Best Proximity

One of the things I love most about living in Waterdown is how close it is to so many cool things to do.   45 minutes and you are in Toronto, 45 minutes and you are in Niagara on the Lake, and hour and you are at the border to the US in Niagara Falls, 45 minutes to Oktoberfest in Kitchener and an hour til you are in Stratford.   
Living in Southern Ontario we are such a short drive to so many great amenities and to me, Waterdown is the centre to easily get to so many wonderful places.     Hamilton and Burlington are a mere 15 minutes away (or less depending on which area you need to get to).    My husband grew up in Toronto and was very used to traffic and how much longer it took to get anywhere downtown if something big was going on.    A few years ago he went to a Bruce Springsteen Concert (his very favourite singer) at Copps Colliseum in Hamilton.    I told him where to park so he could get out quick and easy.    From his seat at Copps, trying to beat the crowd to the parking lot, getting out of the parking lot and home to our front door was 20 minutes!    Normally, it would only take 10 minutes to get from Copps to our home.   Gotta like that kind of traffic.

There are so many great things to see and do in this fantastic area.   At this time of year, my all time favourite thing is to see the National Ballet's Nutcracker at the Four Season's Centre in Toronto.    I am now spoiled by this version, and everything else just seems to pale in comparison.    I've taken my daughters to see the Nutcracker for the last 4 years, and last year I was so honoured to be able to take my Nan from Nova Scotia there to see the National Ballet's Nutcracker.   She had never been to the ballet (in her 86 years) and certainly there was nothing like that available to her living in rural Nova Scotia.    We've been too busy this year to get tickets, but we really MUST make it next year.    Hardly feels like Christmas without seeing it.    Of course, each time we go to the Four Season's Centre to see the Nutcracker, we MUST walk just further down Queen Street to see the Bay Christmas Windows, also make it up inside the Bay to Christmas Street to see the decorations and finally to go into the Eaton's Centre and marvel at the GIGANTIC Swarovski Christmas Tree.    It's incredible and everyone needs to see it at least once, especially on a sunny day when the sunlight from the skylights just make the crystals twinkle like fireworks.   

Waterdown is such a fantastic town, but drive around a little and you will come across alot of great venues and activities not a very far distance from town.    What's that saying from Ontario Tourism... Ontario, Your's to Discover!