Toronto

We had so much fun with our friends we were so sad to leave. But it was scheduled to be a longish drive to Toronto and our hosts, you know, had to go to work. 

Good thing we left when we did, because Toronto traffic was horrific. The last 10 or so miles ended up adding over an hour to our original drive time. Because we were getting in so late, coupled with the fact that lea wasn't really interested in going, we decided that we would drop pete and jax off at the Hockey Hall of Fame and get situated at the hotel. 

Jax was pretty bummed that we didn't join, but still had a really good time. 

Borque! <3 

This was apparently the "terrifying" portion of the visit. 

With (a replica of) the Stanley Cup! 

Lea and I took a rainy walk to meet them, and then we had dinner at Marche. Kind of like a very fancy cafeteria, it was a little overwhelming at first. But ultimately it was delicious and everyone got dinner that they wanted. 

Chocolate mousse in a chocolate cup was, unsurprisingly, a hit. 

The next morning we got up early so we could make it to the aquarium before the lines got too long. We had heard from multiple people that it was a great aquarium, and they were right. The best part was that there was an amazing moving walkway that brings you under and through an ENORMOUS tank full of tons of different kinds of fish and sharks. 

Blue lobster! 

Just petting a shark, NBD. 

After the aquarium we took a walk over to the waterfront and had lunch outside overlooking the water. We lucked out in that it was a much nicer day than the one before. 

The CN tower, visible from a ton of places in the city. 

Artistic wavy boardwalk. 

Attempt at family selfie with Lake Ontario in the background. 

That afternoon we braved the car again to take a trip to Casa Loma, Toronto's castle. While basically everything pales in comparison to the Biltmore, it was a really neat place, with cool secret passageways and tower lookouts.

Ceiling of the conservatory 

Garage

High time these two took a shower. 

Is my own room so much to ask for? This is literally half of lady pellatt's suite. 

Two of the more riveting books in the library. 

View from the tower. 

A little downtime came next, followed by delicious Chinese food. It's always neat to try "authentic" Chinese food in another city. While we weren't brace enough to try sea cucumber or jellyfish, we had some fantastic green beans and noodles. 

A little swimming in the hotel pool-with-a-waterslide and petting the hotel bunnies (!!) rounded out the evening. 

That's Jax's foot over there. 

I'm not sure how I feel about rabbits being kept as pets in a hotel. They were awfully cute, though. 

View from our room. 

We had to be up and out early for our longest drive of the trip, to oneonta NY. We've been there, and Cooperstown, and are now on our way home. Update on the last stop coming from there!