Canada: Toronto (Wednesday 6th - Friday 8th August)

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Sandwiched in between my two stays in Ottawa, I spent two nights in Toronto for a gig by a Japanese band, Boris. The gig happened to be at a venue called Lee's Palace made famous in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World for being where the battle of the bands in said film takes place. You could trust a band with albums called things like Heavy Rocks and Amplifier Worship to do the venue's pedigree justice, which they very much did - much fun was had. Outside of this, Samantha's boyfriend Mark offered to show me his favourite parts of town, and when he wasn't around I took off and explored the city myself, including a vertigo-inducing visit to the CN tower, lunch at the St. Lawrence market and a visit to the fantastic Art Gallery of Ontario, which has a great collection of European and Canadian works.

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