Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is Toronto, Canada’s transformative celebration of contemporary art. In 2013 a major part of this celebration was Forever Bicycles by international artist Ai Weiwei from Beijing, China. This impressive art installation in Nathan Phillips Square was formed by joining together 3,144 bicycles! Yong Jiu a major bicycle brand in China translates from Chinese to…
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Snapshots of Toronto
Toronto is located in the province of Ontario. This is big city Canada. I rolled into town for a few days in September 2013 to see some bands and take in the sights. This was my third time in Toronto, a fantastic multicultural city with lots to see and do along with great food!
Casa Loma – Toronto’s Camelot
Just north of bustling downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada is Casa Loma, a quite amazing gothic revival style mansion. It is known as Toronto’s very own Camelot and is a beautiful place to see. The home was built by Sir Henry Pellatt (1859-1939) a wealthy Toronto businessman who owned a stock brokerage firm and an electricity company…
Metal swarms on Toronto \m/(>.<)\m/
Now I know in my last blog I said Ottawa was next on my travels in Canada and it was, but wow what a week for heavy metal music I have just had in Toronto, Ontario Canada! From New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) legends Raven to German power metallers Helloween and a swag of local…
The CN Tower, Toronto Canada
The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario was completed in 1976 after 40 months of construction. At 553 metres or 1,815 feet it is the worlds tallest tower and the most dominant building in the Toronto skyline. In 1995 it was classified as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The highest observation level, the “Skypod” is…
Royal Ontario Museum
March 25th, 2012 The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Canada has an incredible collection of artifacts and art from various world cultures including First Nations, Roman, Greek, Egyptian and Asian exhibits; and an excellent natural history collection featuring prehistoric animals and dinosaurs including a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a huge Barosaurus. The ROM ranks as a world-class museum. During…
A Canadian journey by my stomach
I recently returned from a Canadian trip to Ontario (Niagara Falls and Toronto) and Quebec (Quebec City, Montreal and smaller surrounding towns), with a stop over in Buffalo, New York. Here are some snapshots of some of the local foods I tried while there. From Italian veal parmigana, Ukranian cabbage rolls, Japanese soup, Poutine, Montreal…
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