Canada Travel Blogs

Huntin and Skinnin Right From The Beginnin.
Nov 29, 2007

... the Land of Aus I got to have a good visit with a good number of my accomplices. Kyle The Mule returned to Canada amidst a flurry of shotgunned Lucky Lagers and a good amount of hollering at each other happily trying to shout down each others travel ...

Polar Bears up the Wazoo
Nov 15, 2006 (15 photos)

I am now at an eight-hour sleep deficit. Every morning I wake at some ungodly hour, in pain from this wretched mattress and then I can't get back to sleep because of snoring. So if I'm starting to sound grumpy, that's why. Other than the mattresses, ...

Oh Canada!
Dec 12, 2005

Our plane's route from London to Calgary was over Greenland and northern Canada. With the time change, as soon as the sun set, it was rose again. Rather a weird feeling. We could see the ground flying over Nunavit and the NWT - there was no snow! ...

Helicopters and Dog Sled Rides
Nov 13, 2006 (9 photos)

We can't help but feel like schoolchildren here at CNSC. We're aren't allowed outside without supervision, we make bagged lunches, and we're always being ferried about from place to place in school busses. Today, though, instead of being herded onto ...

Back Home
Jun 13, 2008

Back home for birthday celebrations!

Pre Departure Prep.
Nov 9, 2006

This is my first entry and may seem bland at first but I assure you TIGERS are invloved so read on dear reader. I have prepared all necessary gear, uh necessary to begin the South Pacific Historical, Geological, Anthropological and Otherwise ...

The Chick Trip
Jul 8, 2008 (48 photos)

Su, Rosie, Doris and Maria take a weekend away to explore all the Okanagan beaches and lavender there is to find and visit with a beloved ex-Vancouverie girlfriend, Terri.  Bonus features include fresh off the tree cherries and apricots, and surprise ...

We've arrived in Churchill
Nov 11, 2006

I'm sitting in a brightly lit room with five computers in it at the Churchill Northern Studies Center. I'm not feeling up to great compositions right now, but here are some highlights. Our trip up was uneventful. I thought the train ride might give me ...

Polar Bears Galore
Nov 12, 2006 (36 photos)

Day 4 of the great polar bear adventure did not begin auspiciously. I woke at 4 am with a sharp pain in my left hip. When I tried to move the leg, the pain went shooting down the leg through my knee and all the way to my ankle. We're housed at CNSC ( ...

The Real Montreal
Jun 3, 2008

*Apologies for the lack of photographs, but we have had to burn many to disc and delete from our computer to save space. Photo's will be added in the near future.* Ben Reporting: We arrive in Montreal the week of the Grand Prix. That being considered the ...

So Cold
Nov 10, 2006 (1 photos)

Minus 31 celcius today...here's something to stay motivated... I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the ...

Hot Night's in Nova Scotia, Canada
May 28, 2008 (2 photos)

... time checking out Halifax. It had so many of those wonderful Canadian qualities and yet seemed really relaxed even by Canada’s standards. During our time we managed to squeeze in sightseeing time as well as relaxation and sorting out Ben’s ...

The Journey Begins...
Jul 13, 2007

The Wilson World Tour begins!

Moose hunting in Toronto
Jun 9, 2008

... mentioned... we will upload photo's from Toronto when we get access to our discs... chill... it will happen soonish... Ben says: Canada's largest and most famous city is Toronto. A few hours west of the Frenchier Montreal, and only an hour north of the ...

Canada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 20, 2006 (25 photos)

Hello all...well we arrived safe and tired into Canada,after an 8 hour bus journey from Boston to Montreal. Amazing,considering its just a few inches on the map! Believe us,its one big country! The border crossing to Canada was fun! Was like the Spanish ...

Another road trip.....And Niagra here we come!
Apr 23, 2006 (17 photos)

... our first internal flight. To be honest though, it was just as cheap as train and bus and was about 10hrs quicker! Check Air Canada for the deals! Here comes another hour time difference! Its so big this country! Well,we'll be back soon for more updates ...

French Canadians
Dec 26, 2003

Everything is in French, menus, roads signs, everything!

Bonjour! It's Quebec!
Jun 1, 2008

*Please note: due to lack of space on our computer we've had to burn to disc and delete photo's from our hard drive. More photo's will be added later.* Leah says: Quebec City was just as gorgeous as I remember. It is a very quaint very French city with ...

Niagara's Fury!
Jun 6, 2008 (1 photos)

... of wine (thanks Leah), and we even bought a couple of bottles. We both particularly enjoyed the syrupy sweet taste of Canada’s trademark ‘Ice Wine’ where the grape is picked from the vine while still frozen from snow.    & ...

Home Sweet Home
May 12, 2005

Here we are back in Saskatoon with just our the memories of our trip to remind us that we were away this past four months. The time passed quickly, though it seems like we've been away quite a long time, too. It was strange to arrive home and the grass is ...

Timbits in Canada
Dec 21, 2003

... with my orchestra playing at the Midwest Clinic I am finally getting to rest a while in the snow covered landscapes of Canada. The fourteen hour drive up here yesterday was quite easy, sharing the driving with John and Elizabeth. I made one mistake ...

Mount Doug
Jul 14, 2005 (5 photos)

This morning the whole gang trekked from Catherine's place to the beach at Mount Doug. We had lunch on the beach and the kids played on the beach.

vancouver via the 2 block perimeter of the embassy
Jul 11, 2005

Hi, Sze here. I'm going to type out my day and Nadine will add hers since we spent most of today doing seperate things. Anyway, I realized today that I did not pack the digital camera cable so I can't download any of the pictures we've taken so far. ...

Ottawa
Apr 22, 2006

Ottawa

Finally We See Churchill, Manitoba
Nov 17, 2006 (8 photos)

The next to last day of our trip, we go into Churchill for the day. It's a little place, a frontier town. First we go to the Eskimo Museum where I wish the docent would just shut up so I can look at the exhibits. Then we go to the Parks Museum in the ...

Itinerary - first half
Jan 22, 2006

We spent a blustery morning inside planning the details of our trip to Europe. We have had a dump of about 15cm of snow in the morning and afternoon that made dreaming of Tunisia even more appealing. So Andrew and I have hammered out what we think our ...

Pai 5 reunion
Mar 19, 2005

The Pai 5 (John, Jo, Shannah, Natasha and myself) met in the small northern Thai town of Pai, back in August 2003. I first met John and Jo during a game of Connect4 at a house party. After meeting Shannah and Natasha later, we all became good friends ...

3 weeks to go
Sep 9, 2006

... . I'm so glad that my kids will get to meet Kate's kids and set up a new connection. When I was in grade 8 Kate come over to Canada and stayed at my parent's house for a few weeks. My Dad and my sister and I went and stayed with her parents when I was in ...

J'AI HÂTE!
May 26, 2007

13 jours avant mon déménagement, 15 jours avant mon départ! J'ai hâte!

And then on to mainland Vancouver
Jun 17, 2008 (11 photos)

... .  Every other bank charges a percentage and this soon mounts up).  Anyway, we had no probs anywhere except for Canada. For some reason we could only use one bank's ATM and this particular bank was not a particular widespread one. So this ...