This downtown/lakefront Toronto neighbourhood is full of attractions, scenery, and walks. Too bad it isn't summer when there would be more visitors and less heavy clothes! The weather has been climate-changey-freaky. The week started and ended with snow, stinging cold and wind blasts, so much that I have minor frostbite on my face. (For real --- I thought it was just dry skin, Pat knew different. I will spare you a close-up of my swollen, redded, blistered nose area.) Then a warm front moved through that melted the snow into slush and then heavy rain, all within a couple of hours. Sunny the next day, full moon in clear sky at night. Go figure.
So, early in the week it was indoor activity, like navigating Toronto's 10 kilometre underground PATH labyrinth. We only got lost a couple of times, some people never come out! And there's the Saturday markets. Or the Harbourfront Centre for arts and artisans. Wood carving, metal sculpture, glass blowing, etc. Mostly millenials trying to make a living through their talents.
Outdoors, the rink was closed and covered with rain puddles. Next day, it's frozen solid and full of kids skating (is that considered going to school??). On the bay, we were amazed at the hundreds of Long-Tailed ducks paddling about. New to us. They're here for our winter --- but it's summer for them because they migrate down from the arctic!
A good discovery walk was over to the Distillery District. A hundred fascinating buildings left from the 1800's when it was the biggest distillery in the British Empire. You've probably seen it in movies and TV series like Murdoch Mysteries; for a while it was the biggest movie set outside of Hollywood. Now it's full of shops and eateries so a lot has to be photoshopped out to keep it authentic on screen.
This area was also the base for the athletes of the 2015 PanAm Games. Pat worked the Games near here and could remember when the YMCA was a training facility and the parking lot was the athletes' dance hall!
Last night a crew arrived down below and set up this zebra-striped structure. As of this morning nothing is happening around it. Movie set? Fashion shoot? Any guesses out there?
So, early in the week it was indoor activity, like navigating Toronto's 10 kilometre underground PATH labyrinth. We only got lost a couple of times, some people never come out! And there's the Saturday markets. Or the Harbourfront Centre for arts and artisans. Wood carving, metal sculpture, glass blowing, etc. Mostly millenials trying to make a living through their talents.
Outdoors, the rink was closed and covered with rain puddles. Next day, it's frozen solid and full of kids skating (is that considered going to school??). On the bay, we were amazed at the hundreds of Long-Tailed ducks paddling about. New to us. They're here for our winter --- but it's summer for them because they migrate down from the arctic!
A good discovery walk was over to the Distillery District. A hundred fascinating buildings left from the 1800's when it was the biggest distillery in the British Empire. You've probably seen it in movies and TV series like Murdoch Mysteries; for a while it was the biggest movie set outside of Hollywood. Now it's full of shops and eateries so a lot has to be photoshopped out to keep it authentic on screen.
This area was also the base for the athletes of the 2015 PanAm Games. Pat worked the Games near here and could remember when the YMCA was a training facility and the parking lot was the athletes' dance hall!
Last night a crew arrived down below and set up this zebra-striped structure. As of this morning nothing is happening around it. Movie set? Fashion shoot? Any guesses out there?
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