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A bit of background information: I typically go to Paris for my birthday, but this year I decided to save that trip for the Thanksgiving holiday. So, I thought about where I wanted to go and Toronto discount hawaii airline fares came to mind. This was my first visit to the city, but not my first visit to Canada. I traveled solo and had a somewhat loose agenda of things I wanted to do.
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I arrived at the airport and got some CAN$ so I could take a cab/hired car into the city. Of course, we hit the traffic trying discount hawaii airline fares to come into the city. My flight landed at 12:38 p.m. so it was a bit unusual to see that much traffic. Oh well. As stated earlier, I rented a studio apartment. It was located in 1 King West. The only thing I knew about this particular discount hawaii airline fares property was that it had been recently renovated. The owner did send pictures and the studio looked exactly like the pictures. It was a very spacious studio. I unpacked and got ready to head out to explore Toronto.
So, you all might think I'm a bit mad, but as I walked up Yonge Street, I stopped into Tim Horton's and had lunch. I'm not much of a foodie, but was hungry. I discovered Tim Horton's last summer while visiting Ottawa. I had also discovered their iced cappuccinos. Yummy. They're different from what we have in the States. The weather was a bit cool, but sunny. As I approached Yonge-Dundas Square, I found the Eaton Centre, Hard Rock Cafe, and the hop-on, hop-off tour bus. I decided to do this since I really had no other plans and thought it would be a good way to see Toronto. The tour was about 2 hours. discount hawaii airline fares Not a bad tour. It was windy up on the top of the bus, though.
We returned to Yonge-Dundas Square and went grocery shopping. Food for breakfast and something for Victoria Day. It was fun shopping. There was a Metro Grocery store not far from the apartment (on Wellington).
Today was an amazing day. The weather was gorgeous! On my agenda for today was a tour with a Toronto TO guide. I found about this service via one of the many websites I used to do some research. We were scheduled to meet up at the New City Hall info desk at 10:00 a.m. As I was still trying to get my bearings straight, I found the New City Hall only after asking a gentleman if I was headed in the right direction. Mind you, I was standing in front of it, sort of. I felt rather foolish after that particular exchange.
I met up with my TO greeter - we'll call her J. She had a loose idea of where she wanted to take me. I was agreeable to almost anything. What transpired next was simply discount hawaii airline fares nice and fun. We walked and walked. We stopped in Osgoode Hall and saw the restaurant. The room was amazing. We walked up Kensington Avenue and saw the market vendors. That was an interesting trek. We stopped at a cafe to have some iced coffees and to take a breather. We marched onward through parts of the U of T as well as parts of one of the 3 Chinatown's. (BTW, these are not in the order in which we visited these.) We popped into the ROM's gift shop and then from there we took a bus down Bay Street. J was full of information about the various places we visited. She was flexible when I wanted to take photos of things and overall, I had a great time.
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I got off at Ward's Island and made my way to the Rectory for lunch. J had mentioned this place (and I had read about it in my guide book). I had a grilled chicken club sandwich. It was good - what I can recall discount hawaii airline fares of it! I overheard a conversation between the manager and some other guests about the lack of chips (french fries). Apparently, there are some strict discount hawaii airline fares rules about living on the island.
I stayed on the island for about 3 hours. It was a lovely day and I enjoyed walking around admiring the houses and the gardens. I came upon 2 cats sitting on the front steps and one cat who was up after spending some time on the road! I also saw 2 ducks in someone's front yard. I did cross the Algonquin wooden bridge (the name escapes me).
It was a smart move to visit the islands during the week. I took the ferry back to the mainland and headed back to the apartment to do some homework. It's not a lot of fun to do homework while on vacation, but it couldn't be helped. Oh well.
After doing the school work, I headed out to dinner. I walked up King West to see if I could find the Roy Thompson Hall. Prior to my departure, I found out that Itzhak Perlman would be playing with the TSO while I was there. I purchased a ticket and needed to pick it up. I found the Hall - it was gorgeous and busy with patrons waiting to get in for their event.
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I came back to the apartment and crashed. I wanted to get some rest for the next day. I reserved a car and was planning to go to Niagara to the Butterfly Conservatory and possibly Niagara on the Lake. Little did I know at the time at how much of an adventure I would have!
Today was the day I planned on renting a car to head to the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara. I reserved the car from Hertz and chose to pick it up at Union Station. I saw Union Station during the bus tour, but that's about it. I had no idea where the actual desk/counter was though. I confess, I did get lost on my way to the Hertz counter. However, I asked an officer and she was very helpful discount hawaii airline fares in pointing me in the right direction.
I made it to the counter and went through all of the paperwork. discount hawaii airline fares One of the papers the agent gave me was a map showing me how to access the garage where the cars were parked. I don't know where they were originally, but since construction was going on in the original area, they moved the cars to the Brookfield Place garage. So, with my trusty map in hand, I proceeded toward the garage and got promptly lost. Of course, this all occurred while the morning commuters were disembarking from their respective trains! One lady took pity on me and asked me where I was headed. I showed her the map and she pointed me in the right direction. However, I must not have paid 100% attention because I got lost again. Ugggh. By this time, I was very frustrated. I finally found the elevator to the garage and found my car. I was surprised to see that it was a Smart car. I think the agent told me I was going to get a Smart car, but I was still surprised when I saw it. It was very cute.
I got in and started the car. There was a persistent bell dinging as I started to pull out. I couldn't figure discount hawaii airline fares it out, but decided to drive anyway. I pulled discount hawaii airline fares out of the garage and realized I had no clue as to how I would get to the proper expressway to get to Niagara. Ugghh. Very poor planning on my part. As I stopped at the red lights, I turned the car off and the dinging went away. It came back as soon as I started the car again.
Why I thought the following, I'll never know, but what I thought was that I needed to head west to get to Niagara. I did exactly that - happily cruising on various discount hawaii airline fares highways, passing huge trucks, and praying that I wouldn't get crushed in my little cute car.
Well, I started to wonder if I was headed in the right direction so I got off in Ajax and pulled into a Super 8 Motel. The front desk agent and a member of the housekeeping staff were most helpful, if not a bit shocked at how far I had gone out of my way! They wrote down the directions and I was ready to go. Another positive outcome of stopping in Ajax is that I figured out what the annoying dinging was. Apparently, I had not closed my door properly. D'oh!
It was a bit odd driving to the conservatory because I saw the Border Patrol for entry into the US. Odd. The butterfly conservatory was not very big, but it was packed with butterflies. It was quite muggy inside, but that didn't damper the fun I had snapping photos of the butterflies. One of my goals this time was to get a photo of the elusive blue butterfly. I visited the butterfly conservatory in Victoria, BC and was unsuccessful. This time, though, I was able to get a photo of one. It was just resting on a rock. Now, most of its body was in a shadow, but I was pleased. And, even better, one landed on my leg, but I was too slow to react with my camera.
I thought about going in the gardens, but didn't want to push my luck with the timing. I decided to go to Niagara on the Lake - thanks to the encouragement of J and the apartment owner. discount hawaii airline fares It turned out to be a good thing.
I was trying to find "main" street which is Queen Street. I happened upon it by accident so that was good. Parking was metered, but I was able to find a street to park on that didn't require permits nor have meters. That was all due to the waitress at the Shaw's Bar Restaurant. I ordered a Chicken discount hawaii airline fares Cesar Salad that had bacon pieces in it. It was expensive, but it was really good. I liked the added touch of bacon.
I walked around Queen Street and went into a few shops. I found a Christmas ornament that had scenes