Traveling

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Sports In The USA

Ice Hockey And American Football

We didn't visit any professional games, but we watched some college football and icehockey games of the Bowling Green Falcons, the University teams. While we enjoyed ice hockey, we didn't like football at all, maybe because we are just too much into soccer.

Ice Hockey

The BGSU Falcons played against Notre Dame.

Ice Hockey

American Football

On a cold and rainy afternoon the BGSU Falcons played against Ohio University.

Football

Monday, 18 October 2010

Toronto And Niagara Falls 2007 - Part 1

Driving To Toronto

Another long weekend was coming up and so we decided to do another trip, but we didn't know where to go. Together with two friends we chose Toronto and the Niagara Falls as our next destinations. On Wednesday afternoon we picked up our rental car from Enterprise and we were very pleased by the car we got. It was a big black and very comfortable Pontiac.

Thursday - October 4th 2007

Thursday very early in the morning we were on our way to Toronto. In Detroit we had to wait a little due to boarder control, but after half an hour we were allowed to drive to Canada. After we left Windsor behind, we stopped at a Tim Hortons for breakfast. Canada felt a little bit more like Europe, because there they also use the metric system instead of miles and because of Queen Elizabeth II on the money.

Around noon we stopped at a nice chain restaurant called Montana's Cookhouse for lunch. The waiter was surprised to see some guys from Europe and so he made a picture of us, which he put on a wall inside the restaurant. Claudia and I both ordered a very good veggie burger and afterwards we were on the road again.

Montana's Cookhouse & Bar

Montana's Cookhouse & Bar - Veggie Burger

We arrived in Toronto in the early afternoon. At first we searched for our hotel and after we found our Days Inn (now a Howard Johnson), we weren't sure if we should stay there. It didn't look nice from the outside. So the girls checked the rooms and since they were fine, we decided to stay. In fact it was a wonderful hotel and we enjoyed our time there a lot. After checking in, we used the tram to go into the city. Since the weather was so nice and sunny, we chose to do the observatory deck of the CN Tower first. From there we had a stunning view over Toronto.

Toronto

CN Tower

Toronto

CN Tower

Toronto seen from the CN Tower

CN Tower

Toronto seen from the CN Tower

CN Tower

Afterwards we had a cup of coffee at Starbucks and then we just walked around the city. We spent the rest of the evening in an Irish Pub, where we had dinner as well.

Toronto

Dinner with lots of Fries

Sunday, 17 October 2010

Toronto And Niagara Falls 2007 - Part 2

Toronto Islands

Friday - October 5th 2007

Our Days Inn Hotel also offered breakfast, but we had to go to a nearby restaurant. After a hearty breakfast we took the tram into the city. First we went to the Eaton Center, a huge shopping center, where the girls couldn't resist to do some shopping.

Toronto - CN Tower

Toronto

Toronto - Canon Theatre

Toronto

Eaton Center

Later it was time for the Hockey Hall of Fame and I can really recommend to go there, it was very interesting and informative. Even the girls enjoyed it, and that means something.

Hockey Hall of Fame

After we had been to a free exhibition about the best World Press Pictures at the Allen Lambert Galleria, we decided to take the boat to the Toronto Islands. The Toronto Islands are a nice and quite place to spend some time away from the busy city. I guess the islands are a popular recreational destination for the locals. We spent several hours there and in the late afternoon we returned to our hotel to get ready for the evening.

World Press Pictures Exhibition at the Allen Lambert Galleria

Toronto

Toronto Skyline

Ferry to Toronto Islands

Toronto Skyline seen from Toronto Islands

Toronto Islands

Toronto Skyline

For dinner we chose a wonderful restaurant in the Italian Village, called Langolino. There we had a delicious dinner, but the best thing was, that the restaurant offered Austrian Stiegl beer. Of course we had to get one. Afterwards we strolled around the Italian Village and checked out the many different stores before returning to out hotel.

Italian Village

Langolino Restaurant

Austrian Stiegl Beer

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Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Sports In The USA

Monday, 18 October 2010

Toronto And Niagara Falls 2007 - Part 1

Sunday, 17 October 2010

Toronto And Niagara Falls 2007 - Part 2