Thursday the 17th nd Friday 18th In Toronto
No cycling
So no cycling so some thoughts on Canada instead.
1. They have a Canadian coffee shop/takeaway chain called Tim Hortons. When I first went into one I thought I was going into a family style dinner. Wrong it is more like a Macdonalds. However, apparently everything about it is Canadian The egg and bacon on an English muffin plus a cup of coffee costs less than 5 Canadian dollars.
On the menu board they give the calorie count of the products. The muffin (as above) has 300 calories apparently I as an average female need 2000 calories a day!
2. The local treat here is a pecan pie. These little pastry tarts have a gooey caramel filling with pecan nuts on the top (no custard of any kind). They are very good - not sure how many calories. But then maybe I cycle more a day than the average female!
3. I feel very much more at home here than in the USA they even have the Queens head on the bank notes.
4. In the USA senior discounts start at age 60 (making me elidgable). In Canada they start at 64 meaning I have to pay full rate.
Have spent my time in Toronto wandering the streets. Window shopping. Visiting markets. Also took a trip out to Toronto Islands. Tomorrow, I retrace back a short distance to stay with warmshower hosts. It will be goo to cycle for a bit again. At the moment my bike is in my room on the 16th floor. There are 4 lifts and 2 are out of order. My bike takes up a whole lift so One trip up and down with it is plenty!
So no cycling so some thoughts on Canada instead.
1. They have a Canadian coffee shop/takeaway chain called Tim Hortons. When I first went into one I thought I was going into a family style dinner. Wrong it is more like a Macdonalds. However, apparently everything about it is Canadian The egg and bacon on an English muffin plus a cup of coffee costs less than 5 Canadian dollars.
On the menu board they give the calorie count of the products. The muffin (as above) has 300 calories apparently I as an average female need 2000 calories a day!
2. The local treat here is a pecan pie. These little pastry tarts have a gooey caramel filling with pecan nuts on the top (no custard of any kind). They are very good - not sure how many calories. But then maybe I cycle more a day than the average female!
3. I feel very much more at home here than in the USA they even have the Queens head on the bank notes.
4. In the USA senior discounts start at age 60 (making me elidgable). In Canada they start at 64 meaning I have to pay full rate.
Have spent my time in Toronto wandering the streets. Window shopping. Visiting markets. Also took a trip out to Toronto Islands. Tomorrow, I retrace back a short distance to stay with warmshower hosts. It will be goo to cycle for a bit again. At the moment my bike is in my room on the 16th floor. There are 4 lifts and 2 are out of order. My bike takes up a whole lift so One trip up and down with it is plenty!
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