SUNDAY
This morning, after another substantial breakfast in the Hotel, we walked to China Town. This was Huffle's idea. He wanted to see what it was like. Ummmmm, I wasn't overly impressed. Maybe it was the time of day, maybe it was the women fighting in one of the streets or maybe it was just a bit too China'ry. He promised me a Market at the end in Kensington, but again this failed to impress me, purely because it wasn't a Market at all, just a few fruit shops with some wandering homeless people.
Anyway, we came back through the fashion district and found a really good coffee shop which boasted the best coffee in Toronto - it was.
We walked and walked and walked and said we weren't going to walk anymore and then we walked to The Canon theatre to see Billy Elliot the musical. It was fabulous. Even Huffle enjoyed it. The young boy who played Billy was fantastic and his Newcastle accent was very good and rarely slipped. The rest of the cast slipped in and out of Newcastle, Scottish, Irish, Canadian and lots more but I guess that must be a hard accent especially for Canadians. The boy who played Michael was also very good.
Then, because we hadn't walked enough, we walked for some more miles to find something to eat and finally settled on Joe Baldinis which was an Italian bar and restaurant. Very nice.
We stopped off at a supermarket to see what they don't sell. We can't find much good tea, baked beans, weetabix or nutella. It was only a small one though so there is still some hope.
We have come back to the hotel now and packed our bags, booked a very early taxi to the airport and tried a bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate. (we were told by some true Canadians that the Cadbury's chocolate here is definitely not the same as home) - we think it's okay. Not exactly the same but not bad either.
This is the end of our trip and I have to say it has been "AWSOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEE"
1 comment:
I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in T.O. However, I would have told you not to bother going up Spadina to "China Town". It really isn't a touristy area except during Chinese Festivals and even then I wouldn't go near it:) Kensington Market has seen it's day too since the neighbourhood has changed in the last 10 years. Oh and you can get all of your foods wants in larger supermarkets...don't worry:)Toronto is a very diverse city with lots of neighbourhoods. You will find that the particular area determines what is sold in the smaller stores...strange but true:) Most of the larger food stores cater to all cultures.
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