When I was in Toronto it was weird, like Candaians are all about being super independent and nobody's bitch, and yet everywhere was The Queen's This and The Royal That. Really unexpected. Ordered some nachos in a bar just to see what came out of the kitchen. $11 and we got nine individual chips dressed with chili from a can, melted cheese and a single jalapeno.

People took US money no problem, it's worth more. Of course your change was in Canadian money. They said they saved it for their trips across the border to visit Costco. Apparently they don't like paying high taxes, I thought that was part of the pride they took in living there (that's what they tell Americans anyway).

If you get out to the smaller cities outside Toronto they're very nice and green. We took the tour boat in one place and the recorded voice wouldn't shut up about how proud they were that the defenses they built kept the Americans out. Because they didn't try to invade.

Toronto has some really cool museums, one was in a house that had some of the first telephones ever installed in a residence. Toronto also has a neat city flag.