Days 10 – 13 Toronto. (pt 1)

Long established friends in Toronto had warned me that their city was rather like a building site, and thus challenging to get around. Union Station was also still being renovated, as well as much of the Royal York Hotel.

I arrived by train from Schenectady just about on time. I retrieved my checked-in luggage and a young female rail staff employee assisted me to my hotel, where liveried doorman Graham greeted me and had my luggage sent to my room. The grand lobby of days of yore was sealed off owing to renovations. I called Ron to confirm that I had, by now, settled into my sumptuous quarters on the second floor of the Royal York Hotel. Four nights there would give three full days during which to explore to my heart’s content.

Ron, and brother Tom would show me not only all that I wished to see, but also fascinating areas I had not heard of. One wish was to visit the C.N. Tower. Not only did they show me what now dominates the Toronto skyline, I was taken to lunch in its gently revolving restaurant, affording far reaching views of nearby Ontario. I was then taken to the Railway Museum, like York, sited where a depot with turntable was situated. I remember both in “railway days”. Finally, I was introduced to the magnificent Rigby’s Aquarium. Not high on my list of priorities, I was impressed rather unexpectedly by this huge and spectacular museum of living sea and river life. I cannot find the words to describe this wonderful attraction. The weather was warm and clear throughout the day, but this hint of summer was not to last!