Brandon's birthday was the first Saturday of Spring Break this year. We took a trip to Toronto, Canada to celebrate. We decided to try out "Couch Surfing" for the first time. Here's how it works: you make a profile on couchsurfing.org and search for hosts that are available the days you are looking to stay in the location of choice. You send them a request, and if they think you are cool enough, you get to hang out with them and sleep on their couches. We stayed with Ana and Jakob right outside downtown Toronto. They were wonderful hosts. When we arrived Saturday evening, they had a wonderful dinner prepared. Ana drew us a nice map and we explored around the city a little bit before calling it a night. The next morning we were served breakfast in bed! haha. All four of us rode the "street car" (like a trolley) to a market where we browsed around and enjoyed a coffee. Ana had to go to work, but offered to draw us a wonderful map of the city and all the places we should check out. Jakob showed us around the University of Toronto, including the library, and then parted ways with us. The rest of the day we spent touring around and freezing to death :).
This was towards the end of the day, looking at the CN tower through downtown.
Our touring consisted of the Hockey Hall of Fame (above), historic district, upscale shopping centers, flea markets, "mini times square", figuring out the subway/street car system, waiting a half hour at a bus stop for a bus that didn't run on Sundays, spotting a mountie, and watching the sun set over the skyline. That night after another great dinner, Ana brought out a birthday cake she had made for Brandon. Over all it was a fantastic first couch surfing experience. On our way back to America we stopped to see Niagara Falls (below). It was SOOOO incredibly cold, so we stayed for about 5 minutes and left haha.
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