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As luck would have it, there happened to be a transit strike in Toronto, so our plan to catch the subway to the CN Tower was effectively foiled. However, despite the giant backpacks slowly compressing our spines, the walk there was very enjoyable- we got to experience Kensington Market, Chinatown, the Financial District (and some square that made me think I was in Times Square, New York) and eventually, the tower itself. Another thing about travel is one often doesn't have time to do laundry, and packing tons of clothes is just not practical. So in Chinatown we found a 4 for 10$ shirt sale (there was a 7 for $10 one as well but that seemed risky), and we bought tacky Toronto shirts to last through the rest of the trip. More on this later...
The CN Tower was overpriced, but still very cool, and despite my mind screaming "You can't do that you idiot, there's nothing there!" I made it out onto the glass floor and took several pictures of my feet standing on nothing. We wandered down to Lake Ontario and visited some garbage eating swans afterward, then it was time to board The Corridor for Montreal.
I was expecting Urban sprawl between Toronto and Montreal, but what we got instead was lots of pleasant farm country, and a nice sunset as we arrived in Montreal.
Perhaps we had become too bold finding our hostel so easily in Toronto, because when we got to Montreal we were completely and utterly lost searching for a hostel which we weren't even sure existed. I'm not even sure to this day, because after wandering around Vieux Montreal with our backpacks and a ridiculously large map, we eventually gave up on finding it and headed to the Hostelling International (a good choice!). After that, we needed a beer, so we headed out to Rue Crescent which was buzzing because the Montreal Canadians had just won a game. It was amazingly warm and everybody was out on balconies - it was a great experience, and it made it very easy to sleep back at the hostel.
