Having never been out the country before, the first time I went to Canada I was very excited!
We had decided on driving so that we could go some other places afterwards.
As we approached the border, I found that I was getting nervous. I felt like I was going to get in trouble or something. I think the reality of crossing over into another country hit me for the first time.
So we handed the agent our passports and drivers license. He asked where we were going, how long we were staying and where we were from. Super simple. Nervousness was unnecessary!
We were then on our way to Toronto!
So we thought.
Around 5 minutes after we crossed the border, our GPS stopped working. This was a few years ago, and our phones didn’t quite have the capabilities that they do now.
We found a Starbucks and connected our laptop to the wifi. We wrote down some directions then we were on our way!
We had decided to stay on the outskirts of downtown in order to save a little money. We stayed in a Westin probably 10 minutes from downtown.
Later, we went exploring into downtown and the other surrounding areas.
As I mentioned, we didn’t have a GPS. My husband literally saw Toronto in the distance and somehow got us there super quickly. I was impressed.
Toronto is a really pretty place with a lot to see. The weekend we were there though, there was a festival going on downtown, so parking was pretty much out of the question.
We went on to explore the surrounding areas which included North York.
We had no clue where to eat, so we saw this place called Fox and Fiddle and went for it.
It was pretty decent. I’d equate it to the Canadian Applebee’s.
And of course we had to stop at Tim Hortons. It really is pretty awesome.
Oh, and something else that really doesn’t matter, but in Canada, Reese’s is just Reese.
Our stay here this time was very short, because we had several other places we were going. Overall though, it was a very pleasurable first stop in Canada! I definitely love the place.
-Haley
