Tuesday April 5: a day in Toronto and Back 2 Buffalo

8:30 AM and COLD!

Good day everyone. It was a very very frigid morning when I first started getting up. It was 23° the 2nd time I woke up. What I mean by that is that

It's April!!!

I had to get up to separate time to move my car

Downtown

from one parking spot to another. I first moved it from the lot by 5:45 AM I had to move the car from

Street Scene

the lot by 6 AM or face a doubling of my parking fee. So I move the car to off street parking near the hospital.

Church Near Hostel

The only problem was I had to make sure it was legal to park there. I did find that out and I had to move

My Hostel Roommate

the car by 8 AM. I had to get Abby get up from my nap and move the car to a parking spot I found a

lot that was cheaper than the other lot nearby. The man at the hospital told me about it. It was at a holiday

Villanova Wins National Championship on THIS Shot

in express. That was on Lombard Street. Getting in before 9 gave me a full day use for a total of $12.00.  I again

Another Angle of Winning Shot

went back to sleep because I was really tired. I did not get up till 10:30 AM permanently. I went to the

Helpers on the Street

coffee shop I went to last time but the coffee was bad this time. So I found another place and the

Hockey Hall of Fame

coffee was much better. Next stop was the hockey Hall of Fame.

Hockey Hall of Fame

There was pretty cool. The only disappointing part is that the room not enough videos of great

Offical Label of the Hall of Fame

hockey games. You had to use that symbol thing to see a video. I don't really know how to do that. It

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mostly featured Canadian players and even had a few Women inductees in the Hall of Fame. I did see

Only God Saves More Then..

Bernie Parent, Bobby Clarke, Bill Barber and Keith Allen as inductees in the Hall of Fame. That was pretty

Bill Barber

cool. They featured a whole display about the 1972 team Canada versus Soviet serious. But even have a plaque for it. They consider that most meaningful hockey game in Canadian history. I declined to pay $10 with me standing next to the Stanley Cup but I did take a

1972 Team Canada vs Russians

selfie with me and the Stanley Cup in the

At Hockey Hall of Fame

background. I made that my profile picture on Facebook. Next I went to the CN Tower. It's like the space needle but taller. It's a total

Gift Store

Tourist 'O Rama but I have to go up because it's so high. It was a really clear crispy cold day that's

for sure. I paid an extra 12 bucks to go even higher up. It was

They Like the Queen

pretty cool and I took a lot of pictures that's for sure. After a while I got myself really exhausted. Since it was going on 3 PM I knew it was time to get the

The Stanley Cup and I

hell out. I didn't have time to go to the art museum. I'll have to get that next time around. Well, I had a devil

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of a time trying to find the Holiday Inn express. It was probably because I was still thinking that I was

Toronto's CN Tower

still at the hostel the cross streets of church and King. It was hard to get straight directions

Art in an Elevator

from people and my Google maps were working even go ahead AT&T put me on a $30 international plan

View from CN Tower

temporarily while was in Canada for about 24 hours. After wondering around for 25 minutes I did manage to find the

holiday in express and pulled out of there with no incident. By this time it was 3:15 PM and rush-hour was was beginning to build. I easily

Description of the Tower

found the highway that I was looking for. It was easy to find because I

At the CN Tower

saw people flooding into the highway when I was attempting to find my

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parking garage. I didn't join the throng on the highway and then first battle the traffic. It went was really

Favorate Place to Eat

bad all the way from Toronto to Hamilton Ontario. We had 4 lanes of traffic but it was still jammed.

Cool Street

It move but we had a few stops along the way. I then was running out of gas so I had to bail out in

Home of the Cheapest Lot

Burlington Ontario and find a gas station. I got one of those large one leader cans of Lipton. I swear

Close to the Peace Bridge

it was the funky and tasty ice tea that's for sure. I was going to line up a real massage but I just didn't

Almost Back

have time. I then cross the peace Bridge with very little incident. Again I did not stop where I'm supposed

to stop but the guy wasn't hostile like the other times I went. I took interstate 190 S. to 90 and got off at

I Got Though OK

the Tuaca exit. I feel pumps 20 bucks worth of gas to save me from getting charged $21 a gallon

Funny Name

if I didn't fill it up. I asked directions how to get to Genesee Street. The funny thing was it was going up to

The Rental Makes it to Buffalo

Union Avenue to cheek to walk up. The same as part of my 5 mile walk I took a couple nights ago. I

Time to Chill

actually recognize some stuff. I thing called AT&T when I got home and lie down. AT&T said I

Outside Kerry's Place

was going to be charged the full $30 for the monthly rate even though I asked him when I got the plan that

Dropping off the Car

I ordered. I also found out why the data/Internet wasn't working when I'm outside of a Wi-Fi

At Buffalo Niagra Airport

 hotspot. It was because I couldn't turn off roaming. Nobody told me that either. Another thing, they

My World THIS Week

told me that if I didn't take the plan, I'll be in charge $.50 a text so I'll probably sleep a little bit of funny anyhow. Oh

A Pose

well what can you d to get you one way or another! While I was writing this inside the airport, Carrie

Watching TV

airport twice. She did pick me up and was a good sport about it. We then came back to her place and

Applesause and Blogging

basically and mellowing out. I talked to Amy for a while the rest of carries curry chicken. I also ate almost the rest of my applesauce and worked on this blog. I did of course take some more pictures. I have a 12:35 AM bus to catch the time now to doublecheck all my stuff. I hope to be able

Monday, April 4: travel day to Warren and Toronto. Hockey and Villanova is #1

5:45 AM in Buffalo

Good morning I got up at 5:30 AM gather my belongings and headed towards Warren Pennsylvania the two hour and 15 minutes from Buffalo. The weather was pretty forbidding but it

My Trip to Warren

least the snow was slowing

Going to Warren

 down that wasn't too deep. I took interstate 90 and that was well paved and by

Getting Closer to Warren

the time I got off 90 the snow had stopped and started turning into rain. It is now 8 AM and I'm

Arriving to Warren

at the Tim Hortons in Warren Pennsylvania. My friend will meet me after she drops her

CNN at Tim Horton's

kid off at school. 32 hours at this point, Wisconsin primary. Cruz is winning in the polls bus far. Well

A Nice Mural in Warren

he took me on a tour of downtown Warren and a cool old apartment that she still living. Some really

Nice Old Building

nice majestic homes near the downtown area. Don't tell pretty in. Look like they tried to revitalize and

At the Allegheny River

redo the sidewalks etc. But it's a really damp drizzly rain and 37° now as of 9:45 AM. It's time for second

Tonya

Tim Hortons coffee. Well Tonya showed me around more and Pennsylvania. She showed me some really

Nice House Where Tonya Lived

pretty sights m and cool old buildings. It was a bit of a drizzly rain out but it was worth it. I was lucky

Church Near Downtown

she has her shop  closed on Mondays.  I then went on my 3 1/2 hour drive from Warren back to Toronto via

PHS

Buffalo. The weather was kind of bad but not horrible. The streets were clear. I was of course nervous as

Tonya and I Selfie

I approached the peace Bridge and waiting for the immigration dude check my passport.

Warren to Toronto

 They just let me through but I was told it every time I come to Canada I get pulled over and I have to

Old Factory

go inside show my expungement papers. I sat at the Peace Bridge & called AT&T to get their international plan. This is so I don't get huge

On the Road

roaming charges. I went to Airplane

mode until I got downtown Toronto.

Driving Past Buffalo

This is because the Intl plan is limited.I can text all I want but I hav 150 MB total until they start

At Peace Bridge

adding $.25 a megabyte or something. At 3:15 PM I arrived in downtown Toronto. The sun came out!!! I can't even believe I looked up and saw the sun. Haven't seen the sun in 4 days. It's great so far and I have a

Getting Close to Toronto

really spicy pizza Yum! I'm gonna walk around looking for a close parking garage because my parking is only good till 5:15 PM. A pretty big city Toronto yes that's for sure. And this pizza it's really spicy.

Old Section of Toronto

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We also have Wi-Fi at the speaker shop which I really need to take advantage of with my limited plan.

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Just got up from my nap at 6pm & found out the hockey game is a 15 minute walk. Find a parking

Where I stayed Over

lot really close so everything is really close. I just have to pick up my car from the parking lot by 6 AM

Mural Near Hostel

tomorrow. I went to a coffee shop nearby after hitting the local TD Bank here and getting $20 in Canadian

My Accomidations

currency. The woman at the earliest it was very pleasant and circled some point to go on the map.

Funky Building

I'm really close to the hockey Hall of Fame in pretty close to some other things so tomorrow I'm gonna

Cool!!

be the taurus for sure sure. There are a lot of cool buildings in this part of town and leave it call me

Love This

old city Museum the hockey Hall of Fame another place tomorrow. Well I got to the hospital. I decided I

Going to Maple Leafs

needed to take a nap I was so exhausted from doing all that driving and waking up at 5:30 in the morning.

My Ticket

After my nap I found a local coffee place and then realized my car was still parked in the side of the street.

My View from My Seats

Or fortunately did not get a ticket and I moved the car to the local parking lot near the hospital. Next,

Good Seats

I went and walk around town a little bit cool looking buildings. I then went to the hockey game. Stadium

Having Fun

is pretty big and pretty nice. I am pretty good time. I did find the hockey Hall of Fame since I got a bit lost and walked in the wrong direction. I was very hungry when I got back to the hostel. So I asked one of the employees where I can get a bite to eat. Found me a Middle Eastern Pl., Schworm a king. The food was excellent I really liked it. I then was reminded that don't know who is playing national championship tonight. They want 77 to 74 on a three-pointer at the buzzer.

They're going nuts down there in Villanova. Wish I'd been able to see the game. Anyhow, it is

Fans Behind Me

really cold out there. It's freezing 25° when I got into the hospital make my food. I then used one

Outside the Arena

of their computers they have downstairs to edit this blog and make the possible. They're very nice here.

1972 Team Canada

Well I got to go to bed and wake up at 6 AM or before 6 AM so I don't get charged an extra day

Yummy Food

for the parking lot. Thanks. It feels bigger than Philadelphia at least the downtown part feels bigger

 



Its April 4th!!!