Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Great Weather & Fabulous Times

I definitely chose the right year to leave the sunny Okanagan for the summer. I have observed many a complaint on my Facebook news feed from people back home complaining about the lack of summer weather. Today being the 3rd day in a row of the GTA having extreme temperatures, it is officially a heat wave. I am in Hamilton today ... Jessica Hamilton is in Hamilton, heehee... and they are calling for 46 with the humidex!
Yesterday was my second and last day in Toronto. It was jam packed full of activity. In the morning Catrine, the girl I met at the hostel, and I after breakfast, went to the CN Tower, going the extra hundred some feet up to to the sky pod. What a beautiful view of an enormous city and being early, there wasn't too much smog yet! After our tower adventures, we took a tour on this Hippo bus that drove right into Lake Ontario and became a boat! Very fun. It was a great way to see a lot of the city that I wouldn't have by just walking around. It even helped me decide which attractions I would like to walk to... for example, THE WORLDS BIGGEST BOOKSTORE!!!! 26 kms of book shelves! Not all in a long row mind you! But I have skipped ahead here... After the Hippo tour, Catrine and I had lunch and made our way to the Riverdale Farmer's Market where we parted ways. She was moving on to work at a farm in Niagara Falls catching a ride from the Farmer's Market. I then made my way to that fabulous bookstore! Walking back to the hostel I was stopped by two fellas holding signs reading, "Because we are girls". Gotta love a big city. My next and last adventure in Toronto was a Blue Jays game. What a yawn! It would have been much more fun with someone, and not beside the large fella overflowing into my seat. I left just before the game was over when it was all tied up! I am obviously not a hardcore baseball fan! But it was a great Toronto experience regardless! I did listen to the radio to find out that the Jays won in the end 6-5. A happy ending.
Which brings us today where I find myself in Hamilton meeting up with Stefani a friend from College!

 Catrine and I at Medieval Times
 Myself up the CN Tower
 In front of the Hippo Tour bus
 At Rogers Centre for the Blue Jay's game
 The CN Tower at night as I left the baseball game

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