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Saturday, 10 May 2008 | Views [307]
So the train arrived in Edmonton (still 2 hours late) and I was able to go into the station and find Becky - Hoorah, she is here and very excited to be in Canada. Being the good friend I am I saved her a window seat so she could fully appreciate the ... Read more >
Friday, 9 May 2008 | Views [259]
Went to THE best museum in Canada - well according to the guide book and I have to say I do agree. It was the Manitoba Museum and it was really well laid out and very informative. They had loads of dioramas which are both scale and life size models ... Read more >
Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [228]
Another major trek to get to the airport street car, subway and bus but nbot bad for $2.75 for the whole trip and it all went smoothly. In fact so did the whole journey with check in at the airport being fine and the flight uneventful. So Winnipeg ... Read more >
Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | Views [326]
So last day in Toronto and Monkia and I deecided we would go to the zoo. The weather seemed to be OK so off we set. Well an hour and a half later after a street car ride, subway train and bus journey we got to the ZOO. By now it had clouded over and ... Read more >
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 | Views [322]
So having decided to stay for a couple of days longer it was very nicece not to have to get up too early this morning but the bad news was that there is some kind of problem with the sale of the flat so I have to get in touch with home and see what needs ... Read more >
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 | Views [756] | Comments [1]
So did my first journey on the street car (tram to us Brits) today to get to the train station for the train to Niagara Falls. the sun is shining and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day. Train journey was uneventful and when I arrived in ... Read more >
Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Views [272]
Hoorah hoorah hoorah sunshine! Went up the CN Tower and the view was just amazing - I love being up high I coudl just stay up there and stare out for hours and hours - the only problem is all the other people who want to be up there too! Was thinking ... Read more >
Saturday, 3 May 2008 | Views [277]
Yet more rain today, in fact torrential rain but being the single minded fool that I am I still decided to go out and do loads of walking. Went to Casa Loma which was half an hours walk away and is a pseudo castle which was built by some financier in ... Read more >
Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [289]
So Arrived in Toronto and after a mammoth walk ( shoudl have checked the scale on that map) found the hostel which is lovely. Toronto down town kind of reminded me of London with lots of people not looking where they are going and cyclists going through ... Read more >
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2008 | Views [629] | Comments [1]
Hoorah - it stopped raining :o) Boo - it`s started to snow. To be fair there was a little bit of sunshine in there for about 15 mins this morning but the start to the day was just freezing. So in true stalwart stiff upper lipped British style I decided ... Read more >
Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008 | Views [338] | Comments [1]
Drip, drip, drip little April showers......actually that`s more like "should we start building that Ark yet" it`s been raining a lot here and there is - apparently- a lot of flooding in Eastern Canada at the moment. Really hard to motivate ... Read more >
Monday, 28 Apr 2008 | Views [230]
So the train was fine, I was in a carriage with a school group from somewhere called Hamilton (near Niagara Falls I think) who were quite good fun, I chatted with one of the teachers for a while - feel sorry for the kids though, sounds like they have ... Read more >
Sunday, 27 Apr 2008 | Views [243]
So here we are, second day in Montreal and hoping for an improvement on yesterday. On the plus side the weather today is lovely so I can look forward to a day wandering around in sandals and t-shirt - hoorah. So, went off to see the Old Town today and ... Read more >
Sunday, 27 Apr 2008 | Views [259]
OK, sorry about the language here but the outside of my hotel in Montreal looks like shithole! just wen tin and dropped my bag off as it`s only 8.30 am and I can`t check into the room until 2pm so I`m off to see the sights of the down town area (which ... Read more >
Saturday, 26 Apr 2008 | Views [272]
So now I`m finally going on my first Canadian train journey - this is kind of what it has all been about as my "dream" has been to go coast to coast by train. So it snowed overnight which was a bit strange but quite exciting too, although it ... Read more >
Thursday, 24 Apr 2008 | Views [251]
I have arrived in Halifax which is a refreshing change from New York as there is about one tenth the number of people and cars! The hostel is fine and everyone very nice. I had a lovely long chat with a girl from Belgium who is off to go camping on ... Read more >
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