Slept reasonably well but woke up early with a blocked nose. Couldn’t taste anything but that didn’t stop me from filling up on breakfast. Walked to the bus stop to go to the train station but since it was Saturday wasn’t sure when they ran so decided to walk – this turned out to be a bit of a bad idea as it took longer than we thought plus the roads in Canada aren’t designed for walking and several times there was no pavement. We finally arrived at the station just in time to board. The train was comfortable, nice seats and power points for the gear. The trip took a couple of hours and the landscape was uninspiring so I watched some tv.
The trip took a couple of hours and the hotel was next to the train station, the Fairmont Royal York, a huge old hotel that is part of the Savoy group, so quite nice.
Dropped the bags in the room and headed out to look around Toronto – to be honest there wasn’t a lot to see. We walked to a market which is one of the top attractions and it was about a quarter of the size of Victoria market in Melbourne. The centre of Toronto is made up of skyscrapers and glass office blocks, no character at all. We weren’t hungry so skipped lunch and walked back to the hotel to chill out until dinner. Song felt like Chinese food so we walked about 20 minutes to Chinatown but most of the restaurants looked pretty awful so eventually found a Korean one instead. Food was ok, hopped on a tram back to the hotel but had to get off and walk because of construction – apparently now is construction season, they don’t do any in winter because it’s too cold.
We booked a trip to Niagara Falls for tomorrow, not too early at 09:30.
