Country Inn By Carlson Oakville

I want to tell you about these great Niagara Falls tours that Chariots of Fire offers. Both Niagara Falls tour packages are reasonably priced, just $60 per person. The driver/ guides are great. They know alot about Niagara Falls and the surrounding area. (Their jokes can be a little ...

We set off from our motel near Ottawa at 8am, aiming to have some time to spend in Algonquin National Park on our way west to stay with Frankie's cousins near Toronto. I had my first ever taste of a McDonalds breakfast just before we left, and I can safely say never, ever again. How they call that bacon I do not know! The drive to Algonquin was, to be honest, extremely dull. The road was long and pretty straight and, only occasionally ...

... booth. Had the tea/coffee break and decided to take the two hour bus tour on the Double Decker bus. Walked back to the booth and talked to the young lady that gave us the map and obtained the tickets for the bus tour, as well as a harbour tour. Great we are on our way, we caught a bus at 11:05 and the narration around by the young lady was well done, she knew her city and the buildings and history, very informative and made the tour fun to listen too. We decided to get off at ...

... including Bran Van 3000, The John Henrys and Hollerado) just outside the Eaton's Centre going on all day. There was no way I was going to be shopping in the air conditioning after I found that out. I love Michelle and everything, but Urban Outfitters is not going to cut it when Bran Van is just outside the spotless glass doors of the shopping mall. I figured I would spend the entire day at the free concerts, until about 11 p.m. and then head to the clubs. This did not ...

... European airlines give free food! Besides that, I heard that Air Canada is the reason why other airlines such as Canadian Airlines and JetsGo have become bankrupt, because Air Canada wants to be the only airline operating across Canada. They better not keep this process going, resulting with Westjet becoming bankrupt!

... to Buffalo to get my onward ticket to Toronto (which is 3 1/2 hrs north) only to be told by the bus driver that there are 17 buses a day from Niagara to Toronto! so doing as I'm told is out of the window from now on and going with what I think is right like I normally do is back. Anyway my bus from Buffalo to Toronto is delayed for an hour because even though we have a bus driver we have no bus because it hasn't arrived from NYC. When it ...

... Unfortunately the Embassy forgot to inform me that the next 4 days were a national holiday and Canada Post ended up sending the return package in regular mail, taking 3 days instead of one. We had to cancel the first booking, but luckily we got insurance which could cover the cancellation. Frustrating, yes, but at least now we were ready to depart. Asia, here we come.

... br>It is also interesting to have a different view of downtown Toronto.

After Humber Park we crossed Gardiner Expy road and had a coffee at the cross of Queen St. W, King St. W, The Queeway and Roncesvalles Av. I like this place, it is a nice square (if you like citis spots and tramway). We saw for example a tramway parking - I like the Toronto tramway - . Plus, it is close to the Polish area. I recommand you to have a meal there, it is really delicious and beer are very good !

Well... I leave in a couple of days. Well, for the Dominican anyways. My friend Holly's getting married and I've been promising for two years that I'll come to her wedding somewhere warm. Little did I know it was going to take place only days before my round the world trip. Should be a perfect way to say goodbye to some of my oldest friends...Then it's off to England. And then Africa. Wow.

Well, it's a little more than three weeks before my trip officially begins, but the planning has already begun!! I've signed up for the Contiki European Highlights tour, and I've received final confirmation and package today. It's not easy handing over more than $2000 at once, but I'm sure I'll appreciate it once I'm having a blast. I can't wait to meet at the people on the tour and experience some crazy things (not too crazy, Mom, don't worry). I'm also going to spend a week in ...