UPDATE: 15 October 2003
Toronto, Ontario
In August 2002, Bryan and I spent a weekend exploring Ontario. After touring both the US and Canadian sides of Niagara Falls, we drove up to Toronto.
A former Indian settlement turned French fur-trading post, Toronto is now a bustling city of 4 million people. It sits on the northern banks of Lake Ontario, just north of Buffalo, New York. And as you can see in the pictures below, the city has become a melting pot of more than 100 cultures.
This picture (right) is of the Sky Dome, the first sports facility in the world to have a fully retractable roof. It's home to the Toronto Bluejays (Major League Baseball) and the Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League).
This flower market in Little Italy was reminiscent of the markets I used to see in Vicenza. Bryan and I ate lunch at a little Trattoria across the street.
This the little Trattoria where Bryan and I had lunch. We had a real Italian chef who brought us out a bowl of freshly roasted cloves of garlic to go with our pizzas - real Italian pizzas - made with lots of olive oil and homemade sauce - not like that deep dish junk out of Chicago! We smelled really Italian after we ate it, too!
A [pre-garlic pizza] passionate moment inspired by the San Pellegrino sparkling water, the flower market, and all the umbrellas and outdoor cafe tables of Little Italy. KIM'S LIST OF THE BEST OF TORONTO:
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China Town is like a little Hong Kong in the middle of Canada! The Chinese began immigrating to Toronto in the mid 1800's and today comprise about 250,000 (6%) of Toronto's residents. 
The CN Tower is Toronto's most famous tourist attraction. Rising 553 meters (1815 feet) into the air, it is the tallest free standing structure in the world. 
This is the shore of Lake Ontario. There were a lot of rocks in the sand next to the water, then regular sand as the beach stretched away from the water. Waves roll in just like at the Gulf of Mexico. And Lake Ontario is so big that you can't see the other side! |
