http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/East--Bound/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from East Bound en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:55:16 +0000 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:55:16 +0000 Andrearsquos musings on the Maritimesbull Tax the tax here is a bloody 13 and I never know how much anything is going to cost. At 5 I could do the math in my head and have a basic idea of what am item will cost with tax. But here Irsquom clueless and it always amazes me when you bring up an item thatrsquos supposed to cost 18.99 and it ends up costing 72 dollars. Seriously the tax ju http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Nova-Scotia/blog-440832.html New Brunswick and HalifaxYes itrsquos been a long time coming but here it ishellip the last stage of our cross Canada triphellipSo after Montreal we ended up spending a week with the Hallyburton family in New Brunswick. It was great to stay in one place for more than a couple of days Also managed to do some catching up with friends lived it up at a nice little ldquoWelcome back to the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/blog-440812.html bullMontreal Oooooh....SO great to have beer and pizza waiting for you after a long and stressful drive TO and Montreal in the same day shudder. And not just any pizza super delicious pizza from a private little mom poprsquos place and droolworthy black currant beer by Montrealrsquos Ephe769me768re microbrewery thank you ChrisAh yes itrsquos all about the Montreal http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-430549.html So I have to say that driving into Toronto was one of the scariest things that wersquove ever done. Careening around the expressway with an overloaded car and an occasionally retarded GPS now therersquos something to get the adrenaline pumping and the sqabbles going We love our GPS and we hate it. Itrsquos wonderful but for godsrsquo sake donrsquot forget your MAP and some COMMON http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-421248.html Well one thing that driving across the country does for you is it really teaches you your geography. We had no idea that Manitoba and Northern Ontario had so many lakes. And although wersquod seen Ontario on a map before one has no idea of how BIG it actually is until we tried driving across it it took us a week to cross Ontario aloneHm we may never understand why people live in souther http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-421228.html After we left Manitou Beach SK we stopped in Yorkton SK and Rhein pronounced Ryan anybody see how Me neither to visit my cousin and her family and my two uncles. It was really good to see them again we spent some time visiting and what was supposed to be a quick stopover I was thinking one or two hours turned into an entire evening including supper and a trip to get ice cream. It was n http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Manitoba/blog-417966.html MANITOU BEACH WatrousAs I write this we are burning down the vast expanse of highway 365 in SKhellip.a grand highway with 1.5 lanes of dirt road Also some gravel drift going onhellip.please keep us on the road Andrea 61514 Our first stop was spent lounging in luxury for 2 days and nights at Russ Dani's place they feed house us this is quite luxurious by camping standards http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/blog-416657.html Andrea It's a strange thing to leave a city after 31 years of living there. Anna and I had a going away party on June 30th and a ton of people from my past and present turned out to say goodbye. It was great to see everyone and I'm so glad that I got a chance to talk to so many people before I left. Having never lived anywhere but Edmonton it's surreal to think that I just can't call up my friend http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Edmonton/blog-414861.html