Blogs from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 100

Hello. Yes I know there was/is no such thing as a streetcar named Toronto, but Toronto has trams and trams are rather cool. The way the locals say Toronto is "Tronno" and if you are unable to pronounce it like that then you are lame and not worthy of being an honorary Torontonian. If there is such a thing. The suburbs immediately surrounding the "downtown" area of Toronto are arranged in the same grid-style city block layout as most North American cities, but it has a distinct London feel to it, with the Chinatown area and the Kensington markets which is kind of like a cross between Camden Town, but without all the stupid Goths, and Finsbury Park, but without all the Kebab shops. Down the other end, downtown, yo, is a giant needle called the ... read more

Is it trick or treat? A treat equals a snack, so Treat it is! Thank you! Hey folks! I was able to wake up bright and early this morning in order to catch my 06:45 train back to Toronto. It wasn't so bad though. I was up at 6. Washed up. Stripped the linen from my bed. Left my key at the reception desk. Then it was out the back door. Quick walk to the train station and I was there by 06:17. Plenty of time. I even had to wait to board the train but that's okay since it's never nice running after a train. Although thinking back, I do remember having to jump off of a moving train back in Vietnam. lol Anyhoo, I've made it back to Toronto for one more day where ... read more

Today, Toronto. Only here a couple of days. I've been here before. I didn't have the best nights sleep since there were some pretty noisy young girls on our floor. I think it may have been their first trip away or something. It seemed like they were in high school which begs the question, "Where the hell is the person in charge of looking after you??" Oh well, I listened to my music for a while and eventually fell asleep. It wasn't too early of a start for me since I had most of my stuff packed up already. Quick check out, a walk up the stairs to the MacKenzie King Bridge and then across the street to catch the #95 bus that will take me back to the train station. The bus was pretty full ... read more

I guess that wherever you go in the world staying in hostels is a bit of a lottery, you'll have good and bad and standards will vary greatly. Well i have found that, the New York one was diabolical in every way. The one at Niagara was great, more like a B&B than a hostel and something we really needed after the nightmare joint in New York. However the best hostel we've stayed in, and maybe the best in the world, i don't know, was the Canadiana Backpackers Lodge in Toronto. It was easy to meet people there and form friendships in a short time, maybe because of the atmosphere and comfortable classy communal area. They also arrange for nighly activities. Two of these were a table tennis tournament, in which a won one game and ... read more

We flew into Toronto for a one day layover that was prearanged so that we could visit with friends. On arrival, we promptly got lost. We went to what we thought was the adress of our friends -- on the Spadina Avenue -- but was actually a furrier (with pink fur coats in the window). Their house was on Spadina Road. The following are pictures from Victoria and Toronto:... read more