Toronto

We stayed in Toronto from the 12-16 of August. We stayed at Sarah and Will's place (Brad's cousin but I also knew Sarah before I knew Brad) We got in in the afternoon and Sarah and Will picked us up and took us to their favourite eateries. That night we did laundry (This is very important... haha) our accommodations were planned on if we had access to a washing machine on certain days (we only brought a limited set of clothes) 

This building was actually built to house 6 wards

Day two was Sunday. We went to Don Mills ward (Bradley served there for about 6 months) and people were very happy to see us. The bishop even called us up to the front of the chapel at the end of the meeting to introduce us and have Brad bare his testimony. 

We went all over that day, to Brad's old apartments and visiting people that he didn't see at church. 

I loved meeting everyone and seeing Bradley so happy! He loved being on his mission and loved everyone he met while serving and I'm so glad he got the chance to go back.

Day three was spent in Niagara Falls. I was so excited about this, I've wanted to go for a long time. We did the Hornblower boat tour and got places right up front. It was so beautiful and astounding. At Niagara we found the first of many 3D Canada 150 signs. (This is not the last picture like this you'll see)

 Day four Sarah, Will, Brad, me, and their two dogs, Kili and Quill, went to Wasaga Beach. The longest fresh water beach in the world. On Brad's mission he served close to the area but never around the beach and ever since he has longed to visit. Wasaga Beach is on Lake Huron in the Georgian Bay.


Day five we did normal tourist things like the CN tower, Casa Loma, Blue Jays game, and Ripley's Aquarium.
We spend a lot of time in museums and therefore more time than we had anticipated (we later learned to schedule accordingly). We had gotten the City Pass which included a lot of the attractions with it. That night we visited the Legislature.

The Filipinos from the Don Mills ward invited us over that night for dinner. I tried Balut for the first time. It is a fertilized duck egg that has partially developed. It was... interesting. It is a delicacy, but usually the Filipinos don't like to look at it so they eat it with the lights off.



Day six was our last day in Toronto. We had lunch planned with Lila and Lana.
We also visited the Royal Ontario Museum before Sister Doering picked us up to take us to Lindsay.