Tourism Alberta took over the Toronto Harbour Front for the long weekend and I couldn't be more excited! I would LOVE to go to Calgary on vacation but since that might not happen anytime soon, they came to us and we made a date of it. We parked at City Hall and were about to walk to the Harbour but it was kinda chilly and Mr.All-Canadian was in shorts, flip flops, and a shirt so we stopped at Abercrombie for a hoodie (I was a little chilly too and wanted to warm up). After warming up and not finding a hoodie that he liked, we headed out to Harbour Front because Ian swore he wasn't cold (definitely saw him shiver a few times). Turns out Toronto, Alberta wasn't expecting a lot of people because by the time we got there (1 hour after it started) they had run out of some freebies (these really cute cowboy hats and Alberta food samples). We got to do this thing called Occulus which was a giant pair of goggles that put right in Alberta's landscape which made me want to go even more!
From there we headed right to the contest booth to enter to win a trip to Alberta for the Stampede (i hope we win!)
So I am really scared of horses and I know it wasn't a real horse but it still freaked me out so Ian stood in alone for a picture:
But then a Calgary cowboy dude came over and insisted on a picture with the both of us:
And I had a mini panic attack right after:
Since that was it for the Calgary thing, we went over to the Circus event going on for the kids on the next stage over. We made it just in time for a Canadian Hockey Circus that I really didn't want to stay for, but my Canadian hubby loves hockey so much, we stayed for the whole show!
Ian was louder than all the kids there and was more excited than them too so the performer definitely noticed him!
Ian became part of his show by giving him a hockey stick (at the same time I started moving away from the crazy grown up with the hockey stick...)
And then he got up on stage...
While we were at Harbour Front, we got a text from my aunt with pictures of my cousin Giovanni's graduation from medical school! So we sent him this:
My favourite place in the city and my favourite person in the world:
From Harbour Front, we stopped by the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. I had always wanted to try it and it was SO pretty inside! Very vintage and I absolutely loved it although I spent the whole time sitting next to this super creepy photo:
We both ordered spaghetti (obviously) and I couldn't finish mine so Ian had to step in and finish both bowls of pasta
After one and a half bowls of pasta, Ian was ready for a nap :p
Our dinner came with a scoop of ice cream which was SO yummy!
