The plan for this day was to go to Casa Loma, CN Tower, and then in the afternoon go to have dinner with Dyeda and his friend in Etobicoke. Well it didn't go very smoothly but we managed okay anyway. Here's the story...
We left Milton close to 11 am and didn't get to Toronto until around noon. We went to Casa Loma first and took pictures on the outside.
Then from Casa Loma, we went to meet up with KB to park in her work parking spot. We were in a rush to get out of there, I passed the car keys to DH and he locked the car and put the key in his pocket. Then after a quick stop for lunch, we took the metro to Union Station to get to the CN Tower.
The walk to CN Tower from the station was longer than I expected, especially because of all the construction going on around the station area. We were disoriented and took a little longer than planned to get there.
And when we finally did get there, there was a trail of people lining up to get tickets. I think it took almost half an hour just to get the tickets. Since I was not planning to go up the tower anyway, I headed back to the car to get it out by 4 pm. Since I did not have a working SIM card, I took DH's phone and I left him mine, in hopes that he could use the wifi at CN Tower's gift shop when he is done the tour. But just in case, we set a meeting time and place anyway.
CN Tower |
CN Tower |
Miniature of CN Tower |
Inside CN Tower |
Top of CN Tower |
View from CN Tower |
Glass Floor at CN Tower |
View through the CN Tower Glass Floor |
Quick Facts about the Glass Floor |
I contacted CN Tower in hopes that they have a PA system to call lost visitors. Nope, they didn't. They suggested that I took a cab and come back to CN Tower to meet up with them. According to KB, metro would be faster than a taxi during rush hour. So I ran back to the metro station half panicking and tried to purchase metro tokens. It was cheaper to buy 3 tokens so I calculated it was better to buy 3: 1 for me to get there and 2 for me and DH to get back. Then as I was about to put $10 into the machine, a guy approached me and offered his 3 tokens in exchange of my $10. I saw that the tokens looked legit, so in a rush without thinking I agreed and went. Only later on I realized that I got ripped off! Had I bought the tokens at the machine, it would give me $1.60 back with the 3 tokens. Sigh.....
Anyway, I got 3 tokens, put 1 in the token box and rushed into the metro. Just as I got on, my phone rang. DH got wifi and we connected! Like a lightning I bolted off the metro before the door closed and DH agreed to meet me at the car instead. At least then I could relax a little, I slowly walked to the car from the station. I passed by a coffee shop so I stopped and got myself a maple latte and sat there for a while. By this time we were already waaaay behind schedule to meet up with Dyeda.
Not too long after, DH and Miss Kiki arrived. DH was very impressed with how determined Miss Kiki was to walk fast to 'rescue' mama. He had told her that they needed to go fast to rescue mama and she went walking all the way without complaints. I do have the best kid in the world!
From there we drove to Etobicoke and instead of going to the restaurant we changed our plans to eating at Dyeda's friend's home instead. They fired up the pit and grilled sausages. There were also potatoes, salad, and fish. So much good food! And good company too...
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