Tuesday morning saw the sun burn through the clouds and make Toronto gleam in the morning light. This has to be one of the cleanest cities I've seen. After returning to Starbucks for breakfast we set off to the CN Tower. It's worth explaining at this point that I am rubbish with heights, so I was understandably cautious about the idea of going up the tower, but as Emma was so excited about the prospect I braved it out.
We arrived at the tower a little early so had to wait after buying our tickets before we could enter, which did nothing for my nerves. Soon enough we were told to go in and after a security check (from a great machine that made me jump as it blasted me with jets of air), we entered the lift, the view of Toronto's islands unfolding before us on the astonishingly quick ride to the viewing level. The views out over the city were nothing short of beautiful, even my fears were kept at bay by the spectacle before me. We decided to head down a level and walk around the outside loop of the viewing area, the morning breezes refreshingly cool. Then, it was time to brave the glass floor, strangely I found it easy to walk across it whereas Emma was very scared at the prospect. I was fine, until I looked down, then I became a trifle wary. Soon enough the fear abated again though and I marked the occasion by tap dancing (very badly) across the glass.
Having absorbed the views and the experiences of the tower we took a meandering trip back to the hotel (by way of HMV, I had to grab some CDs for my good friend Ben) before strolling around Yonge St and down to the Hard Rock cafe for lunch. By pure chance we were seated at a table underneath a jacket donated by Gord Downie, The Tragically Hip's lead singer, which made me grin like a child.
When we were done eating it was back to the Eaton Centre, which absorbed another afternoon for us, we discovered the joy of Freshly Squeezed (http://www.freshlysqueezed.ca/home.htm). By five we were back in the hotel, time enough for a quick nap and a shower before heading down to meet up with some friends.
Matt was the first to arrive, we chatted away about Toronto and about Eurohip, among other things we found out Matt works for the company that makes the CN Tower's awesome security machine, then Chris appeared in the reception, so we headed outside and said hi to Trevor who was sat in his car. He headed off to park and we decided to go eat at Spring Rolls (http://www.springrolls.ca/) where we had good food and great fun, chatting and laughing the night away. I also had Bubble Tea, proper stuff, not the weak equivalent I'd sampled in the UK, it was delicious, the feel of the tapioca and the flavour of honeydew melon really going well together. All too soon the staff were closing up the restaurant for the night and we left, waiting outside for Chris' wife Leah to come meet us, then we headed back to the hotel.
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