The Toronto Traveler

Well, I just finished my last exam for the year and am definitely in decompression mode.  Additionally, the exam made it a bit difficult for me to come with something insightful today, so instead I’ve gone through pictures on Flickr to find you an excellent Toronto picture to act as a holdover to tomorrow.  In a city that is so identified with the colour blue, I think a picture like this definitely does a lot to bring the city home.

Photo Credit: Flickr

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So, I was cruising YouTube as I do from time to time and I came across this video:

Not exactly tourism related, but I thought getting a few shots of the lightning striking the CN Tower would be cool enough to overcome that! According to the CN Tower website, lightning strikes the CN Tower about 75 times a year. According to the person that posted this video on YouTube, these strikes are from a storm in August 2003

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Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain
Here are some fun facts regarding the CN Tower pulled from http://www.cntower.com for your amusement:
1) The CN Tower is 553.33 metres tall
2) The CN Tower’s glass floor is 342 metres above ground
3) The CN Tower was opened to the public on June 26, 1976 which was was three months before its official opening on October 1st
4) The original building cost of the CN Tower was $63 million, which is over $250 million today when adjusted for inflation
5) The building time of the CN Tower was around 3 years, 4 months
6) Over 1,500 workers participated in …read more

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When the Liberal government was elected late last year, one of the promises that Dalton McGuinty made to Ontarians was that he would create another statutory holiday for them to participate in.
The result of that promise is Family Day, a provincial holiday that will be occuring next Monday, February 18th. 
Because the point of Family Day is supposedly for people to spend time with their families, I thought I’d put together a short list of things that you can do on Family Day should you wish to leave the house or hotel and go out on the town.  Now, this is …read more

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