Today we decided to start a bit later than on previous days. We all slept in, and ambled down to Cora's for breakfast at about 10am. We got seated fairly quickly, ordered, and started planning our souvenier shopping trip. Not long after we ordered, the manager came out to warn us that they were going to have a fire drill in about 5 minutes, and we would all have to leave and then come back after the whole building had been evacuated. 4 minutes later, our breakfast arrived. We had all taken our first bite when the alarm went off, and out we trotted, following the directions of the staff. We got the feeling that some people might have been regular customers when we saw them carrying menus out with them to read, and a cup of coffee. That hunch was confirmed when we looked around, and spotted two guys who had brought their plates out with them to finish eating!!
We got back inside, and, hands spread wide, Patrick exclaimed "Our breakfast is gone!!" (Kinda like being part of a real live Goldilocks and the Three Bears performance). The staff had taken it away to place under warming ovens. It was brought back to us, we finished eating, and asked for the bill. To make up for the "inconvenience", they had taken 25% off the bill!
We decided to catch a streetcar (tram) to Eaton Centre. They come fairly frequently, and it didn't take long to get there. We still prefer the subway though.
We got there at about noon, and separated from Paul's dad, with a plan to meet up at 3pm for coffee. Then, we shopped. Boy, did we shop! The range of children's clothes is incredible. The styles, colours and sizes are so varied. The prices are so low, and the quality is great. We were able to get lots of t-shirts and long sleeve shirts for the boys, a nice jacket for Patrick, pants for Paul, and souveniers. Oh, and a couple of handbags for me. Yes, a couple! That particular shop had "buy one, get another for half price" deal going. I found two lovely handbags, both really, really reasonably priced to start with!
We had great fun buying a few other odds and ends, real "Canadian souvenier" type stuff. They had a wonderful range of tasteful souveniers, as well as the typical tacky touristy stuff.
Paul's dad ended up leaving before us. We stayed on, looking around some more, and getting a quick bite for dinner. We were just about to leave when the boys spotted Indigo, which is really similar to Borders bookstore. "Books, books, pleeeaaase can we look" they practically chorused. We try to make a point of encouraging reading and a love of books, so of course we went in.
Anyway, by the time we left to get the subway, it was nearly 7.30pm! Yes, nearly 7.5hrs of shopping! That has to be a Ryan record! "It's like shopping without the pain".
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4 comments:
Hi happy travellers
Boy what a hectic but wonderful time you all seem to be having. It sounds like you love the shopping there. The Eaton Centre is a great place to be, although I suppose there have been changes since the last time I was there.
Niagra sounds like a good tour even allowing for the rather unusual and long bus trip back to Toronto.
I'm sure you were all happy to have dinner, showers and then straight to bed that night.
Will sign off now, as this is the second time I have typed a message in the hope that it will go through without having to sign in and type all the strange codes etc. Don't mind me - I know I seem to be rambling, but never mind - you have to allow for seniors' moments occasionally!!!
God bless you all and take care.
Love
Mum
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Thanks Mum,
Hope all is going well with you and Syd. We are heading back to Niagara today - not part of a tour, just jumping on a bus and wandering around the town for a few hours. The tour was good at highlighting the falls, but the town seemed to be very kid friendly with lots of ways for the kids to spend all their money.
Love Paul and Meaghan
Great to hear that you are really enjoying each day. I was just thinking about Friday being your last day in Toronto and it suddently dawned on me that I didn't think to ask Meaghan if she remembered the restaurant "Ed's Warehouse". I don't know whether it is still around, but it used to be a really unique place and served excellent food. I don't know whether you would have any time left on Friday night Toronto time to visit there (or even if you will get to read this before you start packing for New York. Anyway, it was just a thought which has come to me this morning and thought I would pass it on.
God bless you all and take care.
Love
Mum
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
I think it may still be here, Mum. I will ask the bell hop if it is, and if so, where it is. We may be able to get to it tonight. The time in Toronto has gone so very, very quickly. Paul and I were just saying this morning that we wouldn't have wanted any less time here.
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