Thanks to our great friends Mondraea, and Donnie who recently went to Toronto for their anniversary, and came back raving how much fun they had, we too decided it was time for a weekend getaway!!
I am still trying rebuild my time off from when we went on the cruise, so I knew we couldn't go too far. A four hour drive seemed perfect! I told Darnell about the idea, and once I got him on board I started booking the hotel, and bought tickets to shows ASAP!
We ended up having a later than planned departure from Detroit, so we didn't arrive in Toronto until around 3p. We stayed at the Marriott Eaton Centre downtown, and I would recommend that hotel hands down!!! The staff there was wonderful, and as usual the rooms were amazing.
As soon as we checked in it was time to eat! We ended up trying a restaurant that the Calvin's also recommend, which was called Marche. It was like a large gourmet cafeteria/market. They had a lot of different stations where you can choose your meal, and they make it right there in front of you. Darnell liked his meal, but I wasn't impressed with my selection...the risk of being a vegetarian :-)
We then decided to do some walking around for a while to get a feel of the city. We ended up stopping to see some street talent where Darnell volunteered to be a part of one of the performances! It was a lot of fun. We then went back to the room to get ready for the Second City show that started at 8p.
I honestly didn't know what to expect from this show. I know there are Second City locations all over including Detroit, but I never really hear anything about them so I was a little nervous! As soon as the show began I started laughing so hard, and didn't stop until it was over!! OMG!! I do believe that was the highlight of the trip!!The next day we got a late start again, but still wanted to find a good place for breakfast. We reached out to our Concierge who was absolutely amazing!! Penn was his name, and he was an older gentleman who gave us some awesome suggestions the entire trip. Every place he recommended for us to go was A+!! It was around 11:30a, and he recommended that we check out a place called The Pickle Barrel.
We arrived at this huge bi-level restaurant that seemed to go on for days!! We received our menu, which Darnell joked and called it a catalog for it was so thick! I loved it because there was such a large selection for me! I could have breakfast, numerous types of sandwiches, pasta, stir-fry, and the list went on and on! I ended up getting the veggie burger which was delish! It was so big that I could only eat half. Darnell went with breakfast, and enjoyed his waffle, eggs & turkey sausage. The place was so good that we went back the same day for lunch, and I got take-out breakfast from there before we got on the road!!!!Yummy!!!
That evening we went back to our BFF for the weekend (Penn) to ask him for an awesome seafood restaurant. He again didn't let us down, for he recommended Mediterra. He made the reservations for us, and off we went that evening before our show! Darnell is the seafood eater not me, but I was still able to find a few selections on the menu that would satisfy my vegetarian lifestyle. Needless to say, Penn didn't let us down again!! We both left there with full bellies from some wonderful food!!!
Next, it was time to head over to the Cirque du Soleil show! Now this was the show I was looking forward to the most, but was were I was most disappointed :-( Banana Shpeel was showing during the time we were there, so I just assumed it would be great since the other Cirque show we saw in Vegas was AMAZING! I feel asleep throughout the show, but Darnell seemed to enjoy it. I still want to see Ka and O, and I think I'll be all set with he Cirque shows :-)
Overall, I would totally recommend Toronto to everyone! We had a blast, and would love to go back anytime (preferably not the Winter). We didn't get a chance to do any tourist activities, so that will be next time around!!
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