Travel Blogs from Canada
Week Forty Five - Vancouver
... is the day. Check out of Beckside and get early morning taxi to the airport for the flight to Winnipeg. I am flying with Air Canada for $350 return. I plan to return on Wednesday of next week. The taxi costs $50. The flight takes 2.5 hours. The flight ...
July 9th train from bennett lake to skaguay ...
July 9th, Train from Bennett Lake to Skaguay WE DID IT!!! Up at 6:00 am as planned and hiking by 7:20 (we were a little behind schedule but it worked out) we made Bennett Lake by 9:45. In truth, my father expected me to hike a lot slower given the ...
Peace!
My Journey is over. It's time to go home and be me. Last night I finished reading "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. I woke up and I meditated for an hour. Actually...I don't think what I did could be considered ...
Puppy Joy
Edmonton
... moose), some wild horses, and buffalo. On the Saturday evening we went for a walk around - it was really busy with everyone celebrating Canada Day. We got some food and had a few beers - when in Rome... Sunday, we just chilled out. Monday, we went to ...
Over to Calgary
... met, in fact we did not know that each other existed until our mothers got e-mailing and Diane's mum Wendy told Diane we were in Canada! Diane is married to Mike and they have two kids (Megan and Joey) and a dog (Billy!). It was a really nice evening - ...
Group Dynamics
The CNSC usually hosts multiple groups simultaneously. When our group, the Learning Vacation, arrived, another group did at about the same time. We were all so new to each other that the two groups intermingled somewhat. We chatted indiscriminately, and ...
CN Tower
Dinner at the top of the CN Tower after a day at the beach. It had been recommended by Mark to blow the budget and go for dinner in the revolving restaurant at the top of the CN Tower. Good recommendation. we had a great time and got a fantastic seat ...
Vancouver
We came, we conquered, we left. Only had a short time here. Went to the Island which cost us $130 for the privilege, saw the museum. The aquarium is worth a visit at Stanley Park. Leaving now. ...
Anyone in Canada go here!!!!
Hi everyone, We have been having an absolutely great time in Squilax for the last couple of days. we made the long drive from Vancouver which took most of the day with a few stops along the way to arrive at our destination for the night, a small ...
Week Forty Nine - Toronto
... booked for 1010 at The Devil's Pulpit. The course is owned by the guys who invented Trivial Pursuit and has been ranked in Canada's top ten golf courses. William's playing partner, Brian, makes up the three ball. The course is superb, along the lines of ...
The Flight Was Over Before It Began
We left Sydney at about 11:30 on July 11 and landed in Vancouver at about 08:30 on July 11. That's the beauty of flying eastward over the International Date Line. The fourteen hour flight was smooth but we didn't get much shut eye. Sylvia's ...
Toronto
We arrived today. I will update later in the week once the Mother in law has arrived!!! Hope everyone is well Simon & ...
This Is It
... It also turned out that when we ran the numbers to any and all possible break destinations, the return flights to Vancouver, Canada were very reasonable. In addition to birthday cake, this diversion would also allow us to test drive Vancouver as a ...
Birthday Girls
... I'm not sure whether it's an insult or compliment, but the town lays claim to the title of the Box Store capital of Canada with more box stores per capita than elsewhere. The shopping extravaganzas are kept to the outskirts, however, and the downtown core ...
Home, Away from Home!
I made it to Vancouver Island. I have my trailer parked in my sister's yard and since they just moved here last week they are still in the middle of unpacking and I do not have wifi access yet. I will update my blog asap when I can use my own ...
Traveling Anxieties
On my way to Toronto Ontario after a night full of more anxiety than sleep. A mix-up with my name with the travel agent has been the cause of all this anxiety. And after 2 days of trying to rectify this I've exhausted all resources as well as ...
City Life
... is brilliant and a sky top view on this day beckons. After the amazing sunset panoramas of the city and the harbor I walk to Canada Place, the convention center and cruise ship terminal which juts out into the water. I see Mt. Baker in the US rising ...
Witches don't make great roommates!
Saying goodbye to my boyfriend after spending so much time together was difficult. He flew back to Australia on Monday and seeing him off at the airport and coming back to my room alone felt like we had been ripped apart. So much harder this time - ...
Wahooo!
Wahoooo! We have just purchased our tickets to Europe! We leave with Air Canada on Oct. 3 and come home to Ottawa on Dec. 19th. It is so exciting to finally have a ticket in hand and know for sure we are going. Next step is to finalize our trips within ...
Week Forty One - Vancouver
... guy called Sherif asks for a game and ends up joining us. He introduces us to his boss, Raymond who owns 150 restaurants across Canada, mostly in Montreal. Later another guy, Pete, joins us. He has lived the high life and used to stay in the same hotel ...
The last booking has been made!
Well, things are all starting to come together. We had dinner with the Sparrows (Thanks again Mike and Dawn) on Thursday. We saw their pictures from Turkey and borrowed their LP books. They also gave us a copy of their packing list which will help us ...
The Final Chapter...NOT!
NOTE: The following has been written in my website's blog, and I was hoping you would all be able to read it there, but due to some technical difficulties...and life in general...it's still not up. So here is that comment. I believe I have those ...
July 8th chilkoot trail - bare loon lake ...
... to the tent which we'd pitched on a beautiful site overlooking the lake, I took advantage of the extra daylight (now that we'd entered Canada and the time had shifted ahead an hour it was light until after midnight) to read my book for awhile and am now ...
Rockies Road Trip.......................
... further out, without the restraints of a bus tour. We are due to leave Canada on the and head back to the USA. Our first stop being Seattle. Canada has been tiring, but great. Well, hope you enjoy the pictures... Not long now till Viva Las ...
Montreal
... to explore the sights. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montreal is a funny place, you are in the heart of Canada but everone speaks French. It was certainly a bit of a shock to us. We ...
Ontario full circle
... on the lake. The problem was leaving the next day!!! Final thought for the day. For those of you that have been to Canada before might have noticed stone men on the side of the freeways, we certainly have. It turns out that the Indian natives build ...
