toronto where we planned to spend a few days with Mark’s brother Matt, his wife Melania and their two children Giacomo and Serena. The plan was to spend time together as families, particularly as the children hardly had spent anytime together.
On our first day in Toronto we decided to do a bit of site seeing. No visit to Toronto (or at least as a first time visitor) is complete without a trip up the CN Tower. This tower dominates the Toronto skyline and is the tallest free standing building in the world at over 1645 feet (although the towers they are building in Dubai will be taller – they already maybe). The lifts zoom up the tower at speeds in excess of 20mph to the first observation deck. We spent a bit of time admiring the 360o
panoramic view from this deck, including the glass floor – which looks straight down about 1250 feet. Karen and Emily were too frightened to step on this despite the knowledge that the glass was extremely thick and could take the weight of 14 hippopotamus (how they calculate this we’re not sure). Jack on the other hand has no fear of heights and was happily jumping up and down – much to his mother’s terror. We then took the elevator up another 33 stories – to about 1450ft making it the highest observation deck on a building in the world.
In the afternoon we walked around the city, up through the very pretty area around the University to the Royal Ontario Museum. Here we met up with Mark’s brother and his family. This museum is still under construction with a new wing being built and some of the exhibits were still being set up. It has a reputation of being a haughty museum (and getting in is not cheap) and it certainly lived up to this reputation. Most of the exhibits were very static but there was one area that was dedicated to children with a display on biodiversity and some child- friendly exhibits that covered the general themes of the museum. Not the best museum for children though.
Through the weekend the adults swapped babysitting duties and this gave Mark and Karen their first opportunity for a child free night out for 6 weeks or so. We took to the subway into downtown and found an excellent restaurant called the Korean Grill House on Yonge and Bloor. The food was an all- you- can- eat buffet of raw meats, such as beef, lamb, ox liver, chicken and raw fish which you cook for yourself on a grill in the middle of your table. It was a really excellent meal!!!
We travelled from the 300 miles from Ottawa to Toronto where we planned to spend a few days with Mark’s brother Matt, his wife Melania and their two children Giacomo and Serena. The plan was to spend time together as families, particularly as the children hardly had spent anytime together.On our first day in Toronto we decided to do a bit of site seeing. No visit to Toronto (or at least as a first time visitor) is complete without a trip up the CN Tower. This tower dominates the Toronto skyline and is the tallest free standing building in the world at over 1645 feet (although the towers they are building in Dubai will be taller – they already maybe). The lifts zoom up the tower at speeds in excess of 20mph to the first observation deck. We spent a bit of time admiring the 360o
panoramic view from this deck, including the glass floor – which looks straight down about 1250 feet. Karen and Emily were too frightened to step on this despite the knowledge that the glass was extremely thick and could take the weight of 14 hippopotamus (how they calculate this we’re not sure). Jack on the other hand has no fear of heights and was happily jumping up and down – much to his mother’s terror. We then took the elevator up another 33 stories – to about 1450ft making it the highest observation deck on a building in the world.In the afternoon we walked around the city, up through the very pretty area around the University to the Royal Ontario Museum. Here we met up with Mark’s brother and his family. This museum is still under construction with a new wing being built and some of the exhibits were still being set up. It has a reputation of being a haughty museum (and getting in is not cheap) and it certainly lived up to this reputation. Most of the exhibits were very static but there was one area that was dedicated to children with a display on biodiversity and some child- friendly exhibits that covered the general themes of the museum. Not the best museum for children though.
Through the weekend the adults swapped babysitting duties and this gave Mark and Karen their first opportunity for a child free night out for 6 weeks or so. We took to the subway into downtown and found an excellent restaurant called the Korean Grill House on Yonge and Bloor. The food was an all- you- can- eat buffet of raw meats, such as beef, lamb, ox liver, chicken and raw fish which you cook for yourself on a grill in the middle of your table. It was a really excellent meal!!!
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