Aprotester sits in front of line of police blocking a march bydemonstrators attempting to march towards the security fence as the G20Summit closes in Toronto on Sunday. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

By Amber Hildebrandt, CBC News

It was a curtain of rain that served as the final scene of the G20 Summit weekend on the streets of downtown Toronto.

Perhapsit was fitting that a torrential downpour closed out the weekend, acathartic symbol as the city begins cleaning up and reflecting on whatwent amiss.

While some boarded stores started replacing theirshattered windows and workers began dismantling the kilometres-longsecurity fence on Monday, it will take much longer for Torontonians toforget -- and possibly forgive -- the acts committed on both sides.

Aftera weekend spent cycling from protest to protest and weaving my way tothe frontlines of the action, here are a few moments I will not soonforget:

1. Beyond the violent antics and innumerable policesearches reported in the news, there were also many moments of levityand goodwill between protesters and police. The most memorable for mehappened beside the security fence on Front Street, where about ahundred protesters, some seated on the ground, some standing, werechanting at the riot police on the other side of the barricade. Amember of the media was photographing police through a small gap in thefence, when his camera's flash fell off inside the perimeter, rollingtoward the police. 'Show some humanity,' the crowd yelled. For aminute, the officers huddled together. Then, one officer, using abaton, pushed the flash and its two batteries under the fence towardthe photographer. Loud applause erupted from the crowd. Perhaps theonly exception was one lone protester, who yelled out, "We still thinkyou're douche bags!"

2. The sound of hundreds of cyclistschiming their bells to the cheers of passersby and drivers as they tooka long, winding ride through the city as part of Sunday's Bike Blocprotest was music to my ears, especially after the previous day filledwith wailing sirens, angry chants and batons banging on shields. Fewmotorists seemed frustrated as the cyclists -- with their hands oftenaloft in a peace sign -- temporarily took over the streets. "Morebikes, less cops," the colourful lot chanted as they made their way tothe detention centre in the east end.

3. The 'Running of theProtesters' became a common sight on Queen Street over the weekend. Thepolice charge always began with a rhythmic drum of one baton against aplastic shield, then the line of dozens of riot police joined in,producing a menacing and effective boom-boom-boom as they ran towardthe crowd. Many in the crowds -- filled with anarchists, peacefulprotesters but also many curious onlookers -- quickly turned and ran,pushing and shoving along the way. "They're just trying to scare us,"yelled the most hardcore of the protesters. "It's working!" anotheryelled in response.

4. Many have made reference to the ghosttown that downtown Toronto became in the lead-up to and during the G20Summit weekend. But it can't go without note here. Eerie enough in thelead-up to the summit, when officers were still cheerfully dealing withemployees like me working inside the security perimeter, it wasespecially disconcerting Sunday morning as I biked down roads, likeYonge Street, with rows of boarded-up and graffiti-ed storefronts,turning our city into something resembling a combat zone.