We woke up early to catch a 9AM flight home. We took the courtesy shuttle which runs every half hour.

The Aquarium at Terminal 1.

After clearing security, we still have enough time for breakfast. We had our breakfast at Boccone Trattoria. This restaurant is a partnership  of Toronto Pearson with chef, restaurateur and author Massimo Capra.

We started with coffee. Caffeine is good in the morning.

Ben had the Eggs Massimo; 2 eggs cooked in tomato sauce, served with BT potatoes and a choice of bacon, sausage or smoked salmon.

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After we settled down at the hotel, we walked out to look for food in the vicinity area. We ended up at Airport Gate Cage & Grill. It was late…

We returned the rental car at the Toronto Airport and took the courtesy shuttle to Holiday Inn which we had booked a room for the night.

View of sunset from our room.

King size bed is definitely more comfortable because its more roomy.

Working table. (more…)

We woke up early to pack up and walked to Brookfield Place to pick up our rental car from Budget Car. We will drive to Ottawa and the drive is…

When we reached our bnb neighbourhood, it’s already dinner time.

Ben wanted to try the chicken wing from a neighbourhood restaurant called Wild Wing.

Wild Wing is a pub.

We ordered two types of wings to try. The above was BBQ with mango chipotle sauce. It has a sweet smoky tangy flavour. (more…)

Bloor Street is a major east-west residential and commercial route in Toronto. Here are the photos I snapped along Bloor Street. I like taking photos of interesting buildings, old churches, etc.

A section of the Bloor St. is lined with high end brand name stores if you like shopping.

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After window shopping at Honest Ed’s, we decided to walk back to our hotel via Bloor St.

It was a hot afternoon. We stopped by a bubble tea shop to have a drink to cool ourselves.

It looks like Tea Shop 168 is a franchise tea shop.

We shared a large milk tea with glass jelly. I like that the tea is not made with powder. It tasted like it’s made by brewed tea. (more…)

Since we were on Bloor St., Ben suggested to have lunch in Korea Town.

The walk to Korea Town is longer than we expected. Ben kept telling me it’s a bit further more every time I asked him if we were on the right street.

We came upon Honest Ed’s which is a landmark discount store in Toronto. It was huge, running the whole length of a block. We did some browsing in the store after our lunch. A signage says that the store is still open until 31st Dec 2016.

We settled at Ajuker Chicken for lunch. (more…)

The Royal Ontario Museum is one of the largest museums in North America.

It is located at the north of Queen’s Park. It’s main entrance is on Bloor Street West.

There is a stone lion on one of the side of the ROM, presumed to be a gift from China.

We spent most of our time at the China, Korea and Japan exhibits. The above is a Ming-era tomb.

A sculpture of an official. (more…)

On the way to Queen’s Park, we came across a street cart.

It’s an African snack foot court, selling something that resembles samosa.

We bought a couple to try. It is filled with chicken and the sauce was spicy and tangy.

The sign above describe the history of Queen’s Park. You can click on it to have a larger view.

A rose garden in the park was planted to commemorate the Royal Tour of 1939.

As we walked through the park, we came upon the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

We found out that there is free guided tour of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in just a short while and we gladly join the tour. (more…)