How high?!

Toronto, what a fascinating city, from architecture, to people, and culture. Today we experienced just that.

we all woke up nice and early and 4 headed off to the CN tower, the CN tower is 553.33 meters high, with 11 elevators, and 1776 steps inside! This is also home to the Skypod, the highest observation platform in the western hemisphere, 447 meters off the ground.

116 stories off the ground is the home of the Edgewalk, which allows individuals to walk around the outside of the tower.

Today, some of Team Canada experienced this up close and personal, 3 students and one staff member completing the Walk. we were briefed on safety, harnessed in and taken to the floor of the walk, where the fun began.

One by one we stepped out onto the edge, the view of Toronto was out of this world, we took it in turns to lean over the edge and look down.

I am so proud of everyone who completed the walk today, what an achievement!

After hearing about how great the walk was, another staff member and student have decided to give the edge walk a try - so look out for that in future posts!

The other students came along to the CN Tower to support those doing the walk, watching from the camera's below. Then we had the opportunity to go to the Skydome, which again, was amazing - although, you could feel this sway in the wind!

" Today we had an action-packed day again. We first went to the CN tower for the exciting opportunity to see the views which really opened my eyes to how big the city actually was and how different our home is and that we have so much more to learn about cultures and the people that we have and haven’t met but I am excited for the opportunity to do so but the views of the city and the lakes were absolutely breath taking and just made me want to explore more and more. "- Connor Gibb

Then.. off for lunch, we all attended the Rec Room for lunch together as a group, trying out different and new foods, which were enjoyed by everyone! We even met Spiderman outside who - gave students a fright by lifting them off the ground a laugh for all.

"We had a small stop at an old railway station which is now been refurbished into a restaurant but the building outside is still very original looking as it has trains and train carriages and rails still in the ground. However, the building’s interior had been completely renovated and modernised to a precise standard that was classy yet not overwhelming. The staff were great as well, they were friendly and patient but good with us " - Connor Gibb

We then headed back across the road to the Aquarium, we spent many hours walking around observing the different species of sea creatures, the turtles, stingrays and sharks were a favourite! We had the opportunity to look at some historic tools used by the First Nations and Indigenous Individuals of Canada.

We even got to touch a stingray!

Rupert enjoying watching how the Aquarium is powered.

Downtime was then enjoyed by the students, some headed out to watch some live music in the distillery district, - and even tried Crickets!!! Others found the 'Toronto' Sign, and posed for photos.