North America: Ep 07 - Toronto

Today the breakfast was not included at the hotel but it was located 75 minutes away at Wheelers Maple Syrup Farm. We met in the lobby at 6:45am and at 7am we were on the road making our way there.
We arrived at Wheelers Maple Farm at around 8:15am and enjoyed a typical Canadian Breakfast. We were then shown a demonstration on the process of how Maple Syrup is made. Finally a walk around the rest of the farm with some free time, before getting back on the coach at 10:30am.

The delicious breakfast we were served.
We then started making our way further east across the province of Ontario for today's lunch stop. The Big Apple was the name of the services where we had lunch, which was clearly very popular. The hour flew by and you can even watch them making the pies. We were back on the road towards Toronto just after 2pm.

'The Big Apple' services can't be missed as you drive past.

We arrived and checked into the hotel in Toronto just before 4:30pm, after a brief photo stop at the Toronto sign. I then spent the rest of the evening walking a similar route to what the hop on hop off buses take exploring the city. I eventually called it a day around 8pm as the light started to fade, when I enjoyed some dinner and went to bed.

A video of this day can be found below:


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