Blogs from Ontario, Canada, North America - page 3

Another well deserved sleep-in. The last 10 days have been brilliant but hectic and our cozy Airbnb is perfect for R&R. We check out the Queen Street East shops and Jules finds a more reasonably priced carry-on bag but elects to check what might be available in the city. Another cracking day weather wise – mid 20s and sunny – and it’s t-shirts all the way. We ride the 501 to the familiar stop near Union Station and disembark for some sightseeing and shopping. Dropped a pin in maps last night so we could find the Shoppers Drug Mart that sells the Florence by Mills that Millsy has been hunting. It’s not in The Beaches Shoppers Drug Mart but Jules spotted it as we headed for the Streetcar after last nights game. We don’t find THAT ... read more

While our hotel appears to teeter over Niagara Falls, it's a 15 minute walk down to the edge of the waterfall. Milla has awoken and still looks like death warmed up. Poor thing. She's being such a trooper about it - resting when she can and not complaining. Niagara Falls (Twin Towns) is like a ghost town and we settle for Subway breakfast rolls before walking down to the water's edge. It's sunny but windy and as we get closer the mist from the falls starts to thicken. It feels like it's raining and the cool mist is refreshing in the sun. It would be far less refreshing if we were here even a few days earlier when it was 15 degrees cooler. We watch a boat full of tourists slowly enter the whitewash and mist ... read more

no April Fool here .... beginning to write again after an almost three year hiatus because of covid. Not that nothing was happening in the past three years... it just did not happen by way of a wander to far flung places on the map. The ether is continuously scoured for adventurous tidbits ...zoom is a constant companion ... documentaries on tickle the grey cells ...and Poirot entertains as needles fill with knitting. A request from a friend in California has awakened the blogger in me. She and her partner are planning a trip to Norway. I had to go to my blog to jog the "little grey cells" ...OMG 2009!! That coastal trip is one I would like to do again...if there are no age restrictions ...https://www.hurtigruten.com/the-original-norwegian-coastal-express/?&infinity=ict2~net~gaw~ar~644550290579~kw~hurtigruten%20norway%20coastal%20cruise~mt~e~cmp~CA_COA_Tactical_Destination... read more

This morning I got dressed and headed across the street to a bakery….The Red Ganache. They had just taken fresh croissants and cranberry orange muffins out of the oven. The smell simply filled the air. I enjoyed talking with the owner and staff. Of course I bought the croissants, muffins, plus chocolate eclairs, and a couple pastries for us to try. We divided everything by 4 and each had a taste of everything I brought home. It was great with morning coffee!! It was raining, but we took a chance and drive down by the falls. We found a parking place, but it was a long walk to the falls, plus it was $30 and we weren’t going to be there that long!! So we just drive by and took pictures, hoping the weather would be ... read more

Wasaga Beach, à ne pas confondre avec Nottawasaga qui,comme son nom l’indique, n’est pas à Wasaga. Ni avec Collingwood, tel qu'indiqué sur la map du blog. Semble-t-il que pour Travelblog, Wasaga beach n'existe pas... On arrive à notre Airbnb et il me semble que je me reconnais … Turns out que notre maison est sur la même rue que le chalet qu’on avait loué avec des amis il y a 6 ans (laquelle rue fait à peu près 300 mètres). Si on peut ne pas entendre de Nazgul de la semaine, ça sera déjà une grande amélioration (pour la petite histoire, quand on était venu il y a 6 ans, Romy avait 4 mois et a percé 2 dents pendant la semaine. Elle a pleuré toute la semaine, jours et nuits, en émettant un son identique ... read more