[This is a continuation of my Canada October 2025 posts]
Besides a natural love for swimming, and passable skills in hockey and netball (I played for my school teams), I really have no interest or talent in any sort of sport. I like watching tennis and figure skating, and cycled a lot at university, but most other sports are alien to me.
We happened to be in Toronto in the happiest of days, when the skies were a clear blue and its baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays, were (and still are) on a winning streak. Their home stadium, the Rogers Centre, has an address of 1 Blue Jays Way. This is charming and cute in equal measure.
Since that’s all I know about baseball, I am going to stop here and write about the blue skies of Toronto. We had a good run ourselves. Having only arrived on Friday night, we managed to take a ferry to Ward’s Island early on Sunday morning and an elevator up the CN Tower on Monday morning. This made for very good starts to the day and meant we had plenty of time to explore other parts of the city afterwards.
Toronto’s skyline seen from Lake Ontario, with the Rogers Centre (white dome) and CN Tower in the centre
To see the skyline, it is necessary to take a ferry from Jack Layton ferry terminal to one of the islands that make up Toronto Island Park. The islands are all connected and the three main islands are Ward’s Island, Centre Island and Hanlan’s Point. We landed at Ward’s Island and walked to Centre Island, where we caught the ferry back via Hanlan’s Point.
A ferry at Jack Layton ferry terminal
The eye-catching CN Tower
The views the next day would be from the top of the CN Tower (read about its history here). I love cities, having grown up in Kuala Lumpur and having lived in London for the past 40 years. I have written previously that I like blocks and cubes, and seeing how things fit together. My first encounter with LEGO was in the 1970s on trips across the border to Singapore. My mother would leave me in the toy department of Robinsons Department Store where I would build LEGO houses.
The blocks were basic and I only made tall houses with symmetrical windows and a central front door. I told the children that if I did not live in a London townhouse, my other choice of abode would be a Georgian country house.
Looking up at the CN Tower
Views of downtown Toronto from the tower
I will say it again: Toronto is a magnificent city. We were very fortunate with the weather, but now that we know a bit more about the lie of the land, any future trip will be manageable whatever the weather. However the advice from my cousins is to avoid the winter months. If you happen to be there in the cold, then consider using Torono’s underground pedestrian walkway (PATH) linking shops and offices in the downtown area.
In the next post we visit three niche museums: the Bata Shoe Museum, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art and the WongAvery Asia Pacific Peace Museum. There is always something to do in Toronto!