Today we ventured outside of the city of Quebec. Our first stop was the Parc De La Chute-Montmorency just outside of the city. These waterfalls can be seen from the main road and really are a bit of a tourist trap but you dont know that at the time! Cost us $32 to park the car and go up a short cable car ride up the mountain to see the falls. If you don't want to go up in the cable car you can walk up the 487 steps to the top. The stairs are anchored to the cliff side and from the stairs you are meant to hear the full force of the falls. There is supposed to be a guide to talk about the falls on the ride up but we never saw one. ... read more

Hotel 7 Saison may not have been the flashest hotel on the block but we would stay there anytime over a Hilton or similar. The place had character and the staff were such good value. Real people who enjoyed a joke and a chat. Last night Geoff and I spent several hours chilling with the hotel staff - great night with plenty of laughs...oh and by the way they moved us to another room as they were unable to fix the hot water problem today. Left Montreal around 9am after breakfast at the hotel and arrived in Quebec City around 11.30am. Drove straight to our hotel - Best western Plus Downtown $78 per night. We are here for 3 nights. There is valet parking here $22 per day including in/out privileges - not much choice with ... read more

Another beautiful fall day here in Montreal..it's cold overnight but the days are just super - couldn't ask for any better. Dropped off the RV this morning and then took a taxi $60 to airport to pick up hire car. We ended up with a Hyundai Sonata $280 for 7 days hire including full insurance - no complaining with that. We booked our hire cars on the Internet with "economy cars" - used them plenty of times before - they are very competitive with their pricing. Next we booked into our hotel in downtown Montreal - Hotel 7 Saisons...a very cute heritage hotel. We were a bit worried as reviews for this place weren't too good but we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived. Staff could speak broken English and were very friendly. The hotel is ... read more

Overnight Temperatures dropped to 2 degrees C. overnight but the day has ended up being just perfect. Sun shining and no wind maximum 18 degrees. Ottawa is the capital of Canada and has a population of just under one million. We got an early start to the day but that's where it ended. Made our way to the Park & Ride station but the car park was full. Geoff asked someone about the train line and was told there was no trains in Ottawa and we should just drive the RV downtown - only 20 minutes away... The drive into the city was slow - should have turned around then and found another Park & Ride but we kept going - bad mistake...made it downtown - now the fun begins - to find a park for ... read more

Rained heavily again last night - forecast for the day was rain so we were happy we had decided to take a country drive today rather than fight the city public transport in Toronto. Filled up with fuel before our trip $1.17 per litre. RV took $170 to fill. After visiting numerous cities on this trip we are starting to feel a little tired. After all each new city requires new research into their public transport and city parking. We are saving ourselves for Quebec and NYC! Well the country drive ended up being an 8 hour round trip through some lovely towns and villages along the water front trail of Lake Erie - Port Burwell to Port Dover. It was a very relaxed day - one of those days you wish would never end. The ... read more