toronto – PigTailz

I ended up at the AERA conference in Toronto this April. I didn’t do a whole lot this trip, but I did find a few cool things.

The start to my trip was discovering that I had no phone service in Canada. Yeah… first trip across country lines with my cell phone. I was driving… So fortunately, I found a gas station with wifi and downloaded a map to my airbnb. But the keys were at another hotel with a 24 hour security desk, a guard who wasn’t there, and I really needed to pee. Apparently my credit card had a pin number on it, which I didn’t realize. So no cell phone, no money, and no map. I was getting a little nervous. After about 5 hours trying to get checked in to my airbnb, it was smooth sailing. I got a good laugh out of it once I was done crying.

The conference center was next door from Ripley’s Aquarium, so I headed over there for lunch. It was a little overcrowded for my taste, but I can understand why. The many Aquariums housed a variety of fish and aquatic life. And there was a tunnel through one where sharks and sea-life swim around you.

My favorite piece of Toronto was the Distillery District. Did some shopping and grabbed a few snacks. It reminded me a little of Saint Augustine. The prices were a little higher than they are back home, but nothing too bad.