O Canada!

So I went to Canada last week for some work training. Kitchener, Ontario, to be exact. It was rather uneventful. Basically learned about software, yippee! Haha. Anyways, on Thursday a co-worker, Ivan, and I went to Toronto after work to go see a Blue Jays game. It was pretty fun. I had never been to Toronto (at least that I can remember) and it seemed to be really nice. It was hard to tell what the surrounding suburbs were like, as we were only on the freeway. But the downtown area was great. Everything seemed to be newer, or at least well maintained, and it was just clean in general. I've never been to Europe, so take this next comment for what it's worth, but it had a European feel to it in my opinion. Cultural, ya know? In the few hours we were there I saw all sorts of people. We also found a cool little pub after the game where I drank a Heineken and some local Canadian micro brew. This might sound stupid, but I was a little surprised to find that it was actually a city. A city in the sense that it was bigger than I pictured, and it had public transit...a subway and rail service. Unlike *cough* Phoenix *cough, cough* it actually felt like a legitimate city. All Phoenix is is one giant suburb for the most part. We're finally getting some light rail, so we'll see how that works out.

All in all it was a nice quick visit. The Blue Jays won, the weather was nice - sunny but cool, probably low 50's - and the beer was good. Oh yeah, the CN Tower was pretty cool at night, and we swung by Niagara Falls the next day on the way to the airport. I have pictures, but I'm not at home right now. Pictures soon to follow.