Ok, so I have been really busy for the last month and have not be wanting to make a long huge post about my great trip to Toronto to see the musical Wicked and attend Medieval Times. But I finally have some time and I feel like writing a lot today.
So, lets start back a month ago. Amy, Julie and Eric arrived at my place around 10 to pick me up for the long trip to T-dot. We all got packed into the small Hyundai and I set up my GPS on my laptop so we knew where we were going. It was about a 2 and a half hours drive but we arrived at our Hotel without that must of a problem. We checked in around 1 o’clock and then brought our stuff up the the room on the 14th floor. Well it was really the 13th floor, but I don’t wanna get into that. So we claimed beds and set our stuff where we were going to sleep. Julie was asked not to sleep with Eric by her Boy Friend, so I was asked to sleep in the same bed as him. I thought about it because I really wanted to spend time with Amy and sleep in the same bed as her since we love to cuddle with each other. I gave it some thought but declined because I do not get to see much of Amy.
We had a few hours to kill before the musical that night. So we went to the Eaton Center which was a few blocks down from where we were staying and right across from the Cannon Theater. We toured the mall for a while and walked around here and there before we walked back to our hotel room to get changed for the musical. We had planned to do so many things that we had to hold off on some of them till the next day. So we all go ready and made it a few minutes late after the doors opened. Gladly it still takes some time before they let us go to our seats, so we were not all that late. Unfortunately none of us had a camera so there were no pictures taken of the inside. The play was about 3 hours long and a lot better then I thought it was going to be. I give the writer credit because this was a well done play. I had a few questions because not everything matched with the movie The Wizard of Oz, but other then that it was great. Amy will go on for hours about everything so I will spare everyone the major and minor details other then the fact that this play is defiantly worth seeing.
We got home later that night and went right to bed since we had lots to do in the morning before the Medieval Times later in the evening. We got up bright and early, 9 o’clock (for four 20/21 year olds, thats early) and got ready to walk around Chinatown for the afternoon. Go look out from the CN tower and take a ride on the subway in Toronto. We also wanted to take a ride on the tram, but we were not able to find the time to do it. We walked the entire trip of about 10 or 15 blocks. It was cold out but walking around really helped to keep us warm. Well me at least because everyone else was still cold from being so skinny (Chalk one up for heavy people). We went into various stores in Chinatown and then made our way to the CN Tower. We walked around the dome for a bit and stood on the glass floor. I was scared at first being as heavy as I am, I did not want to be the first guy to fall through, but I read later in the dome, that it can support up to 14 full grown hippo’s. And since I don’t weight one full grown hippo, I went back and walked on it. We made our way out of the CN Tower and stopped for a hot dog from the street vendors. Nothing is better then a street vendor hot dog or sausage. MMmmmm good. After we walked and ate our food,we made our way to Union station and hopped on the Subway to College street which was a block from our hotel. We got back to our hotel and rested a bit before we left for Medieval Times.
We ended up being about a half hour late because we did not judge how far we were properly and got lost on a maze of roads. The good thing about it is that they make you wait an hour before they let you in to your tables. So we only waited a few minutes. We were to cheer for the blue Knight and since we paid the extra $7 dollars, we got front row seats. The Tournament was awesome and I ended up losing my voice I was cheering so loud. Sadly though, our Knight lost because he was kicked in the nuts by the Black & White Knight then was cut open. It was too bad because he was doing really well. The Red & Yellow Knight ended up with the Princess and killing the bad guy. It’s different every time so you never know if you are going to be with the winning Knight or not. We met with all the actors afterwords and realized that our Knight was huge. He must have been about 6 foot 5 or something like that. He was really nice and let us get a picture with him. I ended up using my entire disposable camera at the event. It was the best time I have had in a LONG time. We made our way back to the hotel and went to sleep almost right away as we wanted to head out by 10 am because it was a 5 hours drive back to Ottawa for everyone.
We got up the next morning and signed out and got back on the road. We were going to stop off in Kingston long the way to drop me off, but I was able to spend the weekend at Amy’s place so we all drove right on to Ottawa. This was my first trip with friends only and it was SOOO much fun. I cannot recommend enough to people to just go on a two or more day trip with some friends and just do everything you can. It was a great relaxation from school and everything else. Amy does not believe me when I tell her I really liked the musical Wicked, but I think that is because I am not as excited about it as she is. I keep telling her that I really liked it, but I would not pay 100 to see it again because it’s too expensive. If it was $25 to $50, then I might think about it. Good times were had by everyone and it really makes me want another trip some time soon. If I can muster the money together, I really wanna to back to Oromocto with Amy to visit some of my old friends. But who know when I will be able to get the money and the time to leave again.
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