Toronto Is A Sauna
Here in Toronto today it is scorching hot and humid like nobody’s business. I heard a couple people mention that they were going to a gym sauna for relief; not sure that was a true story or not. But the last three days that I’ve been here have been a sprinting competition from one air conditioned building to another. Luckily there is some relief from the heat around 9pm, at which time you can migrate to a patio (that hasn’t had it’s furniture melted).
I was pleased on Friday to discover there is a Old Spaghetti Factory across from the Novotel Toronto Centre, where we were staying. Our original room in the Novotel was on the fourth floor, but had a crap view and no Internet access (not even any unprotected wireless connections). So I opted for what Novotel calls a ‘Superior Room’, which is basically the same room with a different crappy view but with ‘free’ Internet access. The irony was that when we moved in the room’s Internet connection didn’t work but now on the 9th floor I had several wireless connections to use.
Ali and I did some exploration early on to find the locations of the nearest Tim Horton’s (visited daily) and Second Cup (got an iced/blended coffee there once). We also checked out the St Lawrence Market a few blocks away, which actually was a bit of a disappointment. But, overall, downtown Toronto is a fascinating place and full of activity. Now if only we could get rid of that heat.
Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:31 Posted in General
