Experience The Magic This Christmas

 The best Christmas windows in Toronto belong to the Hudson's Bay, Canada's iconic Department Store. To celebrate Canada150, they showcased Canada through a snow globe extravaganza. These snow globes move accompanied by music. It's so magical and fun for both the children and adults, young at heart like me. Another magical place to shop is at the Toronto Eaton Centre where they continue to display larger than life Christmas extravaganza decked with magical lights. I truly enjoy our city during this Christmas season. Well, this weekend is Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, we reflect on the joyous birth of Jesus. We remember to celebrate with our family sharing our gifts, joy, peace and love. 

 

 

 

 Eaton Centre Christmas display. 

 

 

Watch here the video of the Hudson's Bay Christmas snow globe.

May  joy, love and peace spread to every land...

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

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It's A Wonderful World!

 Toronto during Christmas is just sparkling with Christmas decorations all over the City. One of the best Christmas decorations is here at the largest mall in the City, the Toronto Eaton Centre. This mall covers several blocks along Yonge St (the longest street in the World). Then for this Christmas, the Eaton Centre put up the tallest Christmas tree here in Canada. This tree stands tall at 108ft, taller than the Rockefeller Christmas Tree in New York City. It was truly magical and delightful to see it. The Christmas tree was unveiled last 24 November with the Choir singing Louis Armstrong's song, What A Wonderful World, which is a great song to start the New Year 2017! Remember that we live in a wonderful world, full of hope, love and joy. Recognising and accepting all of our differences. Let us not destroy our wonderful World. Let us see the beauty all around us, beauty in each other, let us take care of each other and our World. Happy New Year!

 

 

 

 

Watch here the unveiling of the Christmas tree and touching sing a long in Toronto of  Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World by Choir!Choir!Choir!

Wishing you all a wonderful and happy New Year!

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Weekend in Downtown Toronto

Welcome to Toronto.

I am sharing here my home sweet home, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto is a huge city. I am sharing here my visit one weekend in Downtown Toronto. Actually, the purpose of my trip there was not to shop but to visit my dentist in the Sheraton Centre. As you know, a visit to Dentist is not always fun. But I decided to have some fun after my appointment to visit my city. So I walked around, took some pictures,  and thoroughly enjoyed myself.  Being a blogger now, have heightened my awareness of my surroundings. Whether I am travelling overseas and most of all here at home. As I walked around Toronto, I noticed some other details that I would have ignored before. Just like the Welcome sign in the picture above.  My city is a friendly place and helpful when you ask for directions. Canadians are known to be very polite and helpful.  Not just because I am biased and live here but overall, as a city, I am proud and happy that our Municipal government or Tourism Board have Welcome signs like these, also promotions of our City events in bus stops, in our cable cars and even a Charity campaign in a building. Toronto is a beautiful,clean and safe city to visit. It is not as historical as European cities but it is more of a modern and contemporary city. We have the mix of the old and new here as you can see in our City Halls. We have an Old City Hall and the new retro City Hall built in the early 1970s. Our city is also diverse with many different parts like the China town, Greek Town, Italian section etc. One thing about Toronto that I enjoy are the summer festivals. So all throughout summer, I will try my best to attend most of them and share them with you.  So I hope you will enjoy this little tour of our Downtown Toronto.

The Rocket.

Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is known as The Rocket here.  It is the best way to travel around the city. We have have buses, cable cars and the subway system.



Toronto Landmarks

Current City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square.

Old City Hall which is now a Court Building.

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