I heart Toronto

Well, that was an adventure. I pretty much shopped until I dropped today in the big TO…but it was amazing. I may have fallen head over heels in love with this city.

Minus a few bumps in my transit plans (seriously, it’s more complicated than I even anticipated to get downtown…but, I think I got it all figured out – thankfully, there were some friendly people who helped me out this morning), I managed to get myself to Union Station by 11 AM this morning. I then proceeded to walk all over the city until I headed back to catch the train home at around 5:30…my legs feel like Jell-O…but I kind of love it.

I started off the day in the fashion district and I walked up and down Queen Street and bought a bunch of adorable dresses. There are SO MANY cute Asian stores full of girly, ruffly, lacey one-size dresses and they were all so cheap! My poor suitcase…I don’t know how I’m gonna get all of it home, haha.


I then headed over to the Kensington Market and browsed the shops and bakeries there, wandered through Chinatown and the U of T campus, went up and down the fancy shops on Bloor Street, found an amazing pizza place just off Yonge Street and had lunch, and then I spent some time at Eaton Centre. I also managed to meet up with an old friend of mine, Erin (we were in Hooked together), as she lives in Toronto now. We got coffee and then she took me to see her new place and meet her puppy. We had a nice visit and catch-up session – it was super lovely to see her again.



But yeah, I love this city SO MUCH! And the weather today was really good for just walking around – it was about +5 and there was absolutely NO snow so it felt like spring. So many of the markets even had their produce on display outside, it was nuts! It’s just such a huge city too with so many people walking around, no matter where you go…I’m pretty sure I looked like a crazy person as I just walked around all day with this huge grin on my face. I really do love this city, it’s almost like a mini New York. I think I could live here very happily, haha. It was just so nice to be able to explore it on my own. I can’t really describe it…I was just so happy all day.

By the time I got back to the hotel though, I was exhausted, freezing (it had started raining) and starving. So, I hit up a little Vietnamese place near our hotel (we’re pretty much in Chinatown out here in Richmond Hill – all the businesses around us are Asian) and now I’m back in my room and planning another hot bath…we have 2 shows tomorrow so I want to be well-rested.

But overall, today was an amazing day. I can’t wait until we have a couple more days off in a week or so – there are still so many things in the city I want to see and do!