Winter Worktrip #2 to Freezing Canada – Toronto Layover
[Photos taken on 01-02 February, posted on 8 September 2018. Spent the morning hunting the Pokemon Moltres with Finnur!]
My flight home to Iceland didn’t leave until around dinner time, so I spent the day walking around Toronto, visiting Ingress stops to try and get a medal in the game that I needed. (26 images total)
(Now, yes, in case my friends who live in Toronto see that I came by without saying hi, I apologize, but I was so tired after the long work-trip, that human interactions were beyond my capabilities at the time. I’ll be sure to say hi next time!)
Thursday 01 February 2018
It was a nice cool day.
The fun thing about hunting down Ingress GPS stops is noticing all the various artworks hidden in plain sight.
More random art. This was hard to photograph though due to the harsh sun and deep shadows.
Crazy large ads.
Downtown has a lot of skyscrapers.
One of these is different from the others.
Something to keep in mind, but hard to do much about!
Impressive house! It’s almost certainly featured in some tv show or movie!
The Santa Claus Parade?!?!
Found an ice skating rink! The curved buildings behind me, aka City Hall, apparently featured in an old Star Trek episode.
Very Canadian!
Looking back towards the rink. That’s pretty brutalist architecture, no?
That was as far as I went away from the hotel. After this I walked back, and got abite to eat before heading to the airport.
I went to the same food market by the hotel where I’d had dinner, and drooled over the selection.
I had a long trip ahead of me!
Meanwhile, in Iceland, Emma was being adorable.
I collected my luggage from the hotel, and then walked to the train station (straight ahead). The sunset made the clouds pretty.
Crazy curved screen!
My view from the airport restaurant window.
Greasier than I expected, but pretty good nonetheless.
Goodbye Toronto!
Friday 02 February 2018
I was very happy to have a window seat.
Back on Icelandic ground, wet and windy as usual.
As this was a worktrip, I was picked up from the airport by a taxi, and driven home. That is a huge luxury!
Feeling mostly human after a 8am to 1 pm nap, and looking for Anna via snapchat.
In the afternoon I took Anna downtown to visit the library, and the coffee house. Old habits die hard. 🙂
