The Homestead 1867
Travel Blogs from Hamilton
Canoes....and more canoes
Took us six hours or so to drive here yesterday including crossing the border into Canada and visiting Niagara-on-the-Lake. This is a pretty old town situated where the Niagara river flows into Lake Ontario. It was called Newark, and was the capital town, until the British got nervous of the closeness of the French and moved the capital to Toronto (which was called York back then) and the ...
In and around the lovely Peterborough
... rain we had fell appropriately on the day that kids here returned to school.
Its been a relaxing and enjoyable time. Lots of hanging out, nice meals and stories from Karen's parents, Ann and Terry about life up north and other general chit chat. We've taken in the sights and sounds, including the worlds largest hydrolic liftlock, the Canadian canoe museum and various restaurants and bars. Its also given us a much needed base to get paperwork, ...
Cobourg is my home.
I guess I should tell you all of the attractions that are in my hometown first before I start anything. :)
- Northumberland Mall
- The Cat and the Fiddle Resturant
- The Jail Resturant
- The Park Theatre and Performing Arts Centre
- Cobourg Town Hall
And that's just a start.
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Landed
After a long day and 2 long hours proceeding through the horrendous late afternoon Toronto traffic, we landed safely in 'Da Kastle', filled up the limo, did a bit of shopping and finally sat down, resting. Stats: 3804 km / 2377.5 miles at an average of 30.51 MPG(US), or 36.6 MPG (imperial) or 7.7 L/100 ...
The Countdown to departure!!!
So it's been 1 year and 9 months since last leaving my second "home" in Kenya and I can't believe I'm actually getting the chance to return again! As many of you know the work I've done with Living Positive over the last 4 years has been life changing for me and has reserved its own special place in my heart! It's not only the wonderful "family" members that I've made and miss on a daily ...