Day 5 of My Canadian Adventure

Today our travels were going to take us to Toronto. It was about an hour and a half drive away.

This was the first time on our trip we had set the alarm.

We weren't sure what laid ahead so we wanted to make sure we had plenty of time.

While getting ready we opened our balcony door as we did every morning getting ready so we could let the day in and hear the sounds of the falls in the background.

It wasn't long after we heard the sounds of music...wait...I know that sound...

Is That Elvis? Yes...it was Elvis... or more like 7 of them (only 6 in the picture) representing a different era. Some sounded good and some not so much...still not as good as the real thing but it was a nice way to start the day.
Then we headed to Toronto...as we pulled into the city...downtown was our destination ...we saw this huge needle looking thing along with lots of building....downtown is huge.

Once parking our destination was the CN Tower....read lots of reviews that it is a must have and shows wonderful views of the city. I thought it was from up top a building...no, it was the needle looking structure.
It is taller than The Empire State Building in NYC by a couple hundred feet. We went to the first observation floor which is the big round thing and then up a little further to the smaller round thing you see in the picture. It was high but the picture below was the most freaky thing.
It is what they call the glass floor and you can stand on it and look below...it is on the first observation deck.
I couldn't believe all the people standing on it and looking down...my thoughts were...what if it broke from all these people everyday standing on it...so I'm standing off the glass and sticking arm out to take the picture.
I know over a thousand feet in the sky and I'm afraid to stand on the looking glass.
And a view looking out to the river

Once we were done with the CN Tower we headed by foot to China Town.

It should of been a beautiful walk but when we came out of the tower it had started to rain and a cold front was moving in....something we were not prepared for as we were in light capris and flip flops.

We also stopped and bought umbrellas which helped with our walk...our clothes were dry but our feet were wet and cold.

We made it to China Town and it was different. I've been to 2 China Towns...New York City and San Francisco and by far San Francisco wins hands down. I just really wasn't that impressed with Toronto's and was a little let down cause everyone we talked to while in Canada said to go. I'm hoping it was just the rain that made it that way but I'm thinking not.

After walking around and seeing the sights we stopped at a small Chinese restaurant to have lunch...it was a nice little place...at the back table there was a lady that was peeling vegetables and such right in the open...different but also kind of cool. The food was good, some of the best Chinese food I've had and it was the best meal we had on our trip. The food was worth the trip to Toronto.

We decided to head back towards the car but this time we got a ride instead of walking back cause it was even colder...temps were steadily dropping and winds getting even stronger.

It was a little after 4 and traffic had already set in so we decided to have a couple drinks at this place

right outside our parking garage and visit and wait for traffic to die down some.

We left a little before 6 and on and off encountered traffic with people coming in and out of the city for the weekend.

Once we made it back to the Niagara region we went to our room and relaxed, talked and then packed as our trip was nearing the end...we both had flights leaving late afternoon and early evening from Buffalo the following day,

Plus it was freezing outside...it was cold and the winds were like 30 miles an hour so outside was not the place to be.

It was then time for bed as we needed to wake up by an alarm again and get an early start...we were in search for something before we had to head to the airport to make our trip complete.

Stay tuned for Day 6.