Blogs from Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, North America

North America » Canada » Ontario » Bowmanville January 19th 2016

19th Happy Birthday me. And what a great day it was. Firstly, I had so many birthday messages on fb, it was hard to keep up (they started coming in last night Aussie birthday time) and continued all day. I got a stunning ring from Phil, one I’d seen in Milan that I loved and got to spend the day in Toronto. We had to check out at 1100 and then weren’t catching the train to Oshawa till 1800, but the hotel let us leave our bags there while we went out. We went to see a movie to help kill some time – The Revenant. A long movie and I kept my eyes shut for the first half hour due to the fighting and killing scenes, but then I could watch the rest. It’s a ... read more

Buffalo/Niagara Falls

North America » Canada » Ontario » Bowmanville July 26th 2008

Amazing colours on both Falls

MrsMac

Geo: 43.9138, -78.6885I've not updated this for a couple of days because the computer was not connecting. Having had it looked at the irony was that the most upmarket hotel we have stayed in, The Hyatt in Buffalo, did not have a workable wireless connection. We are now in a small hotel in a backwater in Canada and we are connected!!!So now to the events of the last few days.We flew from Seattle to Buffalo on Wednesday. This was just a travelling day as it was a 5 hour flight to Chicago and then a 2 hour flight to Buffalo. We had to spend an extra 1 1/2 hours in Chicago airport waiting for our plane, so in the end we arrived in Buffalo at midnight as there was a 3 hour time shift.Thursday morning was ... read more

Brief history of Canada

A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou...more history

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