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You’re Going to Love Toronto

If you walk outside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre during the General Conference Session next June, you’ll find hot dog venders on the sidewalk —with veggie hot dogs!  The hot dogs have a little tang and zip from a pleasing blend of spices.  And they’re longer than the bun!

You’re going to love Toronto.

Suppose it rains one day during GC Session.  If you can dash across the street to the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, you can then walk 15-20 blocks underground.  Toronto has a great underground pathway that lets you walk all over downtown and stay out of the elements.

You’re going to love Toronto.

Toronto is clean, safe, and convenient.  People walk down city streets that are free of litter and trash at all hours of the day until late at night.  There’s a subway system that’s inexpensive and efficient , and it’s just one block from the Convention Centre.  There’s Eaton Centre, a spacious, wonderful shopping mall that’s just a 15-minute walk from the SkyDome. 

Restaurants abound in the downtown area, and the menus routinely feature vegetarian choices.  The restaurants range from inexpensive fast-food facilities to elegant fine dining, and most will be adding additional vegetarian choices to their menus just for GC Session.  (And of course, the largest vegetarian restaurant in the world, at least for the 10 days of GC Session, will operate in the Convention Centre providing inexpensive and healthful meals to delegates and visitors.)

Within just a few blocks of the SkyDome is a symphony hall, the Lake Ontario waterfront, an excellent public library, the Toronto central train station, and almost all of the hotels used by GC Session delegates.

You’re going to love Toronto. 

What kind of a city is Toronto?

• Toronto is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world.  People from every continent and more than 100 nations live in Toronto.  There are newspapers in more than 40 languages, ranging from Arabic to Chinese, from Italian to Portuguese.  Neighborhoods along Bloor Street feature Ghanian stores in one block, then Jamaican stores two blocks further down the street.
• Toronto has about 4 million residents.  This big city has almost every product available and service offered that you can imagine.  Medical care is among the best in the world.  Financial centers can fund massive building projects and change your foreign currency.  Need service for a computer?  No problem.  This is one of the best communities in the world for meeting your needs.
• Toronto has plenty of recreational things to do, if you can tear yourself away from the GC Session.   Niagara Falls is approximately 75 miles away.  Toronto Island is less than a mile away from the SkyDome, but it could just as well be 500 miles from the hustle and bustle of downtown.  The Ontario Centre is a little more than a mile away, but can provide a pleasant day’s entertainment like Disney World — at a much more attractive price.  The Ontario Science Centre, art museums and galleries, downtown fountains and performing arts centers, and other places will tempt you.

Restaurants with veggie-friendly menus, family outings and activities, convenience for shopping and finances, safety and cleanliness.  You’re going to love Toronto! [Kermit Netteburg]