That's Jasper the hamster. I want a Jasper! He was plenty adorable and fuzzy.
Here's my Toronto album. I really enjoyed hanging out with Jess and Molly and going to one of my fave places, the library!
I learned some things about Toronto while I was there. It is not only the capital of Ontario, it is Canada's largest city. Situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario, indigenous people have been living in the area for 11000 years, since the last Ice Age! Europeans arrived in the 1600s and established the city of York, which was renamed Toronto in 1834. The name apparently comes from the Mohawk phrase 'tkaronto,' which means "where there are trees standing in the water." The city experienced an immigration boom after WWII, and today Toronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, with 152 spoken languages and dialects!
There are no polar bears here but Toronto is home to the world's tallest building, the CN Tower. We didn't visit but then again, I'm not sure I'd want to go up that high, even if dolls do bounce!
Toronto is a really pretty city. I hope I have the chance to go back one day!
For now, I am home and glad to be with my friends again. Not sure where I'll go next year, but I sure do love traveling! Thanks to all my great Canadian friends!
