The big shmoke

On the 31st of January, we drove with Lynds and Dave to Toronto. I (Soph) drove for the first 3 hours, and then Greg took over for the rest. Of course it started snowing and got really slippery once Greg started driving! We made it safely to the Westin Harbour Castle in downtown TO, hungry and needing a little rest, so pizza was in order. We didn't have to eat for several hours after that salty snack! It gave us the fuel we needed to walk all over downtown, and discover what makes people stay here and/or keeps them coming back.

We walked up Yonge, and then over to City Hall where the big concert / New Year's celebration was going to be held. The skating rink was packed, and it was a big family venue. The stage was all set up and they were doing mic checks, and the hostesses were practicing their lines. Greg was very excited about seeing Sean Desmond live (ha), but we were there so early that we would have had to wait in the minus 200 great outdoors for another 6 hours, so we decided to head down Queen Street instead. Maybe we could get in the background of Electric Circus!

We did end up at a nice restaurant where Lyndsay, David and I enjoyed some fine New Year's Eve dessert, and Greg sipped some 100000 year-old, oak-aged scotch (ha ha). Our evening then led us to the CN tower, where we decided that when in Rome... even though it was quite foggy!

We opted out of the Sky Pod option due to low visibility, but got our kicks on the glass floor. My wee brain was a might confused by that, I must say! It took a bit to get me onto the glass floor, and even then, I didn't want to move around too much. The other three might as well have been doing cartwheels on the glass... although there were some other tourist-types who were also hesitant (mostly women, interestingly; has any research been done in this area?!!).

We ended up back at the hotel by 11pm, and I was fast asleep shortly thereafter (no surprise there!). Lynds, Dave and Greg watched the City Hall events on the TV, and then saw the reflection of the fireworks in the windows of the buildings across the way! Wowee! Apparently it was all good fun (zzz...).

Sunday morning gave us a quiet day in TO, easy driving, and we ate at the most popular breakie place in the city; Over Easy. Tasty!

We drove Lyndsay and David to the church to meet up with their gang, and after our adieu's, Greg and I drove off to Marc's place at Deep River. Having Lynds and Dave as house guests was super, and proved to us that we can in fact fit more than two people into our place!