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UER Forum > Journal Index > nb's amazing adventures > Toronto or bust, part 2 (Viewed 3076 times)
Toronto or bust, part 2
entry by nightbird 
8/23/2004 4:40 AM

After 2 days of UE-ing, I take a day to myself to explore the city, in a semi-touristy way. I head to the CN tower, but after waiting 20 minutes to buy a ticket, I'm told there is a 1 to 1 1/2 hour wait to go up. I wasn't going to wait, so this is the closest I got.
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I rode the subway a lot. It was very zippy and great fun.
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As recommended, I went to the Royal Ontarion Museum. I was a bit disapointed. I was expecting an art museum, not a history museum. I was still optimistic though, until I entered and found half the place closed for renovation. The extreme number of taxidermied animals disturbed me. I did get a few really good shots, though.
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I also walked around downtown a lot. Very fun thing to do, and I saw cool, funny, neat, and stupid things. Take your pick.
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I had lunch with Roadwolf a couple times, and he showed me the empty 21st floor, and we roofed his building. I also got a tour of his radio station, very neat.
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On my last night in Toronto, Roadwolf, Chicky, Exka|ibur, and I were going to explore the DV brickworks, but that ended up being a no-go. Roadwolf and Chicky ended up taking me to a house in Richmond Hill.
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After a long drive back (the car ahead of me at the border was from Indianapolis too!) I get to South Bend.
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After a good night sleep, I set out to explore two locations. The first one:
http://www.uer.ca/locations/show.asp?locid=21726
The second, a putt-putt course that I went to a lot as a kid, was a bust. The building and course had been leveled so long ago that I couldn't even tell where anything had been. But at least I got to see the restaurant. After that, I headed back home to Indy.

On Saturday, I went to the state fair in hopes of seeing some animals, and I had never been to the state fair. I saw lots of horses, sheep, pigs, goats, llamas, and alpacas. I didn't see any cows, though I wanted to.
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That was my vacation. Toronto is a big city, and if really is hard to see and do everything in such a short period. I didn't even do anything that I had on my list, but I still feel like I did and saw a ton. I had a blast, and I definitely want to go to Toronto again.

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Emma Peel 


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Ghosting you like you've never been ghosted before.

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Re: Toronto or bust, part 2
< Reply # 1 on 8/23/2004 6:32 AM >
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Yayyyy!!! Thank you for your wonderful story, nightbird <3 Their subway system is much prettier than New York's Sadness.

So did any cops or anything ever show up at Stelco for this potential police alert? Or did you turn around to check out what other parties had shown up before you left? Just curious.

I'm glad you had fun, sounds like a very nice vacation

Em




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nightbird 

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Re: Toronto or bust, part 2
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So did any cops or anything ever show up at Stelco for this potential police alert? Or did you turn around to check out what other parties had shown up before you left? Just curious.
Em


A car was spotted parked out side the location that closely resembled a cop car. We regrouped near our entrance and held that position while Drie and Avatar went to investigate whether it was a cop car or not. It turned out to be a false alarm, but better to be safe than sorry.

When we heard the voices of other people in the building, it was pretty dark and fairly late, so it was doubtful that it was anyone we would've wanted to talk to. The building is a very common/popular spot for taggers to mark and for transients to sleep.

One last note: in regards to Tim Hortons, I realize that I only mention it a few times. In actuality, Tim Hortons was visited many, many times over the week, both alone and with other people. The NUMEROUS locations, convienient restrooms, and tasty treats make it the place of choice.




WTF indeed.
Emma Peel 


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Re: Toronto or bust, part 2
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You mean... they have more Wendy's than we have? They have Wendy's like we have McDonald's??

hrm... <3 Wendy's. Now I KNOW I'll be able to survive Canada!




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