DAY 2 : ROYAL ONTORIO MUSEUM

Grabbing a bottle of water, we headed to Little India in Toronto , to a Indian Restaurant called SIDDARTHA. It was recommended in our City Pass. Since it was close we opted to go there.We had a wonderful buffet there with 5 dishes + Naan , plain rice, varities of sweet, chutneys, raitas, veggies, fruits and salad.

HAving finished a wonderful meal, we were in an oscillation of where to go next. Ravi wanted to finish CN Towers today,but since the climate was not favouring us, we decided to go with ROYAL ONTORIO MUSEUM . There was no specific in front parking for ROM, so we had to park it far off in a public parking lot and walk all the way to ROM. It was a little bit comming to extinct in terms of my energy.

We showed our CITY PASS Tickets at the counter.

Ravi was asked to leave his camera bag behind in the cloak room. (The Kangaroo has to go in without his pouch.!!! )

We were given this clip on to be pinned to our shirts.

So we are valid visitors.© 2008 SarathaRavi

The Museum was enormous and huge and 1 and half hour isnt enough to complete the tour.

ABOUT THE ROM

ROM ( As its commonly Known as ) is known for its natural history and world culture.

The Building speaks for itself. It is the largest museum in CANADA,containing more than six million items and over 40 galleries.

It is situated North of Queen's Park.

Some parts of the building are currently under renovation.

There were around 3 expansions since it opened on March 14th, 1914.

The First Level of the building comprises of

Library Archives

Shanghai 1860-1949

Museum Store

Samual Hall where there were preps going on for "MUNK DEBATES"

Hilary and Galen Weston Wing.

Knowing more about all these levels comprised of an audio tour too.. Just like CASA LOMA we get prerecorded information about each level

the only difference being u'd need to rent it whereas in CASALOMA we get it inclusive of the tour.

The Level 2 had exhibits of Dinosaurs. But more than that what was interesting is, there was a shooting going on for some French Channel , maybe about the Museum or something. The Host had to say the lines over and over again till there was a good shot. Poor Lady!!

Level 3 comprised of the Asian,African,European Zones.Their themes and Collections.

There was Out from Under: Disability,History,and Things to Remember. We didn't get much time to visit all this as it was nearing close time.

The other levels comprised of Contemprary cultures and Food Court.

We skipped the exhibits that we normally find in any and every museum. We visited the ASIAN Exhibits, DARWIN's EVOLUTION (which was complimentary with our CITY PASS.)

Our Ticket to the Museum .

We tried getting something from ROM, but since it was almost close time, we didn't get much time to look around. Plus, there seemed nothing that interesting to me to take home. So just ended up with a Fridge Magnet.

We came out of the museum at its closing time, 5.30 pm and we started our drive back to the hotel. We drove cross the CN towers to get its closer glimpse and we were offered free view of the ROGERS CENTRE TOO which was near the CN Towers. ("OK thats for another day")

We headed back to the hotel and on the way we got ourselves some juice, water, banana..etc. On our way back, we have to cross the WELLAND CANAL like yesterday. There was a signal and our vehicles were stopped. Why?? The Bridge tore apart and a big Ship had to cross the bridge across the Canal. The operation of the road breaking up and joining itself again was just marvellous!!

Headed back to the hotel, freshened up, had our Delicious Delights. With our second day comming to an end, I finished my part a bit early too!! (Noting down my blog!!)

So what am I waiting for?? Tuck into Bed Early!!

Click Here for Official site of ROM

Overall Rating: 3/5 ( could have been 4 if we had enough time!)

© 2008 SarathaRavi