http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Tuck/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Tuck en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:49:22 +0000 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:49:22 +0000 DAY 11240 Tuesday July 24 2007Today we got up bright and early 530 and joined the 'Rocky Mountaineer' a train that would take us over the rocky mountains from Calgary to Vancouver in two days. This was an amazing trip that took us past some breathtaking scenary that no photo i took could do justice. For hours for as far as the eye could see in all directions the landscape was awe in http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Calgary/blog-185999.html Well today was the morning after and there were a lot of sore heads and red eyes as a large number of the wedding party assembled for brunch in the hotel barrestaurant. I missed breakfast but that turned out to be a fantastic investment when I saw what was on offer for brunch. I would have almost advised those too sick to eat anything not to have drunk so much so they wouldn't have to forgoe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-185313.html DAY 8240 Saturday July 21 2007The wedding day was finally upon us and what a great day it was. For as long as i have known Chris my cousin he succeeds with flying colours at everything he does. The wedding was no exception and i'm sure that the marriage will be the same. They are both fantastic people a very good couple and they are very lucky to have found each other.We woke up at 10 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/blog-184287.html DAY 7240 Friday July 20 2007Today we left the tour group we were with a day early and went from washington to Woodstock for the wedding tomorrow. However we got up much much earlier than we needed to and ended up having to wait 3 hours for the flight in fairness to whoever decided the time to leave we didn't really know how long it was going to take to get to the airport. So i think that http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-184282.html DAY 6240 Thursday July 19 2007 Today we went on a tour of Washington D.C. Again for the city tour we got a different guide obviously as she had more knowledge of the area. She was a little easier to understand than the new york tour guide as she had more of an american accent. Washington is like Canberra on steroids it's whats known as an artificial city created only to be the capital. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-184279.html DAY 5240 Wednesday July 18 2007Today we travelled from corning to Washington D.C via Gettysburg a town in Pennsylvania the scene of a major battle in the American civil war. I've got to admit whilst i respect and appreciate the sacrifice our soldiers made wars depress me so i don't like to delve too much into the intricacies of it all especially American civil wars. However i can defin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-184270.html DAY 4240 Tuesday July 17 2007We spent the day today at Niagara Falls Canada side. In the morning the tour we have been on continued with a trip around Niagara i think. However the family decided to skip this part and have a sleep in and the rest of the morning to ourselves. For some reason though i still woke up at around 7 and put my bags on the bus with the rest of the group so i w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Niagara-Falls/blog-184261.html DAY 1240 Saturday July 14 2007The morning of our departure produced many frustrating or looked at another way bad signs which didn't really assist my anxiety about flying. Take off got delayed in brisbane by over an hour sitting on the tarmac due to a problem with some spilt hydraulic fluid from the mobile conveyor belt thing the one that puts the bags onto the plane. However aside fr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/Manhattan/blog-184205.html just chilling at home checking out the new travel blog http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/blog-172726.html DAY 13240 Thursday July 26 2007Today I am ashamed to say we did absolutely nothing. I woke up around 130pm to find out the others had spent the whole morning drinking coffee in the coffee house adjoining our hotel Rosies they conveniently used me as an excuse for not doing anything. They had only just recently retired to the rooms for lunch where we all decided to stay for the duratio http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/Vancouver/blog-186473.html