The day of soccer and towers

Sunday began with the promise of a warm day and then storms and rain. We had a lazy Sunday morning while I blogged and Scott organised his plans.

After midday, my personal chef prepared meat, pickle, tomato and condiment toasties….delicious (learnt from the best).

Backgammon is a game I have loved to play and Scott was keen to finally learn the finer strategies of the game. We played 2 games and won one each…..Scott was coached by me but also fluked a back game come back. Well done!

Now it was time to move on and make the best of Sunday…..unexpectedly in the rain. Scott bought an umbrella (because the one in the apartment was not worthy) and we made our way up Queen Street and hopped on a tram. We could not work out how to buy tickets so we just did what tourists do and sat down then got off close to our final destination.

The thunderstorm made us take a tram into town

It was still raining so we were trying to find a bar to settle into and have a bite to eat and drink. One place we entered was a bowling alley with television screens and very loud games….we gave that a miss!

The Euro24 Football seemed to dominate the activities of Toronto City. Every bar and establishment with television sets were loudly tuned into the England vs Spain Euro24 game playing in Berlin.

We finally found an uncrowded bar called El Furniture Warehouse. An organic beer and a double spicy margarita were the beverages of choice. We also ordered pierogies and beef tacos.

When the spicy Margarita came out, one side of the glass was encrusted with chilli salt… my fav so far! We also had to drink Budweiser beer while listening to the Foo Fighters during half time.

Once the game was finished with Spain being the victors we made our way to the CN Tower which Scott had booked as my belated Mothers Day gift. The CN Tower is a 553.3 m-high concrete communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Completed in 1976, its name “CN” referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower.

There were security checks and ticketing essentials before we were whisked up to the viewing platforms and restaurant in a fast elevator. Once shown to our table we chose the Seafood Platter and a sparkling Rosè as our meal while admiring the spectacular views. Our waiter, Stephen, was very attentive and ensured that we had a positive experience.