Toronto

Toronto, the financial capital of Canada - The city center has almost an American look and feel. Most of the big and tall skyscrapers are new and impressive. Watching Toronto's skyline, especially at night is just awesome. People in Canada mentioned, that this city is a boring one - I can't approve that. First of all, I had a cool host (but he is actually from Australia). We discovered the citys night life and we were invited to a pancake party - of course with maple sirup :-)

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Getting there

I took the night bus from Montreal and after approximate seven hours in the bus, I arrived in Toronto - The financial capital of Canada, people say. This might be true, as the stock exchange of Canada is located here.

Bus depot in Toronto
Bus depot in Toronto

Sights

In Toronto there a several sights to visit. For me the most impressive one is the CN-Tower. Pretty cool is the skyline of the city from "Toronto Islands".

Skyline of Toronto - Rogers Centre and CN-Tower and skyscrapers
Skyline of Toronto - Rogers Centre, CN-Tower and skyscrapers

Eaton Centre
Eaton Centre

City Hall of Toronto
City Hall of Toronto

Chinatown
Chinatown

Like in every big city in north America, Toronto has a China town district. But this city has also a "Gay-Town", which is maybe not so common. Well it's not special to take pictures of it, but you can see many gay couples hanging around.

University of Toronto
University of Toronto

Downtown of Toronto from CN-Tower
Downtown of Toronto from CN-Tower


All the houses look so small!

Hockey Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame

Massey Hall
Massey Hall

Casa Loma - Built for Sir Henry Pellatt in the years 1911-1914
Casa Loma - Built for Sir Henry Pellatt in the years 1911-1914

CN-Tower from different points of view

The 553m heigh CN-Tower is I think the most famous sight in Toronto

Close-up
Close-up

In between
In between

At night
At night


In the morning

Impressions

My impression about Toronto is that this city is a very dynamic one. Life is fast and the flow of money is sensible. A city, that doesn't sleep.

Toronto at night
Toronto at night

As some of you already know, I am a skyscraper-addict. As you can imagine, I was heavily impressed :-) Here are some pictures I took from them:

Skyscraper in irregular shape
Skyscraper in irregular shape

Another irregular shape building
Another irregular shape building

Skyscraper, skyscraper and even more skyscrapers
Skyscraper, skyscraper and even more skyscrapers

Steel, glass and concrete!
Steel, glass and concrete!

Early in morning at six: Empty streets
Early in morning at six: Empty streets

Mirroring the sky
Mirroring the sky

Art museum
Art museum

Just a church
Just a church

Just a boat
Just a boat

The skyline from landside
The skyline from landside


Neighbourhood watch

The city wasn't boring at all for me, contrariwise: I was enjoying this different kind of city.

Conclution

It was an interesting city to visit! Maybe it's not as artistic as Montreal, but that is in fact not important for me. As mentioned I am a kind of skyscraper addict, and there I got one's money worth!

My backback with the Canadian flag and the CN-Tower
My backback with the Canadian flag and the CN-Tower

After the attacks of 9/11, all the cities started to remove lockers for "security reasons". This is a anoying, because it is difficult to keep your backpack somewhere and sometimes you have no other opportunity than to carry it arround - This happend to me in Toronto too.

Again and my tour, I found a cool Couchsurfing host: Tim from Australia

Me and Tim
Me and Tim

We were in a nice pub were we met some friends of him. They invited us to a pancake party for the next evening. And of course, we went there!

Pure maple syrup, fruits and ...
Pure maple syrup, fruits and ...

... pancakes!
... pancakes!

I really had good company there and as you can see it, it was great fun :-)

James and Tim playing a bullfight with the Austrian and the Canadian flag
James and Tim playing a bullfight with the Austrian and the Canadian flag

James and Tim were very helpful - They recommended places to visit next.

From Toronto I was going to Niagara Falls and afterwards by plane to Vancouver (Articles in progress)

Gallery

See all pictures of Toronto in the photoblog:
Toronto, Canada tour 2008

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