Day 23 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Day 23 – 1st July 2005 -5:00 GMT

It’s Canada Day and Toronto is heaving with people. Walked along Queen Street West which is where all the trendy shops are and passed a couple of parades then carried on down towards the waterfront and passed the Canadian Chinese getting prepared for their parade, they had lots of dragon costumes and displays. Then we walked along lakeshore Blvd, where they had lots of stalls selling different foods. We stopped at a restaurant called Gabby’s and had the best Fajita’s I have tasted. Then I walked through the cultural district and visited the Ontario Gallery of Art which was free due to it being Canada Day. Went back to the hotel for a couple of hours before heading out again to the Canadian National Tower (CN) but the very top was closed due to the wind, so we decided we would go tomorrow, so instead we found a pub on the waterfront and got a beer or two and sat outside to watch the fireworks due at 8pm. At 10:30pm after several beers and more food the fireworks finally started and lasted around 30 minutes.