So after a nice long sleep, I headed out to explore the city of Toronto. After a walk along the harbour and up through Chinatown to Yorkville, an upmarket shopping area! After spending a couple of hours browsing the very nice boutiques I found a dress for my 30th. I tried it on and thought it was amusing how the sales lady obviously thought I was a time waster as I was dressed in my usual backpacking attire! It was even more amusing to see the look of surprise in her face when I said I’d take it! So a successful day shopping!
The next day I took a bus trip to Niagara Falls, stopping for some wine tasting at Birchwood Winery, apparently part owned by Dan Ackroyd. Then it was on to the falls, which I’m pleased to say seems to have improved greatly since the last time I visited. I took the trip on the Maid of the Mist before walking along the front to get views of the American Falls, Bride Veil Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Then it was onto Niagara-on-the-Lake, a small historic town full of some lovely, independent shops selling all sorts of treats.
I spent my final day in Toronto taking in a few of the art studios and soaking up the warm weather before packing everything up for my journey to Montreal and getting increasingly excited about seeing Mark, Jen and Aidan.
