My time in Canada has been packed with activities; be they meeting cousins for the first time, shopping like mad, learning about family politics, exploring Toronto, going sightseeing, or eating and lazying around. All in all, this week was truly spectacular and I loved it to bits. All this fun is bound to end though as I think I will be heading back to NY pretty soon.

On my first day here, I went to a flea market where I saw quite interesting collections of absolutely useless but very affordable items. Then I had ice cream and went to a real mall where I discovered that no, Canada is not cheaper than the United States. I was super bummed of course. I also went to a beautiful park in the evening…

On the second day, I went to the CN Tower which has held the record of being the tallest structure in the world for 30 straight years. Sadly though, I think I caught the very last hours of its being the tallest structure because right now in Dubai a gigantic structure is being erected and it probably, said the guide, topped the CN Tower already. The Dubai body is not even finished yet, imagine that!

While in the CN Tower, I got to take awesome pictures of Toronto and I also got to stand/play on the famous Glass Floor. This is basically a section where the floor is made of glass and you can look down and see Toronto right under your feet. It’s fun:

After the CN Tower, I went for a walk in downtown Toronto and bargained my way into buying charcoal portraits. My favorite one is a parody of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, featuring classical TV and movie mafiosi — from Michael Corleone to Tony Soprano — playing Jesus and the Apostles. I kid you not, this piece is priceless. I wouldn’t sell it or give it away even if someone chopped off their fingers and offered them to me. I’d say thanks, but no thanks.

That sums up my first two days in Canada. Unfortunately for those of you with ridiculously fast internet connections, I cannot upload more pictures from my Picasa to this blog at this time. Other people have complained about the loading time of Tololy’s Box and I don’t want the pictures to be reader repellent so please visit my Picasa “Canada” album for more pictures on everything I write about.

I will write more soon so stay tuned!

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