{"id":14289,"date":"2018-04-23T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T04:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14289"},"modified":"2018-04-18T06:23:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T10:23:55","slug":"t-is-for-toronto-2018-atoz-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14289","title":{"rendered":"T is for Toronto ~ 2018 #AtoZ Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14241\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/T.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/T.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/T-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">T is for Toronto<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2018 #AtoZ Challenge<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d212484.1074721765!2d-79.66311132165374!3d43.666359494048926!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x89d4cb90d7c63ba5%3A0x323555502ab4c477!2sToronto%2C+ON!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1520628580108\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re back in Canada and the City of Toronto today for T is for Toronto in the #AtoZ Challenge. Today the city takes in a number of boroughs and is known as the GTA (greater Toronto area).<\/p>\n<p>The city has many museums, galleries and parks. It is also home to the CN Tower. In recent years, they&#8217;ve added the tower walk, where you get harnessed up and can walk around the exterior of the tower near the top. Yikes! Not for me.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14493\" style=\"width: 2337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto.jpg\" alt=\"T is for Toronto\" width=\"2337\" height=\"1551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto.jpg 2337w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/toronto-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2337px) 100vw, 2337px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toronto from the ferry to Centre Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The white &#8216;dome&#8217; in the left of the photo is the Roger&#8217;s Centre, formerly known as the SkyDome. The Toronto Blue Jays play baseball here. During the most recent ice storm, the roof was damaged which forced the delay of the ballgame by one day.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto even has its own castle! Located in the heart of the city stands <a href=\"http:\/\/casaloma.ca\" target=\"blank&quot;\">Casa Loma<\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/62\/Flickr_-_paul_bica_-_casa_loma.jpg\" alt=\"T is for Toronto\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">By paul (dex) bica from toronto, canada (casa loma) [CC BY 2.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T is for Toronto 2018 #AtoZ Challenge We&#8217;re back in Canada and the City of Toronto today for T is for Toronto in the #AtoZ Challenge. 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