Day 3-June 28

On Saturday, after a wonderful breakfast at our hotel we headed back to downtown Toronto. This is where we split up. The boys, Dave, Tim and Andrew went to the Braves vs. Toronto day game and Rachel and I visited Casa Loma.

Let me start with Casa Loma, which means house on the hill in Spanish. It was a house in the middle of Toronto that looked like a castle. It was really interesting and a fun place to visit, without children and men and with another history lover. It was built by the guy who was the first man to harness the energy of Niagra Falls but then the Canadian government took his power plant away after about a year and didn't pay him for it so he lost his house and it pretty much became a tourist attraction.


These are some outside pictures. The house has over 100 rooms in it with a underground passage way leading to stables.

The house was also surround by some beautiful gardens. This door just looked secret garden to me so I had to take a picture.

We got to go up to the highest tower to look over the city of Toronto. It was a great view but a difficult climb up there. I was so proud of Rachel climbing up, I think 4 flights of stairs, three being small, metal circle staircases.

The boys had a blast at the baseball game even though the Braves lost. Dave had found some good tickets on e-bay so they were only about 20 rows up, directly behind the Braves dugout.

Here is a view from their seats.

This is a picture of Chipper Jones swinging the bat on the on deck circle. Chipper was hurt during this series so he didn't play but he did come up before the last out. Unfortunatly, the guy got out so Chipper didn't play.

This is a picture of the catcher, Brain McCann. After one of the innings, (Dave would tell this story so much better because he was there) Dave took Andrew down to the top of the dug out as the Braves players were heading back down. Brian McCann had the ball in his hand and as he approached the dug out he point directly at Andrew and rolled him the ball on the top of the dug out. As Dave told me the story all I could think was, I guess it was worth it to dress Andrew in his only Brave's gear which happens to be a 6-9 month onsie. Good thing Andrew is still little! Andrew loves his souvenier and wanted to carry it around/throw it the rest of the trip.

After our separate adventures we met back up in Chinatown. With Tim serving his mission in Taiwan, we had someone who could really find us the best Chinese food. The restaurant was great and then we had to poke around the little cheap shops. Tim wanted to buy this hidious Canada visor but Rachel would not let him. Thank goodness.


This is a street in Chinatown named Beverly. We had to get a picture for Dave's mom.