What a lovely day. Today we went off on the train (drove first to the train station 20 minutes away) and travelled along the waterfront (very picturesque in parts, much quicker and cheaper than the bus) into Toronto for the baseball game Blue Jays against Oakland Athletics. We arrived in Toronto around 11:45am. The weather was nice, sunny but not too warm with a cool breeze.
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| On the train |
We headed for the normal gelato shop but it was shut (not warm enough yet obviously) so we popped into the local shop and picked up a pack of mini choc ices which we ate on our way into the stadium. Once inside we had the obligatory tattoos (Grandad had his positioned for him by a young girl who asked "where would you like it?" Brave girl). The kids did their drop the ball game and won a bookmark each (though Small lost his later), Grandad did some silly photo poses and then we left the kids and Grandma with another game (this time winning a bracelet and a poster which was also lost later) while Grandad, Huffle and I signed ourselves up as Designated Drivers and picked up our free soft drinks.
Today our seats were in the 500's but in the lower part so no stairs today. The roof was closed and a lot of the seats around us were empty however they did fill up later. Can't understand why people come in half way through. There was a lot of moving out of seats, everyone having to stand up to let others out. The man next to Huffle drank six beers. Blue Jays won 9-3 easily. There were three home runs and some amazing catches.
After the game we walked slowly and leisurely towards the Kit Kat restaurant where we had booked a table for dinner. Grandma and Grandad have adopted this place as a tradition now. On the way we spotted some Ronkey statues (donkey rabbit cross things) and had to have silly photos and sit on them for a while.
We arrived at the restaurant too early but they were happy to seat us and looked after us very well. Smallest, Huffle and Grandma had the steak (can't believe Smallest ate it all, it was bigger than him!). Grandad had the Pickerel and Small and I had pasta. We even had pudding. Everyone but Smallest and I had Creme Brûlée (Grandad stated that it is so good in this particular restaurant that he WON'T have it anywhere else). I had a Grand Marnier Cheesecake and Smallest had a huge Chocolate Fudge Cake which was once again bigger than him (though he did end up taking half of it home).
We had another leisurely walk back to the Station being silly, taking photos and taking in the sights of the city. We found the cow and elephant statues and had some fun with them.
In the station we were early so had more silly photos before getting on our train and travelling back home.
A fabulous but busy day.
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