INTERNeX Canada: Casual Friday

A Secret place to discover

Hi everyone! How is your Friday going? Maybe, thinking in the weekend? Probably yes.

Today I want to tell you about one awesome place that Mercedes and I discovered yesterday. We were looking for a place to eat and suddenly we saw a little hidden place between two supermarkets: London Drugs and Nesters Market (Abbott St with Hastings St).

It’s a little square with picnic tables to eat and take a rest, and a basketball zone. Very lighting and comfortable. Have a look at the pictures and judge by yourselves!

Vancouver has a large amount of hidden places, but you are lucky, we are here to discover them for you.

Shhhh!

Clara.

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com

Toronto’s hidden attractions

Hello hello!

Are you in Toronto and you have been visiting all the famous tourist attractions?  If you already did all that stuff you should immerge into Toronto’s local culture to visit all the hidden spots the city has to offer and you normally do not know about. There are all more than worth visiting.
I found a great website that states 25 great things to do that YOU as a tourist normally would not find that easy.
In case you like to live the extreme way you probably can even do all of them… 😉
Here they are:

1.    Lie face down on the glass floor at the CN Tower
2.    Sit upstairs at Union Station during rush hour
3.    Skate at Nathan Phillips Square
4.    Tour the Steam Whistle Brewery
5.    Have a hot chocolate at Soma in The Distillery District
6.    Do a bike tour of Toronto Island
7.    Go shopping at Honest Ed’s
8.    Walk the boardwalk at The Beach
9.    Go to Yonge-Dundas Square
10.    Dine at a famous chef’s place
11.    Take a city walking tour
12.    Get out of the downtown core
13.    Ride the  501 Queen streetcar
14.    Go shopping in Chinatown
15.    Have a coffee in Kensington Market
16.    Window shop in Yorkville
17.    Eat corn on the sidewalk in Little India in the summer
18.    Take a train ride through High Park
19.    Walk the entire PATH
20.    Check out a local band
21.    Sample honey at St. Lawrence Market
22.    Tour the CBC building
23.    Eat Souvlaki on The Danforth
24.    Have dinner in Little Italy
25.    Read in the garden at Casa Loma
For more information about all the different things to do, check out Toronto’s official website
-> here.

Cheers and have a great weekend,

George

Free Toronto Event!

FREE, FREE, FREE! You heard me! For those of you in Ontario’s capital, don’t miss out on the city’s Doors Open Toronto event taking place May 29 and 30, 2010. One weekend, once a year, 150 bulidings of architectural historic, cultural and social significance open their doors to the public for a city-wide celebration.

The program allows visitors free access to properties that are either not usually open to the public, or would normally charge an entrance fee. Many locations have organized guided tours, displays and activities to enrich the visitor experience.

Participating buildings include heritage landmarks, modern structures, hidden gems, green roofs, places of worship, halls of learning, boardrooms, bedrooms, breweries, lighthouses, mansions, museums, theatres, national historic sites, centres of rail travel, cemeteries, factories, banking halls, architects’ offices and more.

Doors Open Toronto invites you to get to know the city, whether you’ve lived in Toronto all your life or you’re visiting for the first time. See Toronto like you’ve never seen it before!

This event is free, so I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to go!

Click here for a list of the participating structures, or get your Doors Open Toronto program guide in the Thursday, May 27 issue of the Toronto Star.

Have fun and let us know on Facebook what you thought of the event!

Cheers,

Laura