Wednesday was a stunningly beautiful day in Toronto. It was a shame to spend most of it inside but I had work to do. In the afternoon I went to the gym and practically skipped through the warm sunshine. There were tulips blooming everywhere! I even spent some time on the balcony soaking up the sun, it was that bright and sunny.
Glen messaged at 5pm to ask if I wanted to go out for dinner. Our plans to have dinner with Pete and Royden were postponed due to illness so, rather than eat the lovingly prepared risotto leftovers that were sitting in the fridge, I said yes. I told Glen to meet me at a bixie bike station on College St.
Cycling through Toronto is not a pleasant experience. There are very few cycle paths and unlike the majority of those in Perth, the ones in Toronto are just painted onto the side of the road. They’re heaving with cyclists at 5:30 in the afternoon, all going at varying speeds and all swerving into traffic. It’s unpleasant. Not to mention the roads are so potholed that it is a jarring ride at the best of times.
I got to the station first and was there to meet Glen. We then walked down College St holding hands until we found a restaurant called Woodlot that had been recommended to us. We went inside. The first server we talked to was lovely and pleasant to deal, unfortunately she passed us on to a sullen server who I wanted to ask if everything was alright. I almost turned around and walked out.
Despite this unpleasant service, and the slow service to follow, the food was delicious. It was fancy, hipster food but it was tasty and more akin to what we had been hoping to find in Toronto food-wise. I didn’t have a dessert…but I had to help Glen with his.
After dinner, we cycled back home. It’s lovely being daylight savings at the moment as it’s still pretty light at 8:30pm. We discovered a new patch of cherry blossom trees. They’re outside the UofT library (Harbord and St George I think). They’d look stunning in the full light of day.
As we waited at the traffic lights at Bloor and Church, Alastair pounced off the sidewalk and nearly scared Glen to death. No injuries as a result, but we walked with him to our building then went up to say Bec and collect a few things from them before we headed up to our place.
Travels with Dan 
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