My idea of a perfect Saturday is a trip to St Lawrence Market at Front and Jarvis in downtown Toronto. The building was part of the first Toronto City Hall, built around 1845. It is full of specialty shops: tea & coffee, organic produce, fish mongers, butcher counters, gourmet smoked fish and caviar, you can get fantastic sandwiches like peameal bacon on a bun, roasted eggplant smothered in sauce on a bun, spanakopita, cheese of every kind. The sights and smells are exciting! This one of only two places in the city I can get authentic Montreal (St.Urbain) bagels.Craig's favourite place is the cheese shop. He was hoping to find some Stinking Bishop but unfortunately, for him, they didn't have any in. I bought a pound of Dutch
Cantenaar, a delicious hard cheese that has 40%d less fat and 
25% less salt than most cheese; it has a nutty full taste that is delicately sharp and has tiny protein crystals throughout. Yum! Craig used it in an omelet when we came home. I just couldn't stop shaving slices and letting them melt in my mouth. I do hope you will all look for this incredibly tasty cheese and try it.After the market we walked to Queen's Quay to see the tall ships, part of the Toronto Nautical Festival. The crowds were enormous along the lakeshore but I really wanted to see the ships. The Bluenose II was supposed to be there but to my disappointment it hadn't arrived yet. The Bluenose has been featured on the back of the Canadian dime since 1937 but this year the Canadian Mint has been turning out dimes with out the ship, featuring March of Dimes instead. I am sorry to see the Bluenose go.
We did see a few ships that I wasn't familiar with. There were line-ups to get aboard and I hate long lineups so I was happy to snap a few photos from land and then leave. I might have stood in line to go aboard the Bluenose.
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