I am glad you enjoyed my adopted home town of Toronto! You caught it with some fine weather. The Toronto Islands are my favourite. No chance I will ever live there, but a membership in one of the yacht clubs gets me close enough for the summer.
Porter is good, generally. They are building a tunnel to the airport, which will negate the short ferry ride. As for the noise, sit in the back next time

I know that is hard for us flying in the jet age, but you will be farther away from the engines and the associated noises. There was a reason First Class was in the back of old prop planes.
Looking forward to the rest of your report.
Brian