Getting to Toronto

Third Day is an awesome band. I've had their song "Make Your Move" stuck in my head for a week now.

I'm off to Toronto for 11 days. It seems to be one of the nicer destinations for the NABC's lately. And one of the most expensive. But I'll be getting by pretty cheaply. Or rather, I'll be saving a ton on transportation and lodging so I can spend more on food and drinks. We're saving by flying into Buffalo, where flights are less than half of the cost of flying to Toronto, then bussing 3 hours (actually it took 4.5 for some unknown delays) from there to downtown Toronto (only $14 each way), and staying at a youth hostel for about 1/3 the cost of an average downtown Toronto hotel.

It's a little awkward that the hostel people put us in a room with teenage girls but really the bed rooms are for sleeping and nothing else - how it should be on a trip to Toronto. This place meets all the basic criteria I look for in a place to sleep on a trip: decently clean bathrooms, a bed, free wi-fi. It also seems to be in a really happening part of town. We checked in around 12:30am and were starving and thirsty. Fortunately there are numerous bars, restaurants, and night clubs just around the corner.

Now to go exploring, then chipotle, and bridge!