We woke up and got to enjoy pancake breakfast with some identifiable and some unidentifiable fruit. Mum and I enjoyed (as much as we could) coffee with powdered milk, and Sophie enjoyed some form of juice, perhaps. With this nourishment in our systems we were ready for the day’s adventures.
We strolled around Toronto. It is what I take as Canada's New York - but on a much smaller scale and with fewer people, and hot dog stands. We made our way down to the harbor where I thoroughly enjoyed Lake Ontario. It is unbelievably large. Nothing else compares, well I suppose except for the other great lakes.
We then went up the CN tower. This was so exciting. The tower is about half a kilometer tall which makes it the worlds tallest building. It weights about as much as 23,214 elephants. Many world records have been set in it, including someone pogo-ing up all 147 fights of stairs, and someone in a wheelchair somehow climbing all these stairs to the top. It has a glass floor observation deck which can support the weight of 14 hippos. We jumped around on the observation deck, while some people would timidly look at it, touch it with a toe and get photos on the very, very edge.
The sights were amazing, and the elevator ride was fun, 22km/hour, my ears did a lot of popping. We had a chai tea in the revolving restaurant. It doesn’t revolve very fast, but when you noticed it, it was a weird feeling.
After this experience, we checked out the gold RBC bank. Rumor has it that the bank had so much money, it decided to invest in gold (on its self). This was very cool, and the building gleamed in the few patches of sunlight we received. 
We went into the lobby in hopes of more cool findings, but no. We ‘rode the rocket’ (subway slogan) to the University of Toronto. It had a really nice campus, and the buildings were so pretty.
We blended in with the students, read their newspaper and strutted around until it was time to go to the ROM (pictured above). The Royal Ontario Museum has free admission for the last hour of opening on Wednesdays. We bustled in with a few others, and enjoyed the totem poles, the dinosaur exhibit, the stuffed animals, and most of all the stunning mineral collection. Oh, the museum was such a delight. We then walked across town, for the free AGO night (Art Gallery of Ontario). We lined up with many other thrifty Toronto-ers. Art galleries make me feel good. I enjoyed my time spent appreciating works of art, and what some consider art.We walked home, and bought some soup for dinner. A seemingly modest dinner - but it proved difficult to concoct. The lack of can opener was the first struggle. Stabbing a can with a knife, will not, contrary to popular belief pierce the can, and open it. Mum went down to the front desk, where the man did have a can opener, he was just saving it for later. So with cans open, the situation looked somewhat better. Until I almost knocked over the stove in an attempt to turn it on. When it was on, only two of the hot plates worked, so we had to shove off some poor English girls, as our meal was quicker. With the soup almost hot, the next step of bowls almost proved our defeat. We were almost about to resort to the polystyrene cups on offer, but the English girls gave us three Tupperware’s to slurp out of! The day was saved, and the soup was served!
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