Toronto; Sunday, 27 August, 2017

I slept through to 7am so I thought it must just have been tiredness rather than jet lag. I had another relatively early breakfast and was out of the hotel a bit before 10am so I could head over to the harbour front to join the first harbour cruise of the morning – the trip being included for free in the City Sightseeing ticket.

The harbour cruise was very interesting – not least of all for how close it got to the end of the runway at the city centre airport.

Back at the harbour I wandered over to the bus stop to make further use of the 48 hour sightseeing ticket by catching the bus for a bit more sightseeing – this time from the top deck of a former London Routemaster that claimed it was a number 11 going to Aldwych!

I got off near the Rogers stadium, where it paused for a 15 minute comfort stop, a did a bit of souvenir shopping before heading up past the centre and down to the area around the CN tower.

Opposite the tower is the former engine shed for the railway station (the tower itself backing onto a cutting the railway runs through on final approach to Union station) which has now been converted into a leisure and retail complex including restaurants, a small museum to the history of the railroad in Ontario and Toronto, and also the home of the Steamwhistle brewery.

I had a look around the museum and some of their outside exhibits before wandering over to the brewery. Unfortunately I’d timed it at the same point as a Blue Jays baseball match had just finished at the nearby Rogers Stadium and consequently the bar area was so packed it was impossible to get near the desk to book a tour.

Instead I had a wander through the downtown area and back to the harbourside where I stopped for an early diner by the harbour.

After dinner I had a long walk along the harbour side and then, just after the sun had set, back to the hotel to turn in.