Getting to know some other cities…

We live so close to Canada! So why not just go there for a weekend trip? Thinking about that, we decided to spend a few days in Toronto.

Friday right after work we packed-up our stuff, got in the car and took the four hour ride to Canada. We drove through Southern Ontario until we reached Toronto, a city with a population of around 2.6 million inhabitants making it the largest in Canada.

Arriving late Friday night, there was only time left to get dinner right across from the super comfortable and pretty cheap hotel where we stayed in Downtown Toronto.

Saturday morning a snowy but wonderful day gave us the opportunity of getting to know the city. That of course included touristy attractions such as drinking a coffee on top of the CN Tower, eating poutine- a typical Canadian dish made out of french fries, cheese curds and brown gravy at the farmers market and just looking around at the wonderful buildings in the city.

After walking around all day long, a little time to rest and reju

venate at a Japanese sushi restaurant was nice before heading to Toronto’s Chinatown district at night.

The next day was reserved for a short trip to the most powerful waterfalls in all of North America.

Since the famous Niagara Falls are located on the border between Canada and the USA, and are only a little more than an hour drive away from Toronto, we took off right after a wonderful last breakfast in Toronto.

Arriving there by noon, we were really impressed to see how much power nature can have, and how it can be so pretty at the same time….

All in all it was a wonderful weekend, where we had the opportunity to get to know a very nice Canadian city, and since on our way home all the streets were covered with snow we also were really happy when we arrived home Sunday night.

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