Meet "Mikel & the CN Tower"

What a beautiful coincidence to meet Mikel, who I knew from the days of Dubai before he moved to Saudi Arabia, and who was in Toronto for couple of days for work.

He called me from his hotel, and we agreed to meet, and the good surprise, Mikel had tickets to visit the CN tower, which I was postponing to do it during Summer time to make sure the weather is good and the view is clear..

So I met Mikel at the lobby of his hotel and we walked to the CN Tower..

It was nice that we got already our tickets so we skipped the long queue and we headed straight to the elevator to go to the top of the tower after we passed the security search of course.

We were lucky with the weather, super clear and the view was breathtaking, seeing the whole city of Toronto, and the Island, and having the feel that you’re on top of the world.

The fantastic part as well, but a scary one was the glass floor, couldn’t walk on it while looking down for more than 3 seconds then had to look up J

The CN Tower was built by Canadian National Railways in 1976, it took approximately 40 months to build it.

In 1995 the CN Tower became a public company and continues to be federally owned and managed by Canada Lands Company (CLC) Limited, a crown corporation.

The height of the tower is 553.33 m / 1,815 ft, 5 inches (World’s Tallest Tower, Building and Freestanding Structure from 1976-2010).

The tower offers broadcasting facilities, providing transmission for UHF, VHF television, FM Radio, microwave transmissions, fixed mobile systems.. All major Broadcast, AM, FM and DAB Radio stations as well as wireless service providers use the CN Tower for transmission.

I thanked Mikel for this great visit, and for giving me the chance to get this closer look at the CN tower, the beautiful landmark on this city, and a point of reference and direction for all Torontonians.