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13 September 2016
Exploring the Old Town It’s our last day in Canada and we had it set aside for exploring Quebec City’s old town. Having done our reconnaissance, we drove to Lower Town where we parked easily and relatively cheaply for the max allowable period of 5h. The ferry to Levis was ready to leave so we […]
12 September 2016
Kimball woke with a sore neck and shoulder today. Fortunately it was an easy 2h40 drive from Montreal to Quebec City. This would be our last hop by car in Canada this trip. We took a detour through Mont Royal where we saw some exclusive homes, cemeteries and the viewpoint before leaving the city via […]
11 September 2016
We had a very slow morning both before and after the awesome continental breakfast at Manoir Sherbrook. There weren’t any cold cuts but whatever they had was top notch, eg. bread, pastries, jams. The weather still looked blustery outside but was set to calm down. We stepped outside before 1100 and returned to get a […]
10 September 2016
After check-out, we drove about 40 minutes to Diefenbunker. It was a bit of a backtrack as we were headed to Montreal. We arrived about 15 mins before the opening. They have a free guided tour which filled up just as we got to our turn. As the tour started at 1100, we gathered around […]
9 September 2016
Today was dedicated to exploring central Ottawa, especially the area around Parliament Hill and Byward Market. We drove downtown to that area and found pay-parking suprisingly easily for $3 per hour (max 2 hours). That allowed us to go arrange a parliament tour, explore the Parliament Hill a little, walk around Rideau Canal before lunching […]
8 September 2016
Today was just a driving day, about 4h from Oshawa to Ottawa (plus breaks). We departed around 1000 after a surprisingly good hot breakfast at the La Quinta. We opted for a slightly longer route through Kingston as it would give us a lunch break at Costco around 1200. We confidently walked in through the […]
7 September 2016
Breakfast at the hotel in Toronto didn’t start till 0800. We would have liked to eat and get going earlier but this was a limitation. There were people already eating when we turned up on the dot at 0800. We ate, checked out and walked to Budget rent-a-car about 15 minutes away. The man at […]
6 September 2016
We had a day for exploring central Toronto today. There was no pressure to get going and I used part of the morning to do some admin before walking down to St Lawrence market. There were some very tempting food on offer but we settled on a ginormous veal parmagiana sandwich and a spanakopita. It […]
5 September 2016
We were both in need of doing some washing so our priority was to find a laundromat. Being Labour Day, we thought it would be wise to find it on our way out rather than cart all our dirty clothing there to find that it was closed. We found the laundomat easily and then proceeded […]
13 June 2010
Above: Float planes at Vancouver Harbour. We arrived at 0700 into Vancouver but disembarkation was conducted by groups so we were able to fit in breakfast on board before our group was due at 0830. We had settled our bill beforehand. The cruise company applies a pre-set tip for their staff which one can ask […]