Training Day Part 2...

...or Zombie Kitty Kawaii! (Mark 2) does Doors Open Toronto...
Ahhh...there's nothing like being a tourist in your own city, especially around the 3rd weekend of May when Toronto holds "Doors Open Toronto (DOTO)". What a great way to travel train Kitty Kawaii! by visiting a few of the many (over 200) places open to the public. Better yet! It's free!

Here's a little film I made of ZKK (Mark 2) and her visit to the Streetcar Yards on Saturday afternoon with the Boychild and I...

 http://youtu.be/d--9r9Pei-o

Sunday, we continued our escapade by hitting a few more DOTO sites;

First, it was the Wychwood Art Barns. The Wychwood Barns were formally an old Streetcar Barn, but have been since converted into artist spaces.Unfortunately, as it was Sunday, not many of the artists studios were open, but never mind...

Some of the old signs are still up...they must be a warning for something...

...yep! Warning of prickly weeds in an overgrown garden. Yowch!

Of course, this means it's time for lunch to sooth some nerves (mostly mine). Off we go to one of the European bakeries along St. Clair Ave.

ZKK (Mark 2) is still a little on the shy side. She tends to hide in the back of my bag; mind you, it's a convenient way to carry her around town. But, when the coffee shows up, well, that's another story...

...but, she seemed to like my husband's coffee better...

...and drank it all while he wasn't looking (he drinks it "black")...poor Pete!

Then, it was on to the Casa Loma Stables, which are part of Casa Loma, Toronto's only castle. It was built by Henry Pellatt  around 1912. You can read all about it here, if you like.

Kitty Kawaii! (Mark 2) wanted to go into the actual castle with the Boychild, but as they were charging a hefty fee,  she had to be satisfied with a photo in front of the Castle. We did go to the stables, which were free...

...ok, not as grand, but they do have some pretty cool features...

...the underground tunnels, which actually go into the Casa Loma (they were blocked off by some students who told us that we couldn't go all the way, unless we paid the fee.)...

...here we are trying to decide if we can "take" the guardian's of the tunnels...

...we decide to check out the "potting shed" instead...

...ZKK (Mark 2) seems to have something for plants. At least these ones aren't prickly or dangerous...

 ...but, she finds an old winter tire that still has it's chains on it.

We then decide to check out the grounds surrounding the stables. ZKK (Mark 2) wants to know "where the horses are". But, I don't have to heart to tell her that they've been dead for a hundred years...

...she forgets about all this, because she has made a new friend. She can't figure out why her new friend won't speak to her...not the brightest penny, as they say...

...ahhhh, but what is this? Another distraction! The gentleman running it tells me they need a new target...so we walk away...quickly...

The last DOTO visit we have is to Montgomery's Inn. It's a quick visit, as we only had 20 minutes before they closed for the day. However, we did get one more photo:

Zombie Kitty Kawaii! (Mark 2) is almost ready for her big trip back across the pond. I'm sure she will mostly be behaved...but, you never can tell...almost ready for Retailia...