On Wednesday morning our flight to Cayman got cancelled. I was up at 2:30 a.m. to get us ready for the flight. I woke Tosh at 3:00 to say that it was cancelled and figure out what to do. We dealt with the airlines and making new plans until nearly 5:00 a.m. We were a bit delirious as we purchased tickets to take a train to Toronto. We booked the earliest train we could since we were already awake. Once it was time to go, we woke up Finn and told him the news. He was up for anything which was a relief.
Travelling by train is really amazing. Tosh has done it before, but it was my first time.
Finn loved all the leg room...
Keep in mind we all got up really early. I did put on some make- up in my spare time at 2:30. Finn's hair was cray cray and he said he liked it that way. That early you don't argue with a happy child. I mean it isn't a fashion show, right?
Later on the train I am reading a book and a lady comes up. "Hello. We are wondering if your family would be one of the families in our photo shoot. " HAHHA. Ok. Cool.
Finn's shirt said he had come down with a wicked case of the "awesomes." I think they thought the crazy hair was hipster. Finn did not hear what the lady said when she told me what they were doing. All he knew was some lady said, "Hey walk down the aisle with this bucket of chocolate." He didn't question it...
After this took place I thought to myself, "It would have probably not been unreasonable to ask them for a couple minutes to pull ourselves together." I think that they were shooting for October ads. So if I ever see our face on Rail Canada's instagram, I will be sure to pass it along.
Our arrival to Toronto was kind of a mess. We didn't know where we were going and what we were doing. There was an hour of severe crankiness on the adults' part. Our credit cards weren't working because the travel notice said we would be home that day. Hotel 1 didn't work out and we moved to hotel 2. We were excited to see Toronto after it was all settled and we had a good night sleep.
My friend, who recommended Schwartz's in Montreal, recommended we go to the Distillery District and eat at a place called Cluny. It was a french restaurant and very french atmosphere...
The Distillery District was actually pretty charming and interesting. Toronto and Montreal are very different. So this area was a bit of a throw back to some of the more unique charm of Montreal.
One day we took another suggestion from my friend. We strolled to an Indian place called Host. It was amazing. Thanks to Host, Finn is now a fan of Indian food and has requested it since coming back home.
Finn is really into cars right now. He was so excited to spot a Rolls Royce...
The picture is now in a frame in his room.
We strolled through Korean Town which was awesome...
We stopped at an office supply store and got school supplies. This list was really short since we have a ton already but who doesn't love going school supply shopping before starting a new year?
We spent some time at a park one afternoon. I am always happy to see loads of kids at parks in big cities.
More from Toronto later.
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