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FAMILY HOLIDAYS TORONTO & NEW YORK DESTINATIONS Torderall


Tackling Toronto and New York City with two social media-savvy teens? Easy peasy, writes Neal Baldwin


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t’s just after 1pm and already I’ve been dropped, squashed, spun, soaked and terrified today. Now it’s time to decide on lunch. Hmmm, fried pig’s ear sandwich or a hotdog sprinkled in bugs? Welcome to the Canadian


National Exhibition in Toronto (or ‘The Ex’ in local-speak), an annual extravaganza mixing extreme thrill rides and a giant global food court with kitsch civic pride.


Taking place over two weeks


every August, the exhibition is the city’s guilty secret, and one that outsiders can wander only with wonder. While a festival that combines a giant funfair with diverse sideshows including marching bands, parkour demonstrations, pretty-cat contests and vendors hawking unusual eats might seem baffling, could there be a better


place for teens? Judging by the reaction of my two – Joseph, 15, and Evie, 13 – it seems not. Parents with teenagers will be


well aware that holidaying with their offspring has its own set of problems, mainly involving the constant need for stimulation. Which is why we’ve decided to forgo resorts and embark on an intense, two-week twin-centre trip, with a rapid-fire assault


of Instagram-friendly activities on the menu. Hold on to your phones kids . . . first stop Toronto, second stop New York.


w TEENS IN TORONTO With its waterfront vista, metro system and towering glass buildings, Canada’s most populated city is often compared to the Big Apple. Sure, the pace of life is more relaxed on


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