Sam & Georgia's Travels : Toronto

So we arrived in Toronto safe and sound, though a little late (midnight) and went straight to sleep.

We had a slow start, forgetting that Sunday morning means waiting in line to get a table for breakfast! It snowed all day as we just wandered the city.

It’s a beautiful city, quite similar to Melbourne though a little bit nicer especially with the snow! We had an awesome day just walking around the city. The St. Lawrence Markets were closed unfortunately but we had a look through the Old Town area, which was really nice.

The Distillery District was also really nice. It’s full of old distilleries converted into art galleries, small shops and a few breweries and restaurants. We had lunch at a place called the Brew Pub, I had probably the best steak sandwich ever and Sam gave one of their own beers.

We found a few cool little vintage stores and an awesome chocolate shop!

As we made our way back to the hostel the city was beginning to get dark and was lit up with fairy lights. It was freezing cold and the snow was heavy, but it was so pretty.

We decided to go and see Niagara Falls on our second day in Toronto, so we organised a tour to pick us up bright and early and take us out there.

The tour took us to a winery on the way out to the falls, where we tried a few wines. This included an ice-wine, the grapes used for ice-wine have to be picked when the temperature is -8 and it is incredibly sweet, my kind of wine.

We also stopped off a small little town call Niagara-On-The-Lake which had a whole store that is dedicated to Christmas all year round.

The falls were incredible, they are so huge, it is spectacular. The rain stopped as we arrived and it snowed on and off the whole time we were there. It was freezing cold, but definitely worth suffering through the cold to stand and watch the ridiculous amount of water fall.

The smaller America Falls are really cool, but they just don't quite compare to the giant main falls.

Niagara Falls was a really nice way to end our time in Toronto, a city we absolutely loved, and we left just in time as the temperature dropped to -5 the day we left!

Niagara