After our post yesterday, we finished out our day by walking over to Yonge Street and spent some serious shopping time at the Eaton Centre. Dinner and then off to a movie.
"Look both ways before you cross..."
"Okay, coach!"
This morning we enjoyed the pancakes cooked by the hostel staff, and walked down to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds to pick up our race kits. We were all very reassured by the staff that the run was within our abilities, and we would not be the last ones across the line, LOL! Everyone is delighted to meet these students from Nunavut, and they are representing the community very well. I'm proud of them all!
The Princes' Gate at the CNE grounds.
From the race headquarters, we enjoyed a Toronto tradition of barbequed sausages on a bun for lunch, affectionately termed "Street Meat" but very tasty. And they are quite large...Janie could hardly fit his mouth around it to take the first bite!
"Open wide and say,'Ahhhhhh...'"
We continued on to the CN Tower. It does not seem so tall when you're only a couple of blocks away at night...
...but from right underneath the tower it's a whole different story!
That is one TALL Tower!
Some of the grown-ups would not dare to cross onto the glass floor, but our students piled on for their photo opportunity!
And apparently there was a teacher meltdown, and students were slung from the ramparts, LOL!
Hilarious photo! We'll display it at Paatsaali, so come in and have a chuckle!
Back to the hostel for a brief rest, and out to a very filling dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory. Not a belly was growling after that dinner, they were so stuffed!
"Pass da pasta!"
We finished our night by walking (I swear they walked over 10K today!) back down to Skydome to watch the Blue Jays play. The mascot came over to meet the students and we got our photos taken with him. Alas, the Jays did not win, but we still had an awesome day.
"Let's go, Blue Jays, let's go!"
Tomorrow promises to be busy as well. We're going to the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Royal Ontario Museum, all-you-can-eat sushi lunch, Eaton Centre, and then to the Air Canada Centre where the Leafs playoff game is being broadcast on the Jumbotron screen free for 30,000 fans. Not as good as the real game, but more within our fundraising budget, LOL! And then the Big Race...
Stay tuned, more adventures to come!
TTFN!
Terri
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