Back to Toronto

Nothing major planned today, an amble back to Toronto.  I have decided we don't do very well without a definite plan for the day!

We started with breakfast in the guesthouse again, very tasty, Sarah and I had eggs benedict,  Stephen had omelette and Keith had maple syrup pancakes.

My eggs benedict! 

We packed the car, returned the house key and set off up the Gorge road towards Niagara on the Lake.  We made a couple of stops along the way, first at the Aero Car again.  We could also see one of the white water jet boats down on the river below.

We paused again opposite a hydro power station on the American side of the Gorge and also at the floral clock, maintained by the Canadian power station nearby and made up of thousands of small plants and flowers, the design is changed twice a year.

We travelled on passed fields and fields of vines, there are many small vineyards in this area.  The town of Niagara on the Lake was very pretty, lots of flowers and beautiful houses, but absolutely packed with tourists!  Lots of people cycling through the parks, presumably on hire bikes, and many more wandering the many shops along the main street.  We thought about stopping but so many people put us off a bit.  We carried on passed more vineyards and now lots of fruit farms.  We stopped at a farm selling fruit at the side of the road and bought a mixed punnet of plums, peaches, grapes and pear all grown on the farm.  We had thought about visiting a vineyard but the one we stopped at just had a bit of tasting and selling, maybe wrong, but we hoped to have a look at the vineyards and wine making, maybe we just chose the wrong one!

We drove on to Toronto and checked into our hotel for the next two nights.  After a rest we decided to head to Vaughan Mills for a bit of shopping.  Stephen was not keen and wanted to go to Canada's Wonderland to continue his coastering.  In hindsight he probably had the better idea, designer shopping isn't for us!  Plus it was packed!  We did have some fun in the Bass Pro shop.  Looking at all the life-size animals, shocked at the rows of guns for sale (plus hunting knives), and thinking about buying one of the boats in quad bikes for sale in there!  Totally bizarre shop!

Bored with shopping, and following another food tip from The Dibb, we decided on The Keg Steakhouse for dinner.  Wonderful food!  We started with baked bries to share, then Keith and Sarah had fillet mignon and Stephen and I had teriyaki sirloin.  Absolutely delicious, lovely, lovely quality steak.   We finished with a mocha ice cream cake,  can't remember it's name, and a cheesecake.  Our server was also excellent.  Our most expensive meal of the trip at c$196 but probably worth it.

We were lucky we got in early as there was a large queue waiting when we left.

Back to the hotel, we watched a big of TV before going to bed.

Last day tomorrow, more coasters!