Saturday, May 17, 2008
Casa Loma
Today we walked to Casa Loma. Its an estate by Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. I think he's a spendthrift.. and its dumb cos he has to leave his castle home after living there for less than 10 yrs due to financial problem.. Then the government bought it at a really low price... The whole place was really huge with many rooms.. We spent quite long there taking photos..
On the way there i spotted this sign we won't see in s'pore, i think our's is 'keep left'.. (Ngian Xin trying to 'qiang jing tou' wif her fingers):
At the entrance there its already very beautiful and windy :
A couple was there for their wedding photos shoot.. They wore those victorian costumes to blend in with the castle.. quite cool =)
Casa Loma:
The grand hall in this 'castle':
The rich man who built it: Sir Henry Mill Pellatt
One of the many many many huge bedrooms:
The room that i like best is the toilet of Sir Pillatt. Its supposed to be the most advanced at that time in Canada. Its quite interesting. especially the shower. It got 6 taps at the side so that the water can spray at him everywhere -_-"' Actually this feel like sth we have in the sci lab in sec sch in case anybody caught fire..
intro and sketch abt this 'super shower' thing:
I can't really confirm wat's this short short thing cos there's alr a toilet bowl which look abt the same as wat we use now:
We also get to climb this super narrow 1 way spiral staircase to reach the top tower of the castle. U have to wait to see that nobody is climbing down then u can climb up.. so its a long queue to get up and get down.. i don like tat staircase.. i think they discriminate against fat ppl cos
i seriously don think they can squeeze up tat narrow staircase.. But the view from the tower is not bad.. can see the city skyline.. but can't be compared to the view from e CN tower la..
Jiali and valerie getting down the staircase carefully:
There's also this long tunnel tat's really eerie and cold tat will lead us to the potting shed and stable.
Me and jiali in the tunnel:
On the way, there is a furnace used in the past.. The amount of coal used was crazy.. :
The stable for their prized horses:
posing wif the knight in shining armour:
last shot of the castle before we leave for Honest Ed's to buy groceries (again):
There are still many group photos in the others' camera.. shall upload them after i get from them =)
xoxo, clover ; 1:05 PM
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taking a rest outside the stable:
Pictures taken at the super huge garage, no cars to see though:
they plan the route using this old map of toronto? :
