A Night in Toronto

Maybe it's not the title of a song, but it could be. After arriving around sunset, I set out to explore the city for one night only, starting from Carlton Street in the Cabbagetown district and heading towards the CN Tower.




First off, the back porch of the hotel I was staying at had a great view of the downtown skyline.




Toronto Life Square, which my first thought was that it was like Times Square in New York. When I was actually at Times Square about a week later, I realised that Toronto Life Square is simply not on the same scale.




Probably the most interesting view for me from the top of the CN Tower was looking down on the baseball stadium while the Blue Jays were playing. This must be the view that the blimp gets. Notice that the stands are fairly empty - the Blue Jays were not doing well, and the fans were voting with their feet.




A self portrait. It was really windy up there, hence the windswept look.




Standing on the glass floor. Look carefully, and my reflection is visible as well as the tower all the way down to the ground. Despite it being obviously safe to walk on, it was amazing how many people completely freaked out and refused to stand on it. So naturally I started jumping up and down.




Streetcar (tram) in motion on Carlton Street. They sounded just like the Melbourne trams, even down to the "ding, ding". One difference was the way they are connected to the power lines - the Toronto streetcars use a movable stick, like the trolley buses in Vancouver, whereas the Melbourne trams have a fixed connector.