Two Twoonies and a Loony
Tuesday, August 7: Okay, so I laughed when Jason asked the cashier for "two twoonies and a loony" as we drove through Tim Horton's (apparently the Canadian Dunkin' Donuts, and home of really amazing hot chocolate), but neither Jason nor the cashier thought anything was out of the ordinary. After all, we needed $3 in change to park at the TTC (subway), so the two dollar coin and one dollar coin were necessary.
We hopped on the TTC and made our way to the CN tower, the tallest free-standing structure in
the world. We hitched a ride on the elevator to the viewing platform, where it took me a few minutes to get up the nerve to step out onto the glass floor and look down at Toronto way, waaaaaay below.
After spending a little time on top of the world, we went to Eaton Center, where we met Jason's high school Sunday school teacher, Diana Clark, for lunch at Mr. Greenjeans. We had a wonderful time catching up, and I really appreciated the opportunity to meet this great lady! We spent part of the afternoon tooling around the Distillery District, which was once very industrial but has recently been brought back to life with new shops and restaurants. Then we went to St.
Lawrence Market and looked at all the delicious food stands...until we finally gave in and shared a chocolate-filled crepe!
We met up with Deb and Clayton after they got off work and had a delicious Italian dinner downtown. Toronto is a really cool city, but I think both of us would agree that the highlights of our visit always involved spending time with old friends (for Jason) and getting to know new friends (for Missy). We loved dinner with Deb and Clayton. We also loved watching the British version of "Beauty and the Geek" until too late that night. Ah, for BBC.
We hopped on the TTC and made our way to the CN tower, the tallest free-standing structure in
the world. We hitched a ride on the elevator to the viewing platform, where it took me a few minutes to get up the nerve to step out onto the glass floor and look down at Toronto way, waaaaaay below.After spending a little time on top of the world, we went to Eaton Center, where we met Jason's high school Sunday school teacher, Diana Clark, for lunch at Mr. Greenjeans. We had a wonderful time catching up, and I really appreciated the opportunity to meet this great lady! We spent part of the afternoon tooling around the Distillery District, which was once very industrial but has recently been brought back to life with new shops and restaurants. Then we went to St.
Lawrence Market and looked at all the delicious food stands...until we finally gave in and shared a chocolate-filled crepe!We met up with Deb and Clayton after they got off work and had a delicious Italian dinner downtown. Toronto is a really cool city, but I think both of us would agree that the highlights of our visit always involved spending time with old friends (for Jason) and getting to know new friends (for Missy). We loved dinner with Deb and Clayton. We also loved watching the British version of "Beauty and the Geek" until too late that night. Ah, for BBC.
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We loved our visit with the two of you as well! :D Can't wait for the next opportunity for us to all hang out together. Hopefully we'll make a visit to your "hood" very soon! :) Love, Deb and Clay
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