Toronto's district: Beaches

Toronto is on the lake Ontario, one of the five big lakes of North America, a "small lake" of 19000 km squared. Actually it is the smallest of the 5, but it's the 14th big lake in the world.

In this area there are more than 2 km of white beach, where during the summer it is possible to take a bath of sun or swim.

The lake is so big that it seems to be at the seaside, you can't see the other coast of the lake for km.

During the summer there are beach-volley courts and an outdoor swimming pool. Near the lake there are also bicycle and rollerblade paths.

To arrive at the beaches you have to take the subway and get off at Woodbine station and than get on the bus 92 that arrives at the beaches.

Toronto's district: Chinatown

As we said the city is very big, so you need time to visit every single corner. So every time that we visit a district of the city we'll write a post in the blog.

Today we tell you about Chinatown.

In Toronto there are 2 Chinatown: one in the downtown (the one we are going to talk about) and the other one in Missisuaga a Toronto's suburb.

What to say about Chinatown... it seems to be really in China!!!

Suddenly, you are the only european among only chinese people. The names of the shops are written in Chinese, and they are are full of things. The big sidewalks that you can find in Toronto, here become narrow, as they are full of things and people.

Prices are very cheap, and if you want you can also cut your hair for 7$.

I think you have to visit this part of the city, because it doesn't seem to be still in Toronto.

Supermarket

Doing shopping in Toronto is not a problem, you can find a lot of shops and malls everywhere.
For the food, we can suggest you Nofrills, Valumart and Basic Food, they are quite cheap and you can find whatever you want.

There is also an other market, Saint Laurence market, that is not a supermarket, but it's an indoor market with real little shops sending meet, fish, fruit, vegetables and all kind of spices.

If you want to buy cheap fruit and vegetable you have to go to ChinaTown, things are good and very cheap. The biggest Chinatown is near downtown, but there are other areas that can be consider little Chinatown in the city, for example Gerrald street east.

Toronto is an international city, so it's easy to find product from all over the world, also in the supermarkets. So if you like ethnic cuisine, here you are in the right place!