Day 51- Kingston, ON Canada

  DAY 51  June 6

We opted to do some touring on our first full day in Kingston, ON, Canada. Unfortunately as we started our day it was cloudy, then rain moved in. Hence, I did not get pictures of many of the things we saw. I wanted you to see what Kingston has, it is a beautiful city... so, I borrowed pictures from the internet. If there is blue sky showing it was borrowed or taken the next day and inserted.

Paul took this picture of Confederation Park and City Hall 
on his early morning walk. You can see the clouds moving in.

The Visitor Center (borrowed photo)

Cheryl putting the "I" in Kingston.

Paul was color coordinated to the place.

The Hop On- Hop Off Bus we toured with.

City Hall

The back side of City Hall is called Springer Market Square and has all types of events from Farmer's Markets to an Ice Skating Rink in the winter.

The Pump House Steam Museum (borrowed)

Bellevue House is a restored home and gardens of 
Canada's First Prime Minister. (borrowed)

The Secret Garden Inn, a restored home which is now a B & B. (borrowed)

Canada's Penitentiary Museum (borrowed)

Queen's University (borrowed)

Downtown businesses (borrowed)

The Prince George Hotel

The former City Fire Department Building which now houses restaurants.

The bus tour guide stopped the bus to point out this sign honoring Kingston's famous rock band that everyone knows. WHO??

The rain finally stopped and made for a pretty last photo of the day.
Yup, it came down in buckets.  The bus driver had to unroll the curtains on the sides of the bus and mop up the puddles.  Kingston prides itself for many things, the large number of sandstone and brick buildings, a requirement after a serious fire many, many years ago, the University and, for some reason, the penitentiary.  The Pen is still the mailing address for some of Ontario's less savory characters, but the old, fun buildings are preserved.  It's a vibrant city that once was the Capital of Canada, a major shipping and banking center and very nervous that the Gringos were going to attack.  They just knew we were lusting after the poutine!

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