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We began this day late, as usual. We are really pokey in the mornings -- at least the girls sure are. Below is a shot of the breakfast scene.
We drove to the Yorkdale Mall, a gigantic retail facility of staggering proportions. It had its own subway stop though, which was convenient for us. After an hour or so of shopping there -- the ladies could not resist -- we got on the subway. Our only real goals while in Toronto were to walk the city a bit, ride up the CN Tower, and to see the Bata Shoe Museum. We got off at the Shoe Museum stop, and looked for lunch, as were were all pretty hungry. We found an nice cafe with outdoor table, and ate a nice meal. Jody and I got our own table outside.
The girls opted to eat inside. Jordan snapped this wonderful shot of Joya, which I believe Joya then processed a bit.
Most of Canada is a conservative country, and Toronto is no exception. However, we found that their theater was unusual, including the show advertised on the right, below, and the store at left. The show was well reviewed in the local paper. It really did feature 2 gentlemen sculpting their genitals into various shapes. We were temped to attend, but the ticket prices for shows was steep, and there were 5 of us, so we were left with our imaginings.
Jody and Joya wanted to see the Shoe Museum, which they really liked. Jody will pick out some photos and tell you about it in this space a bit later. Near the CN Tower, we were wonderfully pleased to find a street food vendor selling veggie dogs. As vegetarians, we never get to eat street food, so we were very excited, and greatly enjoyed our dogs, smeared with relish, mustard, ketchup, and/or sauerkraut, depending on tastes.
This is a shot of CN Tower -- the largest man-made structure in the world, I believe. Jody opted to skip this, since heights make her uncomfortable. However, I ponied up the $40 US for the other 4 of us to make the ascent.
The view from the observation platform was astounding. Below is a very-reduced 180 degree view of Toronto, with the shore of Lake Ontario at left.
Here are the ladies. That's glass behind them, in case you wondered about such.
And here is an interesting shot. I am standing on the "glass floor", looking down at my feet, and then further down to the base of the tower. It definitely took some faith in engineering to walk about on this -- it also help that I saw numerous other folks jumping up and down as hard as they could on the glass, with no apparent ill effects to either themselves or the glass.
Back at the bottom, we had a moose sighting -- our first and perhaps only.
And that was Toronto. We did not go to any museums or other attractions, but did walk about the 2 main downtown streets -- Bloor and Yonge -- for several hours. Lots of great people watching. Toronto boasts that it is the most cosmopolitan city in the world, and we saw lots of evidence of that; people of all colors and languages, often together as couples, and seemingly in harmony.
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