Toronto Weekend Whereabouts


The details from last weekend are coming to you a little late since I was in Canada for a long weekend family reunion. I love visiting Toronto in the summer and this year was our family picnic so it was the perfect opportunity to make my way up there. My sister picked me up from the airport on Friday afternoon and we all went to the adults cocktail party that evening.


The family picnic was on Saturday so we gathered at a beautiful park to have some lunch followed by our traditional family photo plus some more of the different generations. The rest of the day was filled with different sports and then cooling down at the ice cream truck.





 
That evening my (immediate) cousins went out for dinner and drinks at Hungry Brew Hops in the cute downtown area of New Market. My sister and I shared their homemade "Woodsy" pizza (mushrooms, mozzarella, roasted garlic, truffle balsamic) which was amazing!



I stayed the weekend at my cousin's house and her pup, Pepper, was the sweetest little companion in the mornings while having some coffee.



Sunday was really my only free day to explore Toronto so a few of us started the day with some dim sum in Chinatown.



We then headed to the Distillery District in Toronto to walk around the local market and check out some boutique shops. The weather was warm but comfortable, and a nice break from the sauna heat in Florida!







While walking through the cute cobblestone streets I spotted a familiar face and it was a good friend of mine from high school who now lives in Toronto. How random is that? Such a small world sometimes.


On Monday it was time to make the trek back home. My sister drove me to the airport after one last stop at Tim Horton’s for some coffee.

It was a wonderful trip and time spent with family, but...you probably already know what I’m going to say…it was TOO SHORT!

17 comments

  1. I've never been to Canada, but it looks beautiful! And looks like a wonderful time :)

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  2. What a great weekend! Love your family picture - so many people which is so awesome!

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  3. What a great family-- I love that you guys make the time to do this every few years. I haven't been to Toronto since like 8th grade & I don't remember anything, so I'd love to go back as an adult, it looks like you had such a good time!

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  4. Wow! Look at all that family, how awesome you can all get together and do this! Your trip
    Sounds so great. Glad you enjoyed it!

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  5. I love that your family does this every few years, we've talked about it but no one ever takes the initiative to plan it. I may have to take the reins on this and plan something up in Cape Cod one summer (where we all used to go every year). YUM to Tim Hortons and how funny that you ran into an old friend from high school!
    Green Fashionista

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  6. So awesome to run into someone you know in a foreign city.

    The reunion looks great!

    Love that LOVE sign.

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  7. It looks like the reunion was a great success!

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  8. oh my goodness - that pizza looks and sounds amazing! love the love sign, and how weird/awesome that you bumped into someone you knew in a foreign city. how cool!

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  9. What a great time! Reunions are the best! Looks like a fun trip was had by all.

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  10. What an awesome little trip and that's one huge reunion!! Love the distillery district and dim sum at china town!

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  11. How fun!! I'm going to Toronto next May so I may have to pick your travel brain for ideas, lol!! Have a fabulous weekend gorgeous!!

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  12. What a fun trip!!! I love that your family gets together to do this kind of stuff, our family quit doing reunions after the oldest generation passed. It sort of makes me sad. It looks like you got some site seeing/tasting in as well which is awesome! And too cool you ran into someone who you went to hs with!!! Hope you have a great weekend!

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  13. What a fun weekend! I love that you have family reunions, so fantastic. That is so funny you ran into someone you knew in another country. So fun! I'm in love with that love sign.

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  14. WoW!!!! I'm amazed at how many people show up for your family reunions... and I LOVE it!!! It looks like you guys had a blast!! So glad that you were able to make the trip even if it was too short. ;)

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  15. Love this!! What a great reunion. I love Toronto!

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  16. what a blast!!! I haven't ever been to Toronto but I would love to go. Family reunion looks all kind of happy.

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  17. That's so awesome that y'all have such a huge family reunion with your family! I'm sure that it was fun to see everybody and play some games while also getting to explore Toronto as well. That's too funny that you ran into somebody from school while you were there too!

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