26/10: Visiting
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Yesterday morning (Sunday) I got the pleasure of driving through Toronto --- Ed doesn't particularly like driving in Toronto and I don't particularly like Ed driving in Toronto (he gets very impatient with the other drivers), so I tend do the Toronto driving unless we are pulling a trailer. On the drive I remarked that the traffic seemed busy for a Sunday (pretty solid traffic but no real slowdowns) then I realized that in the last eight years we've only driven on the 401 sporadically so we no longer had any idea what the traffic patterns are like.
We were on the 401 traveling to Kendal to make a long over due visit my cousins Bob and Wendy (a different Bob from yesterday's Bob). My mother, my brother and my cousin's daughter Rachel were also visiting. Good dinner and a good visit.
Leaving Kendal we drove into Toronto to visit Ed's sister who lives in the St. George and Bloor area. We decided to crash at Ed's sister for the night so we would avoid Monday morning rush hour. What a pleasure to zip down Avenue Road at 10 pm.
We had planned to eat lunch at a Tibetan restaurant but the best we can figure out the restaurant closed five years ago. We opted for Chinese Dim Sum instead which was fabulous. After visiting a couple of stores we decided to act like tourists and walked down to Queens Quay. I don't think the crane is as high as the CN tower but it certainly looks it in the photo.
Queens Quay is across from the Toronto Island airport so it's not a surprise to see boats and airplanes together.
Ed's sister Sonya and Ed.
A lot of new buildings have been constructed in the five or six years since we've been to downtown Toronto. I almost didn't recognize the skyline.
Somehow wildlife manages to survive in the city. Not sure why this little guy was out for a stroll in the middle of the afternoon. When he realized that there were people around and they were watching him he scooted up a tree.
The seagulls on the other hand like people and expect hand outs.
Another photo of the CN tower with the police boat garage on the left. The photo on the right is another new building, this one has a very interesting shape.
The Ontario Legislative Building at Queens Park.
One of the University of Toronto buildings at sunset.
We were on the 401 traveling to Kendal to make a long over due visit my cousins Bob and Wendy (a different Bob from yesterday's Bob). My mother, my brother and my cousin's daughter Rachel were also visiting. Good dinner and a good visit.
Leaving Kendal we drove into Toronto to visit Ed's sister who lives in the St. George and Bloor area. We decided to crash at Ed's sister for the night so we would avoid Monday morning rush hour. What a pleasure to zip down Avenue Road at 10 pm.
We had planned to eat lunch at a Tibetan restaurant but the best we can figure out the restaurant closed five years ago. We opted for Chinese Dim Sum instead which was fabulous. After visiting a couple of stores we decided to act like tourists and walked down to Queens Quay. I don't think the crane is as high as the CN tower but it certainly looks it in the photo.
Queens Quay is across from the Toronto Island airport so it's not a surprise to see boats and airplanes together.
Ed's sister Sonya and Ed.
A lot of new buildings have been constructed in the five or six years since we've been to downtown Toronto. I almost didn't recognize the skyline.
Somehow wildlife manages to survive in the city. Not sure why this little guy was out for a stroll in the middle of the afternoon. When he realized that there were people around and they were watching him he scooted up a tree.
The seagulls on the other hand like people and expect hand outs.
Another photo of the CN tower with the police boat garage on the left. The photo on the right is another new building, this one has a very interesting shape.
The Ontario Legislative Building at Queens Park.
One of the University of Toronto buildings at sunset.