It's weird how in Toronto I couldn't drag my ass out of bed before 8:30am ... today I was up at 7am, bright eyed and bushy tailed. I even made coffee ... I sort of feel like I am on vacation?
WTF it's 9am, ok, that's ridiculous - I woke up at 7am ... I am going to be late ... vacation over - it's like any other work day in Toronto ;)
Off to the subway. I'm fairly confident I know what i'm doing/ where i'm going because Catherine carefully explained exactly where I should go and get off the subway.
What really happened?
Went down the wrong subway stairs ... should of trusted my gut and crossed the street. Tried to buy a $20 metrocard but it wouldn't take my $5 bill ... bought a $10 one instead. Back upstairs to try this again, crossed the street to the subway going the right direction. Note for tourists, they don't announce the stops during certain times of the day. Needless to say, I missed my stop and had to backtrack via foot to where I should of got off 8 blocks earlier - it's weird that you can't get to the other platform in case you got off at the wrong stop?.
It's now 10am, the people at the office were so welcoming, met everyone, caught up on my travels ... time to get down to business and check my email from the last four days - and that's where I will leave the work talk.
It was Audra's birthday (Happy 30th!) and Catherine, Anna and I went for dinner at a restaurant called the Spice Market in the Meat Packing district. The area looks and feels a lot like Vancouver's Gastown district. Dinner was amazing, I had the squid salad and mussels.
After dinner the ladies decided to go for a night cap and watch the game with Audra's friend. I definitely wanted to go but knew that 'a night cap' would not just be a night cap for me so I decided to walk home. It was a nice night out and thought it would give me a chance to get acquainted with the city.
I was at 13th and 9th and walked 37 blocks home, passed some great little restaurants, stores and the U.S. Post Office building. Such a nice city and it only took me 40 minutes to walk home.
Net net - I have decided to walk home from work for the rest of the week (we move into a new building on Friday) ... I would walk to work as well but know that won't happen until we are in our new office and I have a better pair of walking shoes - officially on my to do list.
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There are quite a few stations that allow you to get to any platform once you've crossed the initial turnstile. Which stop were you at that didn't allow you to cross over?
West 49th and 7th ... maybe the subway site has more info on that?
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