Toronto

 

     

Sunday, August 9th continued...

From Hamilton to Toronto it is just a short drive, under an hour. The drive into Toronto is a pretty one where you can see the impressive skyline and Lake Ontario.  I was very much looking forward to Toronto and our stay at the Renaissance Hotel at the Rodgers Centre. Best hotel and best room ever! Our room happened to look out onto the field the Toronto Blue Jays play on from beyond the center field wall! There was no game though when we were there but the CFL team in Toronto, the Argonauts, played the night before so the work crew was changing the turf from the Argonauts to the Blue Jays, who will be playing at home on Tuesday. The town was very excited about their Blue Jays sweeping the Yankees in New York and making a run at first.  The windows of our hotel room slide open to a view of the field. My grandfather and I made a few paper airplanes and threw them out our window onto the field for the workers to see! We even wrote NYY (the Yankees abbreviation) who they are fighting with for the AL East lead on the airplanes.  We woke up the next morning and they were not where they landed. I'm guessing the field crew didn't save them.  

Sunday night  we went to dinner on King Street. King Street is like the equivalent of Arthur Avenue in New York, which means there are so many great places to go to get food. Up and down the street there are places all over to get outstanding meals and everyone is very friendly there.
       Monday, August 10 part 1. 
     We woke up at 7:30 and looked outside to see the field almost fully done for the game on Tuesday. I wished my dad a happy birthday being it is his birthday today. Then he and I took a short walk over to the CN Tower. The top of the tower was spectacular, you could see all of Toronto and even all the way to Hamilton! We were on the highest structure built in the Western Hemisphere in the last 30 plus years.  If you are afraid of heights then I recommend you do not consider the CN Tower. But if you are ok with heights, it is an awesome experience.  The elevator taking you up has glass on two sides and on the bottom so you can see out and below. All in all it was an excellent Sunday and Monday morning.  Thank you for reading. Stay tuned for the Hockey Hall of Fame later today and tomorrow morning for the Baseball Hall of Fame! Thanks again & see you tomorrow!