So Toronto, this was my fist ever trip to Canada and although we did not venture far out of the city I absolutely loved it. Visiting and staying with a friend who had moved out there from the UK made me think to myself “I could do something like this…why don’t I do something like this??”

There was no shortage of things to do in Toronto.  Wandering around the city some of the highlights included visiting the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), St Lawrence Market, watching the Toronto Blue Jays, wandering around Little Italy, the distillery district, The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and of course the obligatory visit and meal up the CN Tower! From the CN tower you could appreciate the scale of Lake Ontario which was incredible, just a little larger than the wee lochs back in Scotland.

Even in the vastness of Toronto it was still possible to escape to some nature.  High Park is a big and beautiful and worth a visit as is taking a boat trip on the lake to the islands which are also a fantastic place to admire the Toronto Skyline from.

And of course last but not least, Niagra Falls has to be visited! It is a shame that there is so much “cheesy” development around them but the falls are still magnificent! En-route to Niagra is also wine country…just saying!