Toronto - Rogers Centre

On Friday morning, we both exercised and then rewarded ourselves by consuming the remaining two items in our pastry box - a chocolate eclair and a chocolate chip cannoli.  We were sad to look at the empty box, but quickly reassured each other that there would be more to come.  (Did you have any doubt?)

We then made our way to Toronto, Ontario.  Our first impressions were not favorable at all.  To begin with, it took more than one hour to clear the border.  We were interrogated like fugitives and then finally let through.  We were hungry for lunch and decided to eat at a diner that boasted "world famous" this and "world famous" that.  Not true!!  We ended up spending close to $35.00 for a couple of burgers and fries.  Kevin was asked if he wanted gravy for his fries and he gladly decided to give it a try.  We were never told that there was going to be an extra charge for the gravy and were very irritated at this non-disclosure.  Needless to say, we weren't happy campers.

We arrived at our hotel, the Radisson Suites, at around 4:00 PM.  We were pleasantly surprised at how nice the room was.  Things were starting to look up.  We needed to hustle to make it to the 7:00 PM Toronto Blue Jays game and decided to take the subway to avoid the heavy traffic and potential parking issues.  Once on the subway, we talked to a nice couple who were also heading to the game.  They were very helpful in guiding us to the stadium.

This was the first stadium that we did not have tickets ahead of time.  We found a scalper and bought a pair of upper level tickets for $30.  The seats were in a nice location - not quite as good as the scalper had described, but still OK.  There was a good crowd for Toronto - maybe about 20,000.  They do a lot to keep the crowd involved and it is a nice place to watch a game, despite being such a generic overall looking stadium.  The Blue Jays scored three runs in the fifth inning and held on to beat Texas 3-2.