Moncton
Travel Blogs from Moncton, Canada
Moncton
Our stay in Moncton was short, but the Econo-Lodge (is there a downgrade to the chain? If not, there should be) made it feel longer. Perhaps we had been spoiled from Riviere-du-loup. For dinner the first night we went to the Creek Seafood restaurant , ...
Wedding in the Maritimes
01/07/06: Back in Canada We are currently in Moncton, New Brunswick on a quick stop over before returning back to the promised land (Burlington, Ontario). Mike's good friend from University just got married last night and we were around to enjoy ...
Three provinces; one day
... we had lunch at the most popular joint in town - Tim Horton’s. Took a few pics and carried on to Moncton. Boarded the train and almost immediately were called to the dining room. The obligatory game of scrabble and then I assembled the beds ...
Willkommen in Moncton!
... einzieht und wir kommen ins Gespräch. Er ist ursprünglich aus Indien, lebt aber schon einige Zeit in Canada und hat jetzt frisch einen Job in Moncton bekommen. Bis er eine Wohnung hat, wird er erstmal im Hostel unterkommen. Am nachmittag laufe ich noch ...
Last day in Moncton
We had to check out of the hostel by 10:30, we did so, it had been a good few nights, we headed to the supermarket for supplies for our 24 hour train journey back to Montreal and on to Toronto!! The train was not until 17:15, but we just chilled in the ...
Trainingstag im C'mon Inn Hostel
... Adresse findet ihr auf www.monctonhostel.ca! :-) Am Abend geht’s dann auch gleich zum ersten gesellschaftlichen Ereignis in Moncton: wir gehen alle zusammen (Sergio, Liz, Cat, Nicolas, Candice, Jeremiah und ein französisches Pärchen, das mal eine ...
Bus to Montreal via Moncton
This is where the bus passed through to Montreal, to get the map route showing more ...
Anne of Green Gables
... , I could actually stay here in PEI and never leave! Across the 13km bridge and arrived in New Brunswick. We headed to Moncton, a big university town. We could not find any accommodation, but one of the B&B owners mentioned a new B&B that would be ...
Today I left my Footprints on the Ocean Floor
In Moncton, there is a phenomenon, or is it just an optical illusion. It is Magnetic Hill. You can drive to the bottom of the hill, release the brake, leave the car in neutral and the car magically rolls up the hill. It is amazing to see. You can have ...
Moncton & Surrounding area
... been travelling to the east we had entered a different time zone, adding 1 hour, making us 4 hours behind GMT. We arrived in Moncton dead on time, about 11:15 on September 14th. The journey had been a great experience and I felt excited about the further ...
5 Days of no-internet connection
... time change did not make us too happy. So after comping us the room (thanks) we hightailed it out of there and are now in Moncton sitting out the rain from hurricane Beryl.... first day in 2 weeks that we've really seen bad weather. But this rain gets you ...
Last stop before the islands of the east coast
I didn't do a whole lot in Moncton, mostly because it didn't have anything really interesting for me to do. The first day I spent there was fairly hot and humid, which was good because I needed to feel the heat again. ...
Richtung Atlantik: Quebec und New Brunswick
... dem Strom und einem kleinen Wasserfall, den wir dort angeguckt haben, gibt es dazu eigentlich wenig zu sagen. Ähnliches gilt für Moncton, New Brunswick, wo ich diese Zeilen schreibe. Wie Riviere de Loup ist es wohl eher als Zwischenstopp auf unserem Weg ...
Acadian Coast
... of the Maritime Provinces. The community has the nickname "Hub City" because of its central location and also because Moncton has historically been the railway and transportation hub for the Maritime Provinces. European settlement began in 1733 when ...
Pierre O-love-iere
... surfing the same house, (I forgot to mention the Swedish couple who stayed the night before who took four months to bike across Canada!). So in a fashion I could stand for we all headed to the club beers in bags in hand and smiles on our faces. There ...
Acadian Territory
... . Great place. We drive South for Moncton. Short stop at the optical allusion of Magnetic Hill and then stop at the Moncton University for accomodations and to let everything dry. We drive out to Hopefall Rocks where the greatest tide change occurs - ...
A geology blog on the Bay of Fundy
... America for peaceful protesting as well as being stuck in a war torn Sierra Leonne in the late 90's. Can't say a lot to promote Moncton other than it's a good base to explore the Bay if Fundy coastline. First stop, Hopewell rocks, home to these amazing ...
stop over in Moncton
we just spent the afternoon here guys waiting for our train to Quebec City ...
Flower pots and a chocolate river
... me back at the hostel mid afternoon, where I hooked up with Miebaka Ogan (we have a surname folks!) to explore Moncton and the chocolate river. When I arrived yesterday I figured Moncton had nothing to offer and was pretty dowdy, however I was ...
Back in Canada!
Holy shit, only one night left until we go 'home'! We've been out east for the last two weeks and this is only our third night away from Sarah's Family's cottage. After landing in Halifax we were met by Mark and Jen (who was dancing with a huge ...
Meet Ms. Pansy
... , but I’m certain it’s all essential. With the train for Montreal due to leave at 11.35, where I would connect to Moncton, the GO Train stopping one stop from Union didn’t fill me with joy; an announcement came over the tannoy to say a ...
Train to Moncton
... for another train as they only have a single track for most of the line. I dozed off again and woke 5mins before our arrival in Moncton (the train was on time despite the delay). We had changed time zones so had lost an hour and arrived at 11.45am. We ...
Non gratum anus rodentum that's latin for ...
Non Gratum Anus Rodentum That's latin for "not worth a rat's ass" and that is what describes any weather report in Newfoundland. After that miserable day in St.John's on Monday the weatherman called for more the same the next day. Wrong. It was ...
Day 22 - Moncton NB - Portland ,Maine
... that we had forgotten about in our bedroom and that thing we bought for a dollar in SD and it made it from there all across into Canada and back to the states ! We had already eaten about 10 of them so it had lost some of its appeal and had spent a great ...
Day 18 - Moncton, NB to Charlottown, PEI
Our trip from Moncton to PEI was absolutely beautiful ! To catch the first glimpses of that little gem in the Atlantic and conjure up memories and images of all the Anne of Green Gables books and our Atlantic heritage was very moving ! We drove first to ...
Driving to Miramichi for the wedding
The early morning flight seemed to last forever as I had to go through Montreal. Once I made it to Moncton it was quick and easy to hit the road in my car and get back to Miramichi. The wedding was scheduled for 4:00 pm so I had a bunch of time but to ...
Travel day is almost here!
Our adventure begins very soon....the countdown has been going on for quite some time and it's now down to 3 days. Hard to believe that it's almost here. Read more: ...
Presenting.....Loki :o)
A few minutes stop to hug and make acquaintance with the new family addition, Loki, her brand new little kitten. He's a tiny blast. After too much chatting trying to catch up with 8 weeks of not seeing each other, we take off to drive to the beach house ...


