Trip to Toronto 8/30 - 9/1

Bryce (my youngest brother) made his first trip up to Michigan over Labor Day weekend. We decided to spend a few days visiting Toronto, Ontario. Jason and I picked up Bryce at the DTW airport on Saturday morning, and headed straight for Canada. After a long line at customs, we arrived in Toronto around 5pm. We checked into our hotel, and then headed out on the town. We checked out some of the sites, including the CN Tower. We had an appetizer at Philthy McNasty's Bar & Grill, then went to the live performance of Dirty Dancing. The show was AWESOME - I highly recommend it! After the show we ate a "Greek feast" at Penelope's Restaurant - our meal included the flaming cheese appetizer, a Greek sampler plate as the main course and of course baklava for dessert.

On Sunday, we took a long walk to a seafood restaurant for lunch (only to find out that it was closed until dinner time!) We decided to have lunch back at our hotel (where they charged me $9 for a glass of mineral water!!!). After lunch, we hopped on the subway and headed north to the Casa Loma. The castle was built between 1911-1914 and was HUGE! The grounds were well-groomed and the woodwork in the castle was gorgeous. After visiting the castle we went to the Eaton Centre, which is a large, mostly underground shopping area in the heart of Toronto. For dinner we went to the Fisherman's Wharf (the seafood joint that was closed for lunch) and shared a heaping plate of crab legs, lobster tails, shrimp, scallops, mussels and oysters. We ended the night at Menage night club, which had a nice open-air deck area.


Here are some pictures from our weekend:

Casa Loma - Castle in Toronto

Check this guy out - he was an entertainment promoter that referred to himself as "the Original Kid Rock" :-)

In two countries at the same time!

Bryce, Jason & I at the Dirty Dancing Show - it was GREAT!

And here is a short video with the CN Tower and Royal Alexandrea Theatre (where the Dirty Dancing show was performed):