Last week my family and I drove nearly 1,500 miles up to, through southern Ontario, Canada, and back. My wife needed to be in Toronto for some work functions for one of the days. Rather than drive up and back over the course of a few days, we decided to make a week of it and check out some of the surrounding areas. I still have to go through the photos on my DSLR of these areas, so for now here are some photos from my phone of our days in Toronto.

Lego!

Lego Hockey

Our first destination in Toronto was the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre. Lately Trey has become very interested in Lego, and he loved this just as much as I thought he would. There was also enough to keep Paige, our two-year-old, very busy for a couple of hours. The rides were fun, and we all enjoyed the 4D movie, but their favorite exhibits were hands on building with Lego blocks. I think any kids over the age of ten might start to get a little bored, as most exhibits seem geared towards the young.

CN Tower

Tower View

Later that same day we walked around the downtown area. Since the weather was pretty good we decided to take a trip to the top of the CN Tower. It is a little pricey, but the view from the top is amazing, plus the glass floor is always a treat. While the weather on the ground appeared nice, the wind was really strong at the top. The lower level of the viewing areas are outside, so it was quite thrilling to walk all the way around and feel just how strong the wind could be.

Glass Floor

Rainbow over Toronto

We were treated to a beautiful rainbow on our walk back to our hotel, a great way to end our first day in Toronto. On the second day my wife had to go into the office, as I mentioned earlier. Trey, our four-year-old, woke up and wanted to see Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, so off we went. I feel like once you’ve seen one aquarium, you’ve seen nearly all of them, but this was a good one to visit.

Ripleys Aquarium of Canada Jellyfish

Nap Time

After a nap, the kids and I decided to explore a little more before mom would be done with work. So we took one of the streetcars over to the Corktown Common Park. Once we got off the streetcar, Trey immediately picked up the scent of donuts, so we followed our noses to Tim Hortons, before continuing on to the playground.

Tim Hortons

Corktown Common Park

I had only visited Toronto one time before, back when I was in junior high. This time I visited some of the same sights I did as a child, and some others that didn’t exist back then. There were even some things I did back then that we didn’t do this time around, but hopefully we can make a return visit to see more. Toronto offers so many things to do, especially for visitors, that you could easily spend a week there and not get bored.