Warm weekend - Recommendation: Jane's Walk

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Recommendation: Jane’s Walk

Google doodle for Jane Jacob 100th birthday, in celebration of Jane's Walk festival
(From: Google Doodle)

Today is Friday - the first day of Jane’s Walk festival. (Of course, there has been many walks throughout the week, leading up to this weekend).

All over the city, walks are being carried out. Today alone, there are 34 walks in Toronto, and a lot more in the GTA (more stats to come). 

All walks offer something exciting, something to learn about. And if I have superpower to manipulate time, I would love to go on all of them. But I don't, and it can be incredibly hard to choose between the walks.

Here are some of the amazing walks happening on tonight, and Saturday and Sunday, something for your exciting weekend. Find out more walks here.

• Walks to explore neighborhood history and hidden gems, for urban strollers and art enthusiasts - explore Dundas Murrals, Toronto's Artistic Past, Lost Movie Houses on Danforth, discover the labyrinths in Toronto
• Nature lovers - go on these: Dawn Chorus Walk, Mood Walk – Urban Adventure, a walk in Nordheimer ravine in Don River watershed, Mud Creek or explore new places Rouge National Urban Park or route to Rosedale valley ravine.
• The adventurous - discover Toronto at night with Nightwalking & secret staircase #1, #2, or while exercise Walk as workout, Jane's run - Toronto Future Parks
• Cycling enthusiasts? Don’t miss the Beltline ride, How to make Danforth a part of a cycling city, Scarborough Jane's Bike.
• And of course city projects/discussions - the Green Line, Riverdale RainCAP, The new urban agenda, the waterfront and Jane Jacob, 

And many others, ranging from serious historical/cultural walk to quirky/interesting aspects of the city. Really, it depends on what each person knows and wants to learn more about, so there is no best walk list, really.

Walks happening around Toronto (From: http://janeswalk.org/canada/toronto).

My personal list of exciting walks: 

1. Being a nature-loving person, I can’t skip Dawn Chorus walk, even-though I have been on this walk previous year. The walk offers a kind of calming time that pull you into being present. If you are up to it, see you 5 a.m. on Saturday morning at High Park.
2. The Rouge Park - another absolutely-must go walk. It is a lovely place, with winding trails through the wood, a National Urban park to boost. I imagine it will be quite lovely this time of the year, when there are greens but the leaves are not quite thick as to obscure too much view yet.. Excited? there are  different walks offered today, Saturday, and Sunday. So pick you day and enjoy outdoors time with your friends and family.
3. Walk the line – a interesting project for linear park, There are two walks on this topic of linear park, one was today and the other on Sunday. 
4. Finding your fruit goggles – again another urban gardening/farming/park, an absolutely enjoyable walk that I just have, more info later.
5. Nightwalking & Secret Staircase – really, the name alone promising something thrilling and some goose-bump worthy moment. Different walks of this same theme are offered  Friday and Saturday, 11 p.m.
6. The beltline and beyond – a 16km bike tour. Don’t be discourage by the distance, it manageable, and we stop often along the way for a little history and discussion, like bike lane and accessibility.
7. “Unladylike” – 10 Women who shocked the 19thcentury Toronto - this sound way too cool to miss.

Is there Jane's Walk in your city? Have you gone on a walk or are planning to go on one? What is the topic and where is it? How is the experience? 

If not, tell me about an interesting piece about your neighborhood/city.

Share with me in the comment section.

-From Toronto.