Toronto: At the top of the world

Audience from an other perspective

The view from the CN Tower down on the lights of Toronto

The city hall an architectural highlight

Younge Street

Royal Ontario Museum

Deep in Chinatown

In the finacial distrist lost between glass fasades

The skyline of Toronto from the Islands

A metroploe shining at night

Hey,

After i visited Niagara Falls I travelled to Toronto. Honestly I didn't expect much from the city. I was the opinion that's just an other city like Regina or Winnipeg. But after I left the bus depot to go to the hostel I was positiv surprised. The city is a real mix up of cultures and has an interesting and unique style.
The highlight of city is of course the visit of the huge world famous CN Tower. The second biggest building in the world. But if you stand at th bottom of the tower you don't realize how big it is. Just when you are far away you realize the size. You can see the tower from almost every spot in the city.
When you are in the elevator which goes up you feel like by a start of a rocket. The elevator goes up so fast and does't seem to stop anymore untill you arrive at the top. From the top you have a nice view over the lake Ontario. The lake is so big that it looks like the sea. You can see the Toronto Islands, all the suburbs, the skyscraper of the financial district and the clourful light of Young Street. You are so high over the ground that you can see the curve of the earth. If you are on the top you just stand on a thick glass plate. There is nothing else!!! So you can look vertical down. What you can see then is a baseball stadium and a lot more. A crazy feeling to be that high in a building.

At the next day I did my sightseeing programm. I went through the finacial district with all the skyscraper with the galss fasades and the business people on the streets. I went along Young Street which is the main street of Toronto. There are all the shops. I went to the parliament building and watched a politic discussion of the parliament of Ontario. I saw the city hall and the Royal Museum of Ontario which are both architectural highlights in Toronto. I visited Chinatown and went a long the intersting streets with all the cafes and restaurants.
Toronto is like little New York. You can see a lot of cultures mixed up. You have also districts like in New York which are called chinatown, little chinatown and little portugal. All these districts are very diferent from each other and representive their cultures. They have charm and are just lovely.
At the late afternoon I went by ferry to the Toronto Islands. These islands are the getaway of Toronto. On the Islands is a big fun park, a zoo, a park to relax and a nice sand beach to bath and enjoy the sun. On the beach I met some nice germans who i already known from the hostel. Together we relaxed and had alot of fun. At the evening I enjoyed the sunset and the view on the skyline of Toronto. The sunset was just amazing as the lights start to shine it was an inpressive panorama you could see!
In the evening I went with the german group to a pub where we celebrated a birthday of one of the girls. We had a lot of fun playing pool and drinking beer.

The time which I spent in toronto was short but it was just great. I like the city, the atmosphere and the people.

At the next day I left the city by bus going west.

Greetings from Toronto!

Karsten