Checking in with Toronto

I’ve added over 60 images to my over-sized Toronto gallery which has nearly become too big to manage! Toronto just seems to have so much diversity within it’s neighborhoods that I always find myself taking more pictures than I intended. If you ever have a few days to spend in Toronto, I will make a few suggestions that I’d tell you not to miss:

-Walk Bloor , Younge, King,  Queen or Yorkville, but you can never see it all. There’s always buskers at Dundas and Younge, lots of shopping and restaurants along all of them.

-Visit the most eclectic place in Toronto, Kensington Market. There are nearly 100 shops and restaurants in old single family Victorian homes, of every variety imaginable.  Have a locally roasted coffee, or something blended (I had a matcha rooibus iced coffee at MoonBean), you can buy anything from gas masks to cookie monster pajamas here.

-Explore some of Toronto’s older residential neighbourhoods just north of Daventport. You’ll find former gated communities that house the Toronto’s wealthiest for well over a century. It’s a scenic mix of mature, carefully manicured foliage,  massive character homes, joggers, and luxury cars.  You may also run into Casa Loma, the 64,000 sq/ft , 98 room castle.

-Head to the brewery district for old architecture and a massive variety of tap beer, brewed locally.

-Catch a BlueJays game. Tickets start at 9$.

-Visit the Toronto Islands. Watch the sunset cast upon Toronto’s skyline for an epic show.

-At night, the financial district creates dramatic views from the floor of its canyon. I went to Bay and King St, and a courtyard there allows you get the sense of the grandeur of these buildings. See picture below, though it does no justice.

Click the link here for the gallery of Toronto.