Adventures in Toronto

After our fun-filled day at Niagara Falls, we decided to spend the day exploring Toronto with Karmyn and Adrian. Our first stop was the Distillery District. It's an old section of town filled with lovely coffee shops and art galleries. The architecture of the old buildings is gorgeous too.
Addilyn and Asher enjoyed playing on the artwork and taking advantage of an abandoned stage. There was a lot of singing and running around in circles.
After the Distillery District, we headed downtown to the waterfront. There is a nice view of Lake Ontario and some very fun boats and ferries to watch. In the far left, you can see a string of islands. They are supposed to have some lovely parks. Maybe on another trip.
I don't know why but this struck me as funny. Is it still called litter if you put it in a can?
Adrian and Addilyn entertaining each other on our long walk through downtown.
Poutine. It's one of the only kinds of authentic Canadian fare (that was unique to Canada at least) we could find. It involves fries, cheese curds, and gravy. It was actually pretty good. We would definitely try it again, especially the different varieties offered at specialty shops.
The family posed at the waterfront (in front of the CN tower).Said CN tower. This tower is actually taller than the Sears Tower but it's only purpose is to be a tower (not an office building) so the Sears Tower maintains it's "tallest building" status.
We wandered by some old steam engines on display on our way back to our car. Excitement!
As for the final day of our trip, we took a leisurely trip back to the States. We decided to round out my view of Canada by stopping at a Tim Hortons. This time I went inside and actually perused the menu. Mmm...donuts.
Our Canadian change. I'm so nerdy.
This was our view as we crossed back over to the States. It's a view of Lake Huron. We ended up seeing 4 out of the 5 Great Lakes on our trip.
Fun facts: With this trip, Tyler added 2 new states (Pennsylvania and New York), I added a new state (New York) and a province (Ontario), and the kids each added 3 new states (Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York) and a province (Ontario). This was the first time in nearly 10 years that Tyler added a new state.