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Hello from Toronto - An Exploration of Toronto's West End

One of the beauties of Toronto is its next to the Humber River.Once we had
diversity, the fact that hundreds of reached the southern edge of the park we
ethnic groups from all over the world turned northwards again and walked past
congregate here in this metropolis and Colborne Lodge, the home of Jemima and
give their distinct flavour to this urban John George Howard, a monument to a
mosaic of cultures.Since I had already couple that helped to create one of
taken my European visitors on a walking Toronto's largest parks. The
tour of downtown, covering most of the Regency-style cottage, built in 1837, is
main sights, as well as on a bicycling also a perfect example of the
tour of Toronto's waterfront, I decided architecture that was so popular in the
it was time to show them some of early 19th century.After High Park we
Toronto's residential neighbourhoods for headed further west through the lively
an authentic feel of the city away from Bloor West Village neighbourhood, which
the big tourist sites.We started in the features many stores and restaurants,
East end and drove through East York, an many of them Ukrainian. A craving for
up and coming neighbourhood, originally smoked sausages and cabbage rolls can
working class, where many of the older definitely be satisfied here. Then we
bungalows are now being upgraded into turned down from Bloor Street towards the
two-story homes. Crossing the Leaside parking lot right next to the Humber
Bridge over the Don River, we explored River. We parked our car and went for a
the upscale Leaside Neighbourhood, half hour walk up the path by the river.
featuring beautifully kept houses I explained that the Humber River leads
sheltered by a canopy of huge towards salmon spawning grounds and every
trees.Making our way over through the fall thousands of brightly coloured
equally upscale Moore Park Neighbourhood salmon make their way up the rapids. We
we crossed the Mount Pleasant ravine to also saw several grey herons, stalking
get to the highrise towers of Yonge their slippery prey.A nice gentleman,
Street. Further west on St. Clair I originally from New York City, stopped
turned north towards Upper Canada beside us and asked if we wanted our
College, one of Toronto's foremost picture taken. I immediately spotted his
private high schools, an appropriate accent and he admitted he had been in
anchor point for the elite Forest Hill Toronto since 1963, I guess he still
neighbourhood. On our drive through this hadn't lost his accent. He gave us some
exclusive area, my visitors noticed all restaurant tips and walked on with his
the horseshoe-shaped driveways in front dog. A nice little interlude.All this
of the mansions, something that I had walking had made us hungry and we wanted
never even noticed before.Heading back to return home where my brother would fix
down to St. Clair we drove past the us a delicious lunch. The last part of
multi-ethnic area around Bathurst Street, our West End exploration included the
continuing our trek westwards towards very upscale Kingsway neighbourhood, with
Corso Italia, another Italian its mansions, expansive front lawns and
neighbourhood in Toronto. My European majestic trees. From there I drove back
visitors commented on how green the city through the Annex neighbourhood and up
is, something that struck them as very the Rosedale Valley towards the Don River
different from many European cities. They Valley, where I crossed the river on
also noticed that the residential Pottery Road. Again, my visitors were
neighbourhoods very extremely quiet and commenting on the huge amount of green
peaceful and that all the hustle and space that Toronto had to offer.Our
bustle and noise was confined to the main second last destination along our driving
streets. We enjoyed looking at the little tour was Chinatown East, a collection of
corner stores, displaying flowers, fruits Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean stores at
and vegetables and the lively the intersection of Broadview and Gerrard
neighbourhoods with all the shoppers.Then Streets, followed up by Little India
we drove back south to Bloor Street and further east on Gerrard. The ethnic
explored the Polish area around mosaic in Toronto truly creates some
Roncesvalles Avenue, right next to an astounding neighbourhoods and the
area full of stately houses and majestic diversity as well as the large amount of
trees on the eastern outskirts of High green spaces had left an impression on my
Park.Toronto's largest park was our next European visitors. They commented that
destination. High Park features a variety away from the downtown core, Toronto
of sports facilities, including baseball, didn't even seem like a large city, but
tennis, a swimming pool and is a mecca more like a colourful collection of
for fitness buffs. There is also a small villages.Susanne Pacher is the publisher
zoo with various bovine creatures, goats of a website called Travel and
and other smaller animals. The heart of Transitions( Travel and Transitions deals
the park of Grenadier Pond, a beautiful with unconventional travel and is chock
natural body of water surrounded by full of advice, tips, real life travel
willow trees. Various fishermen were experiences, interviews with travellers
practicing their hobby, although we did and travel experts, insights and
not know what type of fish they might reflections, cross-cultural issues,
catch.We strolled along the pond while contests and many other features. You
overhead the "Snowbirds", a team of will also find stories about life and the
rather outdated Canadian fighter jet that transitions that we face as we go through
have an unnvering habit of crashing, were our own personal life-long
practicing for the Air Show. They were journeys.Submit your own travel stories
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