Having toured all over the East Coast of North America for the past four and a half months, I am more than a touch jetlagged, but incredibly impressed with the modernity, beauty and excitement of some of these US cities. Although Toronto is not in the US, it still is to me American in flavour (although I’m sure I’d be lynched there for saying that). In the seven weeks that Legends played there, we stayed in a divine section known as Yorkville. This area has an eclectic selection of chic boutiques, cafés and restaurants to rival St Tropez, Covent Garden and New York City’s Village. Not only was it a pleasure to browse and dine there in fabulously balmy autumn weather, but there was no graffiti to be seen anywhere, the streets were litter-free and the citizens seemed less stressed, and better dressed, than in the UK. In fact, Toronto is one of the most beautiful cities I’ve visited, and its modern infrastructure and buildings blend in perfectly with their older counterparts.

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