Chapter 898: Toronto Travels II

For the itinerary of the second day, compared to those attractions in Toronto, Cheng Shiqing recommends some charming towns around Toronto.

Li Zehan and the others also agree with her ideas very much, and they are more inclined to these places than the bustling cities.

After some discussion, Li Zehan and their first stop today decided to go to Elora, a small town in the upper reaches of the Grand River, more than an hour's drive from Toronto.

At less than half past seven the next morning, Li Zehan and the others had already finished breakfast and were ready to travel.

"Zehan, how many pairs of pants did you bring today?" Looking at Li Zehan, who was still wearing trousers, Olivia asked Li Zehan teasingly.

"Bring three strips, so you don't have to worry about that. Li Zehan glanced at her helplessly and said.

"When you take a picture of us today, you don't have to be decent like you did yesterday. Kim Tae-hee said to Li Zehan.

"Let's see. Li Zehan said with a smile.

Today's position as the driver continues to be held by Cheng Shiqing, the tour guide, but looking at her not very energetic appearance, Li Zehan and the three of them are a little worried.

"Why don't I drive it, anyway, there is navigation, you can rest on the road for a while. Li Zehan said to Cheng Shiqing.

"Shiqing, have you stayed up all night to prepare for today's itinerary?" Kim Tae-hee asked as he looked at Sung Shiqing.

"It must have been a late night. Before Cheng Shiqing could speak, Olivia said firmly.

"It's not enough to stay up late, I go to bed at two o'clock. Cheng Shiqing said defensively.

"It's already a late night, okay? Li Zehan raised his hand and probed her forehead and said.

"Shiqing, don't be reckless, let Zehan come to us as a driver, you can be a better guide for us if you have enough spirit, right? Kim Tae-hee said earnestly to Cheng Shiqing.

Cheng Shiqing was entangled for a while, but nodded, and then handed the car keys to Li Zehan.

After setting up the navigation, Li Zehan and the four of them set off for Elora, the first destination of the day.

It was about 116 kilometers west along 401, and in less than an hour and a half by car, Li Zehan and his team arrived at their destination smoothly.

Because of its special geographical location, the canyon town of Elora integrates natural landscapes with human history. The town is like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the mountains and lakes are quiet and picturesque, and the canyon rapids are imposing, with the title of the most beautiful town in Ontario, it is a popular choice for wedding photography.

The town is 180 years old and is known for its old limestone buildings.

The name Elora was chosen by the town's founder, William Gilgiesen, based on his brother's ship number, the Elora, which in turn came from the Elora Caves in southern India.

The two brothers returned from service in India, and when they came to Ontario, they named it Elora.

The extreme contrast between the old limestone buildings and the blue sky can inadvertently tell the past and present of this ancient town.

Due to the gathering of artists, it is inevitable that many art galleries will be born in this town, so you can't ignore the galleries and various exhibition rooms on the street in Elora Town, because they tell not only the beauty of this town but also the different customs contained in this town.

The limestone buildings of Main Street, which are more than 100 years old, are antique buildings and of course a postcard of the town.

Canadians who like to preserve antiquities are sure to preserve every building as much as possible to make it work, and souvenir shops, boutiques, cafes and restaurants are all in these ancient buildings.

Push the door and enter each small shop, and you can feel the charm of the century-old building with different repercussions.

"It seems that the memory of the few memory cards brought today will be occupied by all kinds of photos. After parking the car in the parking lot and getting out of the car with his things, Lee Taek-han said while taking a photo of Kim Tae-hee and the others with his camera.

"Isn't this inevitable, such a beautiful town, it would be a pity not to take some photos back. Kim Tae-hee cooperated with a few poses and took a photo of Lee Zehan and said.

"Let's go and take a good look around here later, but now it's imperative to find a café and order a cup of coffee so that Shiqing can refresh herself. Li Zehan pointed to Cheng Shiqing, who still had no spirit, and said.

Although she took a nap on the way here, because the rest time was too short, Cheng Shiqing became more tired than just now.

Kim Tae-hee and Olivia directly ignored Sung Shi-qing's words emphasizing that there was nothing wrong with them, and directly agreed to Lee Zehan's proposal.

After walking across an iron bridge not far from the parking lot, you will enter the town of Elora.

Along the banks of the Grand River, you can see well-preserved 19th-century limestone buildings, and some Venetian families feel like they live by the water.

The two longitudinal streets of the first traffic light across the iron bridge are the main sightseeing streets of the town.

The town's souvenir shops, coffee shops, restaurants, bars and ice cream parlors are next to each other, giving Li Zehan the feeling of being in the alleys of Europe.

After hesitating for a while among the few cafes apart, Li Zehan and the others chose the one that looked the most charming.

During the time when the order was over and waiting for the things they ordered to be delivered, Kim Tae-hee and Olivia were not idle, either taking selfies there, or pulling Li Zehan and Sung Shiqing to take a group photo.

Kim Tae-hee also stirred up SNS and uploaded a photo of himself with Olivia and Sung Shi-qing.

As for Li Zehan, this photo is from his hand, so it is very normal that he is not in it.

And Kim Tae-hee is already desperate for the brain replenishment ability of those domestic media, and he doesn't want to make up some outrageous reports when uploading photos of her and Lee Zehan to SNS.

After drinking coffee, Lee Taek-han was dragged by Kim Tae-hee and the others to an ice cream shop called REFIND.

This ice cream shop was specially recommended by Cheng Shiqing, who used to taste ice cream here when I came to play with my parents, and left a certain impression.

Although it is not good to eat ice cream early in the morning, today's hot weather made Kim Tae-hee and the three of them directly and selectively ignore this.

Li Zehan and the four of them bought several kinds of ice cream in this ice cream parlor to taste, took a nap in the shade of the trees in the courtyard, and then took pictures in front of the stone window with a sense of age, which was quite pleasant.

After leaving the ice cream shop, Li Zehan and the others officially entered the tourist mode and began to visit this beautiful town.

As they walked, Li Zehan and the four of them came to est Mill St, a commercial street built along the river.

A variety of unique shops are lined up here, which is constantly stimulating Kim Tae-hee and Olivia's shopping desires.

It took a lot of time for Li Zehan and Cheng Shiqing to resist the urge to enter the store for a shopping spree for the time being, and then come back to buy souvenirs after visiting the town.

At the corner of this street, Li Zehan and the four of them saw a map of the town and a photo wall.

There's also a locked doorknob on the photo wall, as if opening the door would turn back the clock.

There are 19th-century photographs of such a town, and you can see how much the pioneers of the town loved their homeland and worked hard to build it.

A hailstorm struck the area in 2000 and destroyed Elora's historic David Street Bridge, which today only looks like the piers and remnants of the pier in the Grand River.

The piers of the old bridge were built of limestone quarried locally.

Here, Li Zehan and the others also took a lot of photos, and because of the atmosphere, Kim Tae-hee, who served as a model, also took the literary route when taking photos.

The town is famous for its limestone buildings, but with the passage of time, it has long since ceased to be built with stone.

Therefore, in order to maintain this characteristic, only the stone wall facing the street was retained.

At the end of Mill st Street, the limestone façade has been remodeled with old houses.

The town is not very large, and you can walk around the tourist street in 10 minutes.

But sometimes it feels very big, and there are eye-catching and stop-watching scenery in every corner, and if you go to the small shop, drink a cup of coffee, and taste the delicacies, it will take you most of the day.

"You can think of this as one of the best places to get married when you're ready to take your wedding photos, and Elora has been voted one of the 10 best wedding spots in the world by the travel guide Lonely Planet. After shopping around the town's sightseeing streets, Olivia said to Lee Tae-han and Kim Tae-hee with an ambiguous expression.

"We'll think about it. Li Zehan said with a chuckle.

"There are so many places I want to go, and it can be a real headache when it comes to choosing. Kim Tae-hee said with a sigh.

Although they have enough financial resources to go everywhere they want to go, and take wedding photos in those places.

But neither Lee Chaekhan nor Kim Tae-hee could spare so much time, so they could only put more effort into choosing among those candidate locations.

When it was almost lunchtime, Li Zehan and his team went to LANDSHARK, a courtyard restaurant located on the corner of the street and rated as the most beautiful in the town.

The food wasn't amazing, but it was quite tasty, and the nice courtyard view added a lot to the restaurant.

When the meal was about to end, Lee Taekhan and Kim Tae-hee asked Sung Shiqing about the next itinerary.

"When you come to Elora, you can't help but see the canyon, so our destination is Victoria Park. Cheng Shiqing told her arrangement.

Anyway, if they get to Elora Gorge Park, if Li Zehan and they are also interested in Grand rive Canyon, they can go around in a circle and go there.

"Also, if you don't come here to see the famous canyon nearby, you will definitely leave a lot of regrets later. Kim Tae-hee nodded and said.

"You should find a place to change your pants, there are ziplines and rafting in the canyon, and wearing long pants is not a good choice. Cheng Shiqing said to Li Zehan.

"Then I'll go to the bathroom and change my pants. Li Zehan immediately stood up and said.

He's still interested in ziplining and rafting.

When Li Zehan came back after changing his pants, he chatted for a while, and the group checked out and left the restaurant.

Elora is best known for its canyon, a canyon of about 2 kilometers where you can see the limestone of the Ice Age.

The town's Victoria Park has an entrance to the canyon, and you can walk the forest trail on the top of the canyon for about 1 hour, you can overlook the canyon in all directions, and enjoy the rare canyon scenery while enjoying the natural oxygen bar.

There's a spot on the cliff called Lover's Leap. Legend has it that in 1870, a beautiful Indian woman jumped off a cliff in grief when she heard that her lover had been killed in a clan fight.

Later, people built stone stairs to commemorate love and commemorate the martyred woman. The stone steps go down 58 steps, and you can come to the bottom of the valley.

After Cheng Shiqing introduced this place to Li Zehan and the others, Kim Tae-hee and Olivia's attention was basically attracted by this place, and they decided to go there to have a look.

Descending to the bottom, it's a different story entirely. The water of the Irvine River below the valley flows shallowly and quietly before joining the Grand River. The cool water of the stream attracts many swimmers, and there are many tourists, stepping barefoot in the stream, quietly enjoying its lapping.

Known as the best photo shoot in Ontario, it was the site of a 2001 romantic American film, Angel Eyes.

On the other side of the cliff, there is a staircase that leads down to the bottom of the valley.

It's a paradise for drifters, and you can see a lot of brave people carrying big tires on their backs, or rubber boats released from here.

After accompanying Kim Tae-hee and them to Lover's Leap for a while, Lee Taek-han came here at the instigation of the three.

However, after coming here, the four found that there was no place to lend rubber boats and other things that could be used for rafting, and the four who were not prepared had to leave with a little embarrassment.

When they were shuttling through the forest, Li Zehan and the others saw a lot of Manno people.

Elora and aterloo are surrounded by a large number of Mano, who left Germany and the Netherlands for the Americas about 300 years ago due to religious conflicts, and migrated to Canada to escape the war during the Civil War, and Waterloo and the surrounding area became their largest settlement.

Their ancestors came here around 1800 and insisted on living in the countryside in order to maintain a close relationship within, not wanting the next generation to be influenced by modern society.

For hundreds of years, the Manoan people have lived in their own villages from sunrise to sunset, living a self-sufficient, tranquil, isolated, unchanging, simple farming and pastoral life, rejecting the modern way of life and, in many ways, distinctive.

People can tell by their clothing that they are Mano, because they live according to Bible instructions and do not wear modern clothing. They weave their own cloth, sew their own clothes, and wear the same clothes.

Men wear black hats and dark trousers, women wear long dresses of the same color, all in the same hairstyle, with a bun tied at the back of the head, and then a white or black turban wrapping the bun, and some wear a hat that wraps the head three times.

In winter, both men and women wear black capes and wrap their whole bodies.

The men wore beards on their chins and shaved off their lips, while the women did not use any ornaments or cosmetics and were always plain-faced.

By the age of 14, girls should take off their children's clothes, put on shawls and knee-length aprons, and dress like everyone else.

Cars had nothing to do with them, they used pure black carriages to travel, and in the torrent of cars and big trucks, their exquisite black carriages traveled on the gravel road on the side of the road.

More than an hour later, when Li Zehan and the others set foot on their return journey, they saw such a scene, which made Li Zehan and them feel very strange, but they also admired their persistence in their own racial traditions.

Originally, one of the other stops on their itinerary was to go to the only covered bridge in Ontario on the Grand River in the town of est Montrose, not far from Elora.

The bridge is known locally as the "Kissing Bridges" because the light inside the bridge is dim, and lovers can kiss safely when they enter the bridge, so the bridge also has this nickname.

Just for this name, Li Zehan wants to go.

However, Cheng Shiqing, who was a tour guide, was already drowsy at this time, and Olivia, whose boyfriend was not around, didn't really want to go there to find excitement, so the trip had to be canceled, and the four of them drove home.