Toronto day 2....or an extension of day 1

The Red-Eye DID fly!! yay! So we spent three hours trying to catch some ZZZZ's before hitting the big city! and did we ever reach a big city in my opinion. We had to navigate our way from the airport using city transit to where we are staying. we were given great directions, but once we got to the subway it was right around 8:00 am (rushhour) and i felt like a total small town girl getting pushed around not knowing what i was doing, or how to pay or where to go. We found the apartment, which is in a great location pretty close to downtown, and sat and planned our weekend. Then it was out the door and off to explore!!

On the way we found this hot dog stand, it was recommended by a friend of mine who said on this particular street corner at this stand, the dogs were great, but i shouldn't try to talk to the vendor. Well AS i was ordering my all beef hot dog before i even finished he abruptly said "yeah ok" and then i thought i would let him know he had the best hot dog stand i'd ever seen, so i started saying that and he again before i was finished said "yeah i know"! so funny! Great hot dog! We continued to explore younge street getting deeper and deeper into downtown.

After walking along the harbour (where we saw people ice skating right next to a totally thawed lake) and where we tried out some pretty expensive chocolates we happened across another recommended attraction. the steamwhistle brewery. free samples and a very friendly employee who told us the tour spiel at the front counter made the experience fantastic. i must bring some home! beer i mean not store employees.

After the brewery we crossed the street to the CN tower. this tower boasts having the highest man-made observation deck in the world. we figured God out did Ned the engineer and has made the highest God-made observation deck in the world...everest! this one will have to do for us! What a busy place though, lots of line-ups and waiting and jostling about, but fantastic views of the city, and such a clear day!

.....Only in Canada people will we see a moose dressed up like a mounty! and here, getting some action to boot!

On one of the observation decks there was a crazy glass floor! this played with the brain as you felt like you were walking on nothing! supposedly it was able to withstand the weight of 14 large hippos!! i think we were within the limits.Finally after a long and somewhat footsore but very entertaining day of walking around downtown (with little to no sleep the night before) we were ready to hit the Air Canada Center for a Raptors game. i had heard they weren't doing very well this season, so i wasn't too optomistic about the outcome, but we faithfully cheered them on. with three minutes left it was looking even bleaker as milwake was up by about thirteen points. I had been pretty disappointed altogether about the effort of the players and the lack of cheering by the fans and then in the last few minutes somehow T.O. scored a few points and came within two! of course NOW the fans started cheering like crazy and the players actually started trying, and we ended up winning by ONE!! pretty dramatic finish. i was happy for the people of this city :) thats enough for tonight, we are bushed and tomorow is another day hitting the hot spots....namely the science center. ;) until then....g'night.