Weekend Downtown!

We spent the weekend downtown last week and it was fabulous. On Friday night, we went to watch a play in High Park, (largest park in urban spaces in the world, even larger than Central Park - NY) it was A Mid Summer Night's dream by William Shakespeare. It is a pay what you can show and everyone comes to the park with a packed picnic. There is no photography or video allowed during the show so the pictures that I have are only of the stage before the performance.

It was an absolutely amazing experience and the actors were really good. I am no theatre critic, however, I loved what I saw. From our bedroom window at night, we could see an absolutely breathtaking view of the CN tower. Melissa has already done a tour there, I shall do mine in the months to come. After a long night it was time for some well earned rest.







On Saturday morning, Joel took us around for a guided walk around the city after an extremely sumptuous breakfast where we were served by this really polite and kind waitress. I haven't received such service at any place that I have eaten before whether in India, UK or Singapore. We walked down Yonge Street, Bay Street, University of Toronto campuses and some other wonderful places. Downtown Toronto is absolutely beautiful and has some great parks and places of interest. We walked all around the CN tower and down to Chinatown as well, before heading home. In the evening it was a house warming dinner at Lakeshore and some more walking there too.






We had a lazy Sunday morning and stepped out for Breakfast. We were on our own this time so we walked down Yonge Street to the Sunset Grill for a big breakfast. The portions were huge and I couldn't go through the five pancakes that were served up to me. We had to burn off the additional calories so we decided to visit the Eaton Centre. After a lot window shopping I realised that I am a waist 34 in Canada. In India, I was a waist 38. Wow! That makes me feel so good!

After a couple of hours of walking in the mall, we headed back home. On the way we stopped at Dundas sqaure where musicians were performing music from West Africa. Some great sounds through drums of various shapes and sizes backed by other musicians on the guitar and the clarinet. The sun was really beating down so we decided to head to the cool confines of Joel's apartment for the afternoon. A big breakfast also meant that we skipped lunch.

In the evening, we had dinner at an Ethiopian place. Ethiopian cuisine is all about eating together and requires you to eat off a single platter with dishes served on a flat bread can Injera. You also get other Injera served in separate plates. The objective is to finish the main dishes with the Injera served separately and then eat the Injera that is soaking under the dishes. A key point to mention here is that Ethiopian food is only eaten with the hands. There is absolutely no cutlery in these restaurants. This is obviously something most Indians won't have a problem with. Although, they will give you a fork if you cannot manage, they will make you feel bad about it. The food was delicious and full of aromatic flavours.

It was a weekend well spent and we definitely look forward to more exciting things in our new home country.