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Well, this is really Day 2, but there's no pictures from the planes and airports worth showing. We pretty much spent the whole day going from Göteborg to Toronto, with a three hour stopover at London, Heathrow. One of the smoothest travels I've ever had actually. No running between gates, no turbulence to talk about, and actually enough room to breathe on the plane too. So, on with the show. I've selected just about half of the 400 pictures I snapped with my cameras.

The 'very interesting' view from our room at Sheraton Airport Hotel. Very convenient location when arriving after midnight. Even though the Toronto airport seemed made to confuse the hell outta us, we managed to find an Airport express bus to take us downtown for some sightseeing. The bus took us right downtown to Union Station. We followed the stream of people towards the CN tower and the Skydome. (There were a concert of some kind scheduled for that afternoon). These strange scupltures were right at the base of the CN tower.

Planet Hollywood, not exactly the place we wanted for lunch, we headed on. With Chinatown in mind, we walked the almost empty streets north. Old and new, high and low, this city has a lot of contrasts. Melting away in the humid HEAT, I think we saw somewhere that it was 36C!!! We found us some shade for a few minutes.

Good thing it doesn't show very well on camera how much we were actually dripping on the pavement. Recognize this? Chinatown! Finally! Didn't remember that it was that far to walk. We enjoyed a lazy stroll through the Chinatown Centre, and all the shops. <sigh>Airconditioning! Britt-Marie, easy target.

  

Okay, okay, take one of me too then. We soon continued, looking for a place to eat. Another contrast; after walking through the near empty streets of the Entertainment District and the Fashion District, we found Chinatown to be surprisingly crowded even on a Sunday.

     

This looks nice, we thought. Lunch in Chinatown, with chop sticks and hot tea. I had the most wonderful Lemon Chicken ever! Don't remember what these exotic fruits are called, but they were selling them everywhere! More atmosphere.

  

Hmm, could this have been a Fu-location? Or this? It looks damn familiar. Being here for the third time makes me wonder if I recognize it from the show, or because I've actually been here before. If anyone knows what this is about, please email me and let me know. Right in the middle of the sidewalk, they had a high pole with a chair and a cat on it. Looked very strange.

    

Can't find something? Go to Chinatown, they will have it. There's A LOT of traffic on Spadina, especially through Chinatown. Hmm, why did I take this picture? Because a pink house like this could only be in Chinatown?

"Smile for the camera? Please, just one more picture." Look, a Shaolin Moose! He's guarding the entrance to the Herb Depot. Sure looks like a place Caine would love.

  

People thinning out, we must be leaving Chinatown. It was time to begin moving back towards the bus again. Turning down University from Dundas, we found this little cannon. Wanna pose, BM? Look, Old City Hall. They seem to be doing some repair on the clock tower. Think the quake damaged it?

Another view that looked eerily familiar. What episode was that again? Union Station. Where we were supposed to pick up Linda a little later. All we had to do now was to get back to the Airport and the Hotel, and find the Car rental agency. Hey, that building looks familiar. The bus passed right by it on the way back to the Airport.

 

One more shot of the twin towers as the bus begins to move. We got the rental, and found Linda. Guess where we went first? Chinatown. We had dinner at the Harbourfront. I managed to get this shot of the CN tower only minutes before the thunderstorm moved in.