As a workshop presenter and speaker, I often get invitations to speak outside of my home town of Toronto.
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| Downtown, Cambridge, Ontario |
Therefore we have many opportunities to travel and visit other towns and cities in Ontario.
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to speak in Cambridge, and we visited some of the beautiful shops and places in that city.
Cambridge is a city made up of the former city of Galt, the towns of Preston, Hespeler.and the hamlet of Blair in the 1970's.
We visited Galt, the biggest portion of Cambridge.
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| Galt Farmers' Market Building |
Interested in organic and wholesome food, we visited the Cambridge Farmers Market.
The Cambridge Farmers' Market has a pretty old history ( in Canadian term) and dates back to 1830.
It is located right across from the Galt City Hall building, a beautiful building constructed in 1857.
It is a classical structure in general, with Italian Tuscany influence.
Galt was named after a famous Scottish novelist, John Galt and it is a very pretty town with many well kept old stone buildings
After visiting the Farmers' Market, we took a stroll in the downtown area. We were delighted to come across an old beautiful stone archway.
Following the stone pathway, we were led into a spectacular
garden with some breathtaking architecture!
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| The stone amphitheater in the Mill Race Park |
With the Grand River, part of the Canadian Heritage Water System,as the backdrop, there appeared in front of our eyes, a stone amphitheater where concerts and performances are often held during the summer.
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| Visitors relaxing by the Grand River, Cambridge, Ontario |
It is also a very popular location for wedding pictures. People can book the place for wedding picture purpose.
The Grand River was nominated as the Canadian Heritage River in recognition of its importance.
Lots of people were enjoying the sunny afternoon, strolling, sitting and relaxing by the river while children feeding ducks swimming by them.
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| Grand River, Cambridge, Ontario |
There are good number of tables for visitors to the park to rest and enjoy their picnic lunches.
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| Concession Booth in the Mill Race Park |
The concession both was open and served some different fast food!
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| Delicious poutine with pulled pork topping |
In addition to the regular hamburgers and hot dogs, hot pulled pork sandwiches and pulled pork poutine were also served.
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| It was nice to have a hot pulled pork sandwich for a change! |
Normally, we eat healthy food and try to avoid french fries and all that. But the pulled pork poutine was just too good to pass over.
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| Eating area in the Mill Race Park |
So we indulged ourselves and ordered both the sandwich and poutine for lunch.
We were not disappointed at all!
After our rest and a bite to eat. we continued our tour of the old city of Galt, Cambridge.
We have never seen so many beautiful stone houses, buildings and structures elsewhere in Ontario and Canada during our travels.
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| Stone structures and buildings are everywhere! |
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| Trinity Anglican Church, Galt, Cambridge, Ontario |
The old city of Galt is very unique!
We drove across one of the bridges and visited the Trinity Anglican Church in Galt.
The church buildings and grounds reminded us of an old English village.
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| It was a really nice visit to the city of Cambridge! |
A beautiful and unique city, Cambridge is only an hour's drive from Toronto. It was a really nice visit!
R.T.
Cambridge, Ontario
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