We had our last meal in America for a while. Andrew found us a cool coffee shop called Roasting Plant. It’s a cute little place with a ton of coffee options. The only one who was slightly disappointed with their order was Tim. His cookie dough shake turned out to be a coffee cookie dough shake, but the coffee cake made up for it.
Today we entered a phone free zone. We know we used them a lot, but not having service or data, through us through a bit of a loop. Our phones are our primary map system, and by primary, we really mean only. We got a little turned around in Canada on the way to Toronto, but we made it to the hotel safe and sound, after a scenic drive through the Canadian farmland.
We checked into the hotel, and booked it to the park. We had a tour of the stadium set up with the Blue Jays, and we got there about 15 minutes late. Thankfully, they were still there waiting for us. We got to watch a bit of batting practice, and got a nice walking tour of the first few concourses. The roof of the Rogers Center was open so we could enjoy the beautiful day and our view of the CN tower.
We had a good view from our 500 level seats and the game was pretty entertaining and fairly short. The Blue Jays beat the Mets 8-0. We have seen this game twice, once in Toronto and once in New York and have gotten to see both teams win. Over the course of all three Toronto games we have seen over the last 4 days, we have seen the Blue Jays score 24 runs, which is huge!
During the game we had a seat visit from some of the Blue Jays staff to welcome us to our first Blue Jays game. As we might have mentioned before, Tim has been scoring every single game we have attended. Not just keeping track of who wins, but marking down every hit, run, out, walk and pitch in an official score book. It is very legit. Megan has been watching him for the last 20-some days, and she got to score half an inning to practice for her debut at the Phillies game.
This was our fourth inter-league game, and the AL and the NL were tied 2-2 in our personal records. This was also our last inter-league game of the trip.
After the game, we hit the streets of Toronto in search of pountine. We were told to try Smokes, and it was the right decision. For those of you who don’t know, pountine is a Canadian snack, consisting of fries covered in gravy and cheese curds. Pretty much the best snack ever. Smokes offered a lot of additional toppings as well so you could turn it into a pretty solid meal. We all loved it. Andrew topped his with caramelized onions, Megan had hers with bacon, Rebecca got traditional, and Tim got Smokes most popular topping: pulled pork.
No one left hungry, and after the walk back to the hotel, everyone was ready for a solid nights sleep.