Tag: CN Tower

After yesterday, nothing could stress me out.  If you believe that, you obviously don’t know me. 

I woke up early as usual but Charlie’s young body is still on California time. When he finally awoke it was getting close to the time to leave for the ballpark.  

We got things together and headed down to the Sunset Grill (205 Wellington St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3G7) for breakfast.  The place was highly recommended and located next door to our hotel. We walked by the place last night and the possibility of having French toast was a winner for Charlie. It was a great meal.  I opted for the French toast cheesecake (see below)

Then it was a short walk to the Rogers Centre for the game and my stressful event. In today’s computer age we no longer deal with tickets. Everything is digital.  I received the link for the tickets but couldn’t make it work.  I have used the Ballpark App numerous times and it has always worked great. Today was the exception. I asked one of the Blue Jay staff for the location of the Will Call booth figuring they could help me get some printed tickets.  Unfortunately she looked at me as if I was speaking a foreign language (possilbly I was speaking American and that was the problem). She then directed us to a ticket help area and I saw something I’d never seen before (see below).

The clerk there quickly righted the ship and we were back on our way into the stadium.  At least, so we thought.  I put the ticket image up to the sensor and it said “I don’t think so”.  So it was back to mobile help. This time we were good to go and got to our seats as they were singing “Oh Canada”.  We missed the Star Spangled Banner but I’ve already heard that enough times for two lifetimes. 

The game was great. The Rogers Centre Stadium (named after local businessman Edward “Ted” Rogers) was beautiful.  Fans were a delight.  We have traveled a fair amount and one thing I frequently tell people is that Australia and Canada are two places I love visiting because the people don’t seem to hate Americans.  I think the Blue Jays were especially kind to the American team on July 4th permitting Mauricio Dubon (Honduras), Jeremy Pena (Dominican Republic), Framber Valdez (Dominican Republic) to have great games. 

After the game we decided to go to the CN Tower.  It was literally steps from the stadium. The line was huge and we were hot and sweaty so decided to defer our visit.  We went back to the hotel and after a shower and brief rest we went to dinner. 

My friend, Nick, recommended we go to Pai (18 Duncan St, Toronto, ON M5H 3G8), a Thai restaurant walking distance from our hotel.  The food was amazing.  

From there we walked back to the CN Tower.  The line was again very long but now being cooler and well fed we were in a much better mood to deal with the crowd. The wait was worth it. We saw amazing views of the city.

When completed (in 1976) it was the tallest tower in the world at 1815 feet and remained #1 until 2007. I am not crazy about heights so I have zero interest in seeing the new #1.

Here is a video of our ride on the elevator to the viewing deck.

It was fun viewing the city from the tower but the most enjoyable aspect was that Charlie had a good time. We are now chilling at the hotel and getting ready for a big day tomorrow.

We promised to show Charlie something even more spectacular than the CN Tower and which took much longer to construct and has been viewed by millions more people. Check in tomorrow to find out just what it is.