Well today was still a hot one, but that didn't stop me from doin' some walking!
I try to go out for a "wog" [a.k.a walk jog] in the mornings, and I usually go to the Casa Loma area because it's quite lovely over there. Lots of trees, and some nifty steps to exercise on! I didn't take a photo, but perhaps I will soon and show you. It's a pretty good work out for your bum!
Anyway, I've never been in Casa Loma, but it's a huge castle like structure built by a man named Sir Henry Pellatt in the early 1900s. It has 98 rooms!! Could you imagine decorating 98 rooms?! Apparently there are 2 secret passages, an oven big enough to cook an ox and a bowling alley. Crazy.
It's quite a lovely building. Also, the homes around Casa Loma are pretty amazing as well. I feel very poor when I walk around that neighbourhood, but it's still fun to see what a $3million home looks like.
Around Casa Loma there's a trail that leads down under the highway, and I was intrigued by some graffi that I found down there:
Very interesting. Actually, there's a lot of interesting graffiti around the city. Perhaps I will take pictures of them more often.
However, I did take some photos of some graffiti popping up in front of Lee's Palace. Some of you may remember the tearing down of the Lee's Palace mural, but did you know that they are re-painting some of the mural again? It's surprising since they painted it all white, and now there's something new coming back. I'll track it over the summer to see how it goes, but here is what it looks of as of today:
Should be really exciting to see once it's complete!
Here's an article about the new mural for those interested: http://torontoist.com/2010/05/monster_magic_back_at_lees_palace.php
Even though it's 32*C in my room, all is swell. I think I'll take a nice cold shower now... paradise ;)
keep smilin,
Monica
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