Moncton, Canada Travel Blogs

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Moncton
Jul 23, 2006 (11 photos)

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
Jul 1, 2006 (5 photos)

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
Sep 21, 2009 (9 photos)

... for a rockin’ and rollin’ night.  Surely cramped quarters but it still beats overnight airline flights.  Funny how these compartments didn't seem so cramped when Barry & I made the trip from Moncton to Quebec City.    

Last day in Moncton
Sep 21, 2008

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 ...

Bus to Montreal via Moncton
Jul 8, 2007

This is where the bus passed through to Montreal, to get the map route showing more accurately.

Anne of Green Gables
May 26, 2004

... , 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
May 27, 2004

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
Sep 16, 2008

... 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
Jul 21, 2006

... 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
Jul 28, 2007 (3 photos)

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.        ...

Acadian Territory
May 27, 2005

... . 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 - ...

Acadian Coast
Jul 13, 2007 (6 photos)

... 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
Sep 24, 2008

... 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 ...

stop over in Moncton
Jun 6, 2008 (5 photos)

we just spent the afternoon here guys waiting for our train to Quebec City :-)

A geology blog on the Bay of Fundy
Oct 26, 2007 (9 photos)

... 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 flowerpot ...

"The Ocean" 5
Sep 22, 2007

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Train to Moncton
Sep 14, 2008

... 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 ...
Jul 20, 2001

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
Jul 31, 2009 (6 photos)

... 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
Jul 27, 2009 (1 photos)

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 ...

Home
May 3, 2009

Home! Made it home! Had a long flight but it was okay! I must say i was shocked to realize that things here are in bloom yet! Its spring in Europe already! But oh well, as someone said to me, I just get to see it all over again! True enough! I was ...

Back to Moncton
Mar 29, 1998

Back in Moncton, now for the drive back to PEI

Le grand départ!
Jan 10, 2006

... call from Tania, a long-time friend of mine as well as one of the other participants in this exchange between the universities of Moncton and Poitiers, in France. She said that she will be coming to pick me up in about fifteen minutes to go to the Halifax ...

Good bye N.B. Hello P.E.I.
Aug 9, 2009 (5 photos)

Someone told us "If you enjoyed N.B., you will love P.E.I" and they were right.

Lat Years Trip
Jul 7, 2008

We left Moncton at 2:30pm Saturday July 21st 2008. We transfered busses in Turo NS and we started our way . As we  were driving we (The Bus) was pulled over but 2 RCMP cars and delyed us by almost 1hr.. We made it to North Sydney at 11:30pm (ADT) ...

The first day
Oct 5, 2007

... what's that smell" when you open the car door, but it fades into the background after a while. Today was a short travel day to Moncton to enjoy Cindy and Don's hospitality and have a nice visit with Ellen who drove up from St. John for the night.  ...

"Stoned" in Moncton
Sep 4, 2005 (15 photos)

... to embark on a weekend roadtrip...and so my friends and I did just that...Sean, Sheilagh, Kevin and I ventured out to Moncton, New Brunswick to see the Rolling Stones play!!! We stayed in this tiny town called Shediac, which is incidentally home to a ...

Moncton!
Aug 17, 2006 (2 photos)

... going on at the time of our visit - quelle bonne surprise! Spent most of the day shopping and walking around downtown Moncton (which is not very big). The 'festival' mostly consisted of cooking demonstrations/tastings at various points around the city, as ...

On to Moncton
Sep 7, 2009

... we reached Fredericton. After almost ten hours on the road we arrived at the Holiday Inn Express hotel at the outskirts of Moncton. “Outskirts” is a synonym for “boondocks” so after check-in we piled back into our vehicles and drove ...