TRAVEL
Taking a trip to
Toronto
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Toronto and as my wife and
y first visit to Canada
I walked through the city we
was to Toronto and it
got a real feeling of welcome,
was perhaps one of
friendship and genuine care.
the most impressive cities that
This was highlighted when I
I have ever visited. It is very
was simply in discussion with
clean and safe.
my friends, who travelled
French trappers were the first
with us, concerning the
Europeans in Ontario arriving
whereabouts of a particular
around 1615, and having
By Terence
location. A young man
fought their way through the
Willey
approached us and said
thickly forested peninsular
‘excuse me, but I overheard
for many years without
you and may I help you?’ We were all
establishing a settlement, in 1720,
taken back by the genuine care and
a small trading post was established
desire to assist us.
where Toronto now stands. When the
A visit to the CN Tower standing 553
British arrived in 1788, they called the
metres tall, must not be missed. This
settlement that they founded York.
skyline attraction arrived in Toronto in
Toronto did not receive its present name
1976 and has now been joined by many
until 1834. Immigrants from all over the
other buildings such as the Rogers
world flocked to the city in the trail of its
Centre and the Sky Dome Stadium which
English and Scottish founders.
sits at the foot of the Tower. To the east
There is so much to see and do in
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and downtown Toronto there is a new
hockey and basketball arena and the Air
Canada Centre. It is clear that Toronto
is a sports-loving city. It also boasts the
largest financial centre in Canada while
by night the Cosmopolitan City, which
stands on Lake Ontario, becomes one
of the most pulsating centres of art and
entertainment.
Its location makes it accessible to many
other attractions including the famous
Niagara Falls. When you arrive at this
location there are many options to
either take a boat known as the Lady of
the Mist in close proximity of the Falls;
a helicopter over the Falls or a walking
journey behind the Falls where you are
presented with ponchos to avoid you
getting absolutely drenched. You also
experience millions of tons of water
falling a few feet from the visitors’ gallery
directly underneath the Falls themselves.