Belleville, Canada Travel Blogs

Meeting of the clan
Jul 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... have for decades, the Lazenby clan once again got together for a week at a cottage. We had a great week of sun, sand and water with of course the annual scavenger hunt leading to a treasure chest of candy. Oak Lake is close to Belleville east of Toronto.

Worst. Day. Ever.
Jul 25, 2007 (1 photos)

... , I bought my laptop, got a great deal from a friend who owns a computer shop (Bryson Dockrill, On-Site Computers, Belleville, ON) and then i bought a new camera yesterday. It was pretty nice! Fujifilm finepix s700 superzoom with 10x optical zoom and 7 ...

Anticipation
Jul 19, 2007 (2 photos)

... and went to the lowest (and quickest) bidder. If anyone is interested in travel to China, contact Rawson Travel in Belleville, Ontario. they were quick, polite, helpful and economical! Anyway, back to my exciting last week... after getting my ticket i ...

Unbelievable Backstabbing...
Jul 28, 2007

This has been a pretty interesting week. The day after my camera was stolen (in a prevous blog) I came home to find that my laptop had bee stolen as well. I absolutely flipped out. I couldn't believe it! who would do something like this, especially just ...

I Have Never Slacked So Hard In My Life
Jul 21, 2007

... were great years where I developed some incredible lasting friendships. We travelled to Michegan, US and all through the East coast of Canada while I was on the team. great times. Also, my first year out of highschool, I volunteered as a youth worker in ...

Across Canada blitz
Jul 13, 2006 (10 photos)

... gets off at her home in Winnipeg. Chevy and I met some very cool people along the way including a Calgarian who was 'sailing' across Canada in his recombant trike (he had taken 3 weeks to do what we had done in 15 hours)and Hitchhike Mike (his thumb is ...

Erin, ooo la la!
Sep 22, 2008

So I arrived in Toronto and through directions of Erin (my mothers friend from work) and my map deft driver I found my way into the downtown. I busked up a few bucks at the station and then met Erin and proceded to the Summer Loft. Toronto was a ...

Belle vegas
May 15, 2008

The drive up to Belleville from Kingston was scenic. It only took an hour. We saw a sun dog, which is like a rainbow spot in the sky, it means the weather is going to change. Here we are, about to embark on a four day biking excursion north, I hope the ...

Goodbye friendly city
Oct 5, 2009

  So, in the words of MJ, "this is it"... my final week in Belleville. Definately bitter sweet. Lately I have really been thinking about the things I will miss most about Canada, and my friends and family keep popping up, along with the obvious things ...

Getting ready to go.
Jul 7, 2008 (2 photos)

The bike is washed and waxed and the bags are mostly packed and ready to strapped on. I'm just finishing up a few last-minute jobs around the house before I leave for the next 5 weeks.  It's been 4 years since I took any sort of lengthy bike trip and ...

All great things come to an end.
Aug 9, 2008 (7 photos)

... , re-hydrating from the night before, I packed the bike for the final time and headed off. Before making my way back to Belleville I had one more stop to make in Winchester, south-east of Ottawa. My friends Gerry and Jacquie have been taking care of my dog ...

The What?
Jun 18, 2007

So we finally make it in Belleville, and the stop leak is some incredible shit I can tell you. Me and my mum did statistics all the way down and we could notice the leaking slowing down! Still stop at the garage and the guys takes a look and confirm the ...

On the way to the nation's capital
Apr 13, 2009 (2 photos)

... along Highways 407 east, 404 south, and 401 east. Traffic was fairly heavy. We decided to find a breakfast spot in Belleville around 11:30. Unfortunately the advertised breakfast special finished at 11:00. "So could I still order breakfast," I asked. ...

"Wait.. This is a city?"
Aug 21, 2009

... 4 year old boy called Declan [as I was reminded many times throughout the trip] and his exhausted grandmother. They were both Belleville natives though so I had a very nice chat with grandma about my trip. The weirdest part for me though was seeing Lake ...

Another quick stopover..
Aug 27, 2009

Just here to reunite with the BF before heading down to Toronto and Niagara for the weekend! Absolutely nothing happening here.. I've only been here for a grand total of 3 days and it's already boring! :P Just grabbed him after his exam finished and ...

Coming Down the Homestretch
Jul 11, 2007 (5 photos)

Today we walked back down to Old Town Montreal and visited the Notre Dame Basilica.  I think it was the prettiest church I have been in.  Tony and I both really liked it.  The pictures turned out kind of fuzzy.  There wasn't much light ...