US / Canada / French Canada Tour 09

We caught a shuttle for $7.50 Canadian (which was a bit of pain because we had to have the exact change and the ATM machine machine only spat out $20 bills). In order to get to downtown Toronto (which appeared to be a very long distance from the airport) - we had to catch this shuttle bus to a nearby subway stop - then transfer onto a subway till we got to the Yonge Street station. The trip was longish - about an hour and I was still venting about the Canadian immigration to myself.

At the subway station - it was sort of weird because you had to walk through a foodcourt and mall in order to get out on the street. We had no probs finding our hotel (Delta - not affiliated with the airline). When we checked in - Ant was a bit pished that we weren't given a single bed (hotwire bookings seems to do this to us a fair bit) - but she was fairly apologetic by saying the hotel was full... The room itself was pretty good - sort of a similar standard to the Doubletree - but you know you feel kinda lame when your room is on the fourth floor of a 27 storey hotel...

There was a bit of strange mob in the hotel lobby. Apparently - the "Wushu" Martial Arts World Championships were being held in Toronto and that the Delta Hotel was the "Official Hotel for competitors". Never really heard of Wushu before although it does sound like the name that Paris Hilton would call one of her toy dogs... (Come here lil wushu!). I've subsequently checked out wikipedia and it all appears to check up... although it ain't an Olympic sport and Ant did spot an Australian team - who aren't endorsed by the AIS... or something.

Anyhows - we wandered back to the Food Court for lunch and I had (the shame) some calorific Taco Bell monstrosity. Not only do you get the badness of french fries - but here at Taco Bell - they pour that plastic liquid cheese and some dodgy mince all over it for that added calorie effect..

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