Ice Toronto

... early night. Day 328 - Monday 2 August We all take a drive in William's Jag to the country for ice cream. Afterwards, Will and Lisa drive me back into Toronto. We have dinner in a nice restaurant in Little Italy. Back at the loft, Will and I watch ...

... . With the sun trying it's best outside to melt the glacier like streets we skidded down Bloor St, Toronto's upmarket shopping strip passing a group of guys carrying ice hockey sticks along the way which Dawn said was not normal as I told her not to ...

... off a ladder and sprained my ankle. Her a sickening crunch and pop before the blinding pain took over. Thankfully a few days of ice rest and advil later, I'm hopping along ok and should be back to normal in no time. Got our meds today! We're fully ...

... this trip before. We stop off at North Bay for a coffee and sandwich in Tim Hortons (Canada's ubiquitous coffee house named after the former owner - a famous Ice Hockey player). We arrive at the marina on the shores of Lake Temagami where Uncle William ...

... taking in the great views of the Toronto and taking a few hundred photos we made our way down to the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, since this is Canada's national sport we though it would be worth a visit. Needless to say the only thing South Africans know ...

... including the huge Eaton Centre, we made our way back to Audrey's where we were just in time to catch the Ice Hockey match between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers.  Very exciting stuff for us who had never watched a game ...

... so you don't lose them. The cool crisp day was still slushy underfoot from the snow as we headed down towards Toronto's sizable Chinatown. Considering the climate the street was still lined with market stalls selling just about all the exotic fruits I ...

... centre called PATH. We passed by the entertainment and financial districts, and onto the stunning old city hall, where we watched the ice skaters skate on the rink under the Freedom Arches. Today we went up the CN Tower...the views from the top ...

... promise to write this last entry (the last, last) from Canada, "our true north strong and free". We literally squeezed into Toronto in between snow storms, as they had had a dumping two days before our arrival and then another storm of freezing rain ...

... there appeared to be using wifi, but I didn't have my laptop with me and never thought I would need it. I walked around Toronto for about 15 minutes and returned to VIA's Panorama Lounge. Sleeping car passengers boarded about 9:15. I got a light snack ...