Toronto; Saturday, 26 August, 2017

I had a really good nights sleep and it was 6am before I woke up. Deciding that it probably wasn’t a good idea to try and force any more sleep as that was probably only going to make any jet lag worse I got up, had a leisurly shower and headed down to breakfast.

Breakfast completed I was out of the hotel not long after 8am and heading over to the first stop of the morning, the most iconic building in the city - the CN tower. I arrived not long after they had opened their doors for the morning, and consequently spent quite a bit of time walking round long queuing systems that were completely deserted to the cash desk and then on up through the building to the lifts to the viewing gallery.

I spent quite a bit of time up in the tower taking in the views from both the main deck and the much higher skypod some 1800ft above the ground. By the time I started coming down the tower was getting busy and the queing system was earning its keep.

I had a bit of a wander around the area near the CN tower and then on down to the harbour front before finding myself at the bus stop for the City Sightseeing bus tour so I decided to join the next tour and take in the view of the city.

The tour is very long and covers a major part of the city centre, taking over 2 hours to do a full loop. I did one full circuit and then back round to the centre of the city at Yonge-Dundas Square where I got off and had a bit of a walk around Canada’s Times Square before grabbing a late lunch and then hopping on a later bus.

I did another full circuit – taking in the views from the opposite side of the bus before ending up back in the city centre. Back at Yonge-Dundas Square I headed down into the metro to head back to the hotel to freshen up and then headed out for dinner in a restaurant near the hotel.

I don’t know if it was jet lag, or just the effects of being on the go since 6am, but by the time I finished dinner, around sunset, I was feeling knackered and as it was going to be dark soon I headed back to the hotel and turned in for the night.