Toronoto, ON

Mississauga and Oakville, actually. It's cheaper here and the "gas" is free, so we decided to lodge here. We stayed one night in home stay in Mississauga and then came to a Residence and Conference center in Oakville yesterday. They gave us two bedroom suit in what appears to be part of Sheridan college.

Toronto is more Vancouver than Montreal. No industrial complexes, no historical towns. It is full of blue condo buildings spread over a vast area, just like Vancouver. It seems the only difference is the lake Ontario instead of the Vancouver bay. Winter will be much harsher though, I suppose. And house prices are proportionally cheaper, though it is still substantially more expensive than Montreal.

We went to CN tower yesterday, but the line was impossibly long. So we went to St Lawrence Market after taking some pictures and hanging around the tower. Today we tried CN tower again. I meant to go before 9AM to avoid the line, but we overslept and we got there at 10 instead. No matter, there was no line and we went right up.

Toronto Island was the next destination. It's must like the ferry ride to Staten Island.  You jump off from Jack Layton terminal in the thick of the downtown, just as you would from Whiteall terminal in Manhattan downtown.  Then you click away at the downtown skyline as you sail away.