We're on vacation this week so decided to go to the Ex, something we haven't done in forever. It was good to walk around but it is an expensive day for what you get.
The food building is as good as always, if you count more ways to make french fries than one thought possible and other stellar dietary offerings (which I am counting as good for this one day in the summer and never again for the remaining 364 days of the year). The one thing I did find is that the food choices are no longer all that unusual. It used to be, as an example, that the Thai counters were unusual. Now we have at least five good Thai restaurants to choose from in a very small radius. I did enjoy my 10 am snack of perogies (which bore only a passing resemblance to the real thing as I understand it - deep fried didn't seem to be a part of our Polish neighbour's recipe when I was growing up). And then for lunch I had a Korean-themed wrap. With cheese and a corn tortilla - definitely fusion. But again, tasty. The sampling of Dutch frites that I stole from my husband was also very good. Fresh out of the frier with lots of mayo.
The rest of the buildings weren't terribly exciting but we checked them out. I was disappointed that there didn't seem to be a horse show this year. That was usually good for entertainment and a place out of the sun for a few minutes.
My favourite bit - I beat my husband at one of the games and won a little smurf. Smurfs are obviously in this year. You could win one at every stall. Last time I was there, the item at every game was a stuffed flower (of which I have 2 or 3 somewhere).
All in all, it was a nice day but a $16 entry fee for expensive junk food, a couple of games and ok exhibits seemed a bit over the top. But compared to the multiple-thousand dollar vacation we aren't on because of cat care challenges, it was a steal.
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