July 1 Toronto

Happy Canada Day

Walked to the harbor cruise dock at 8:30AM.

It started raining. Walked around. No Tina or Dean. Around 9:15 decided we were done waiting, we'll take the next bus to Casa Loma. Waited for a bus which finally arrived around 9:25. Decided to board, but was told that the bus doesn't leave till 10:37AM. Walked back to the apartment. On the way Rita stopped at the Shoppers Drug Mart to buy some ground coffee. Looked at the Emails as soon as we got back. Sure glad we didn't stay, the Email Tina and Dean sent said they couldn't make 9:30 they will be there at 10:30. Great! 

Finally! Asked them a week before we left to set it up, Dean got in touch with us on Skype. Decided, since we had different interests anyway, we should go our own way. They want to go to the aquarium, we are interested in seeing Casa Loma. We will try to get together for the last cruise of the day sailing at 7:00PM. We will be on the boat whether they show up or not.

Went to the bus stop, no bus. Rita asked the girl attendant how long before the next bus. She said 10 minutes. Rita had to go. She went into the pet restaurant on the dock. They cater to clientele with pets. There are poop boxes on the street in front of the restaurant and if you look in the window you can see some in the window. Not saying where Rita went, just wondering. Of course the bus just left as Rita was coming out. Rita asked the girl again when the next bus is coming. She said 15 minutes. The traffic was terrible, got to the Casa Loma around 1:00 PM.

Sir Henry Mill Pellatt built it as a birthday present for his first wife Mary. It is estimated that he spent 3.5 Million to build it. He got off cheap. Adding up the money I spent at Lily's fashions, he was a very frugal, nay, a cheapskate compared to me. With the money he saved, he could afford to build a decent winery and have money left over for a car collection.

Rita circa 1910. All the modern conveniences.

When we were looking in the garage at the antique cars, we could see the rain outside. It was pouring. We were hoping it would stop by the time we were finished with our tour. It did, and when we came out, it was nice and sunny. As we were coming down the hill from Casa Loma we saw the bus leave. While waiting for the next bus we felt a couple of drops, but were right by an overhang we could take shelter under, just incase the downpour started again.

Came home, made  Paprikás Krumpli from the Hungarian peppers and sausages, updated our blog. Around 6:15 we started to walk towards the cruise terminal. Met up with Tina and Dean and took the 45 minute cruise.

Nothing compared to Vancouver, but the CN Tower gave it some interest.

People were already starting to come for the fireworks scheduled for 11:00PM.

Ate dinner and around 11:00 the fireworks started. Rita went to bed and I decided to go up to the roof to watch the fireworks. Saw a sign on the door saying the roof is closed at 11PM. Came back down. The fireworks started, it was just around the corner of the building, just out of sight, as you can see on our video. There was another fireworks taking place on the other side of the building, and we has a great view of that, but it wasn't as impressive. Looked up and there were people going on the roof. I guess they keep the roof open after 11PM on special occasions. We could have had a great view of the July1 fireworks in the harbor. Went to bed instead of going up to the roof again. Seen one, you've seen them all. Fireworks don't interest us as much as they used to. Even with the fireworks going on, had no problem falling asleep.