I spent three days exploring Toronto on my way to Newfoundland. I caught a Blue Jays game, visited Tim Horton’s for the first time, saw my friend Jamie Bishara, went to the Hockey Hall of fame, and managed to still get some work done. Even though Toronto is a big city, it felt like a small town — never crowded, and the people walking downtown outnumbered the cars. I’m skeptical that the winters “aren’t that cold,” and I do not understand why the hockey team, “The Maple Leafs” isn’t called “The Maple Leaves,” or why the (former) Queen of England is on the Canadian currency, nor why Canada pays the British Royal family over fifty million dollars each year. I suppose there is still more to be learned about Canada!
