After a very busy day yesterday, we decided to keep today a little more low key. We slept in and had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel.
Brady really wanted to see the "underground city" in Toronto. We had tried to prepare him for the fact that it would pretty much look like a shopping mall, but he was still disappointed. Apparently, he and Rudy had envisioned a place where you would see tree roots and dirt. After wandering through a bit, we headed to the subway an up to Casa Loma.
The tour book had described Casa Loma as a European style castle, complete with secret passageways. The boys were pretty excited at first. Unfortunately, it wasn't clear in the tour book that the tours are self-guided audio tours, which didn't hold much interest for the kids. They still thought the house was interesting, but I think we were all a bit disappointed.
We still managed to enjoy it by finding the "cool" stuff - secret doors, an indoor swimming pool, etc. I think the best part for the boys was playing in the garden though!
After the "castle", we got back on the subway and then hopped on a trolley car to go to the Distillery District. Rudy caught a 5-minute catnap standing up on the streetcar:
We'd envisioned an old town kind of place, vibrant with people and activity. It was very quiet with several quite pricey restaurants. We finally found a brewery with more acceptable prices (and good beer...always a bonus). We had a long walk back to the hotel after dinner, so we stopped midway for hot chocolate and a brownie:
The kids managed to find enough energy back at the hotel for a swim:
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