Last week Josh and I went to Toronto because he had an APA work conference to attend and I was lucky enough to tagged along. My mother was gracious enough to watch the boys so we could have some adult time while we were there. I probably wouldn't have ever gone to Toronto if it weren't for Josh's work but I'm glad I went because we had such a good time. I also really liked the city. It felt like a combination of Chicago and Austin, TX. We stayed at a really nice hotel called the Shangri-La (which might be the nicest hotel we've stayed at to date) and eat, drank and shopped until our hearts were content (and of course a little business on the side too). Here are some of the highlights of our trip.
Of course you can't go to Toronto without seeing the CN Tower. They even had it lit up to the Vikings colors.
Have you ever seen a metro without walls? It seriously went on forever!
Nice way to start our vacation (or I mean business trip) :)
Ever heard of something called Poutine? Sounds sexual right? Nope it's french fries covered in cheese curds and topped with gravy. I guess it's a Toronto favorite. I call it a heart attack waiting to happen. People love it. I could live without it.
We walked down this really cool and kind of quirky street called Queens Street. It had bars, restaurants and shops we don't have in Minneapolis. There were some really neat things. What was not so neat was their sales tax. 13%!!! When you live in Minnesota and don't have to pay tax on clothes it was a little hard to stomach. We kept hearing of this amazing Mexican restaurant that all the locals said we should try called Grand Electric. Josh and I were both agreed we should try it. But what we thought was just a couple of blocks walk ended up being two miles. Queens street just kept going. We stopped at a few places along the way. I didn't think the place actually existed.
Once we finally got there I think Josh thought he was in heaven. I thought the food was okay. I probably wouldn't go back but I know Josh would.
We also tried a place called Momofuku Noodle Bar. Josh heard great things about it and plus it was attached to our hotel. It was a win, win. They had these huge bowls of ramen noodles which was super yummy. Did I mention this was just a mid afternoon snack?
For dessert we got fried apple pie ice cream from Milk.
As if we hadn't eaten enough we met up with Josh's friends from residency for dinner. I wasn't that hungry because we just inhaled a ton of carbs so we (or should I say I) kept dinner fairly light. We went to Daisho which was also part of our hotel and the food there was also amazing.
We had a lot of fun but were so ready to squish our little humans back home.
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