CNE Trip
Yesterday, my friend Sandy and I, took a day trip the CNE in Toronto. It was my first time there. We had a great time! A much needed break away from the problems of last week. It was fun to go out, and just wander around looking at the different exhibits. I took the digital camera, and I took 5 pics in total. All at Ontario Place(there was free admission with your ticket from the EX). Nothing really worthwile in posting, but I'll post a couple of pics I took of the Chinese Lantern Exhibit. We also got to see a Human Cannonball, that was pretty cool. I was going to try to take a couple of pics of him, but was too busy covering my ears when the cannon went off.
It was also my first time using Go Transit. Which is amazing easy to use! I was impressed! No hesitations on taking it again. Cheap, easy to use, and fast! We left Aldershot at 10:55am by bus for Burlington, then hopped(Read: RAN for our lives, our train was leaving in like 2 minutes) on the train in Burlington, and were walking through the front gates of the CNE at 12:10. Coming home on the other hand, was much longer. First, we weren't sure what time the train left, so we went and waited on the platform, along with about 200 other passengers. When the train rolled up, it was like a 90% off sale, people pushing, shoving, all fighting for seats. Luckily, we managed to get 2 seats, across from each other. Neither one of the people beside us were very friendly. As soon as it started to thin out at the various stops, we moved. Then we were held up at the one stop, due to a passenger having a medical emergency, couldn't have been too serious, we were only stopped about 10 minutes. Oh yeah, very, very friendly GO operator on the way back, he obviously enjoyed his job, you could tell from the sound of his voice. Once we got back to Burlington, we once again, had to bus it back to Aldershot, with a packed bus, at least we were among the first few people to figure out which bus we needed, so we were rewarded with our choice of seats.
All in all, a very fun day, exhausting, but fun. Would I go back again? I'm not sure. It was good, but not spectacular by no means. It was like a bigger version of a country fair, except with a few thousand more people.
It was also my first time using Go Transit. Which is amazing easy to use! I was impressed! No hesitations on taking it again. Cheap, easy to use, and fast! We left Aldershot at 10:55am by bus for Burlington, then hopped(Read: RAN for our lives, our train was leaving in like 2 minutes) on the train in Burlington, and were walking through the front gates of the CNE at 12:10. Coming home on the other hand, was much longer. First, we weren't sure what time the train left, so we went and waited on the platform, along with about 200 other passengers. When the train rolled up, it was like a 90% off sale, people pushing, shoving, all fighting for seats. Luckily, we managed to get 2 seats, across from each other. Neither one of the people beside us were very friendly. As soon as it started to thin out at the various stops, we moved. Then we were held up at the one stop, due to a passenger having a medical emergency, couldn't have been too serious, we were only stopped about 10 minutes. Oh yeah, very, very friendly GO operator on the way back, he obviously enjoyed his job, you could tell from the sound of his voice. Once we got back to Burlington, we once again, had to bus it back to Aldershot, with a packed bus, at least we were among the first few people to figure out which bus we needed, so we were rewarded with our choice of seats.
All in all, a very fun day, exhausting, but fun. Would I go back again? I'm not sure. It was good, but not spectacular by no means. It was like a bigger version of a country fair, except with a few thousand more people.
posted by Shayne's Blog at 6:47 PM
1 Comments:
Yo Brotha! Sounds like it wasn't a bad way to spend a day off. I'm glad your first "Go" experience was a good one! Well, I miss ya, we'll see you soon I'm sure :)
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