Today after breakfast I packed my bags as I was heading off.

I then went for a walk around Toronto city. First I went to the biggest of the 6 Chinatowns in Toronto.

The fruit and vegetables look very reasonably priced, at least compared to Karratha ($1 Canadian is worth $1.03 Australian).

I then headed over to Kensington Marketplace. It was interesting to see the architecture and the variety of front gardens of housing properties that have been turned into “shops” for selling all range of goods.

I then walked over to Little Italy, and like I had read, there is no longer a real Italian vibe to the area. There are, however, a large number of cafes and other similar shops. Also a range of different churches in that area.

After this, I headed down to Liberty Village. This is an area that is located in one of Toronto’s oldest areas, having been developed in the late 1700s. However it has a large number of new condominium blocks through it, built in the last decade or so.

I then decided on my walk back to the hotel from the other side of town, to head into the CN Tower and take a ride in its lift up to the viewing station near the top. I took a selfie before going in.

Once inside, the lift took 57 seconds to get from the ground floor to the viewing station. Here are a few photos, including one of the islands across the water (where I had taken the ferry previously for photos of the city). The CN Tower was initially only being built to be an aerial to solve the telecommunications issues with the rapidly growing city. However as development started, it was thought beneficial to build in a restaurant and other options to attract tourists. In 1995, it was made one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World.

After exiting the CN Tower, I walked back to the hotel, picked up my bags at 4pm and headed to Union Station Toronto. As I had booked a single sleeper compartment, I was allowed to sit in the Via Rail Business Lounge whilst awaiting my train to leave at 10pm. I got to read a couple of business magazines with free coffee, soft drink and most importantly, hot chocolate. I also watched some of the New Year’s Eve fireworks displays from around the world, including from Sydney. The train left at just over 10pm. The train was to take 33 hours, to arrive in Winnipeg at 8am on 2^nd January 2017.