I am back!! Today has been very interesting. I woke up at 5 am, caught the 6am 7C to Kitchener Transportation Centre to catch the 6:30 Greyhound to Toronto. To my surprise, we arrived at 8 am (the driver did say it's b/c of New Year's Eve, otherwise regularly it's minimum 2 hours, bad for my plan).
Then I just walked around the whole downtown area, both on the ground and under the ground many times to get the feeling. This is my first trip exploring our own downtown Toronto and I am impressed (I think it's way better than Detroit and there are at least people on the streets).
I was acting like a tourist, taking pictures of Toronto like I have never seen it before, and believe it or not, I paid my First visit to Eaton's centre as well and shopped. It's large, like American shopping centres, which is good for shopping but bad for walking. Anyway, spent $50 on clothes, McChicken for lunch @@, then headed home on a full 12:30 Greyhound bus.
New plan is, wake up around 5 am, drive down to Cambridge and park in the mall parking lot (i.e. free), then catch the earliest Greyhound bus to avoid "possible" delays in winter (the driver mentioned that on raining/snowing days, 3 hours is also possible ><). Let's see how this works out on Friday
Ha ha, you people must be amazed at why I would choose option instead of finding a closer place and avoid all those hazzles -> I am poor