Blogs from Ontario, Canada, North America - page 281

While our parents generation had Pearl Harbor, V-E and V-J days and knew what they were doing on those days. Our generation remembers what we were doing when President John Kennedy was assassinated and when the twin towers in New York fell. It has been five years since terrorist hijacked four planes and attacked the United States. Today it is referred to simply as 9/11. Here’s to the heroes of Flight 93. … We were so excited to visit Home & Park Motors, birthplace of our Roadtrek 200 Versatile Motor Home. The visitors parking area was made only for cars; Will found a spot and backed in. We entered the brick building through the double door entryway and approached the desk where a young woman sat talking into a microphone headset. The large room was divided ... read more

I can't believe my time in Canada has come to an end. I spoke with Chris today & she said "Are you sad?"....ummmmm. NO. I am excited to be going on with my trip and seeing what is around the corner. I have had an absolute blast here and I have loved almost every second of it. The good definately outweighs the bad. Not that there has been too much bad. I will definately be back one day!!!!!!!!! I am disappointed that I cannot get photo's on here for my last Canadian blog, I will try & find an internet cafe at the airport, since I have 7 hours to wait there. Future plans are as follows........U.K for 2 days, leave tuesday for Europe for 21 days, 3 days in Scotland, 4 days with Justin back ... read more

Toronto Can't believe i am finally here, its been a looooong time coming. The last couple of months have been hectic and sad at the same time saying goodbye to you all, and I am still waiting for my mind set to change. I still feel guilty at spending money until I remember this is what I have been saving for. Its nice not to have that feeling when you are doing nothing that there really is something that you should be doing.... but not any more!!! Guess this will turn into more of a diary than a travel blog as will be spending a lot of time in Sydney,working :( but i plan to enjoy it until then.... Well, I think I had the jammiest start to my trip....whilst trying not to be one of ... read more

After the first visit in Toronto I met up with Lindsay to head to her cottage for a few days. Cottage Country is something these canadians are very proud of. I guess its a lot like having a beach house back home. I was lucky because Georgian Bay is apparently THE place to go if you are looking for a canadian cottage experience. I went up with Lindsay and her three room mates. Lindsay was just getting set up in her new student house out in Guelph where she goes to University. So I got to crash the pre-uni girls weekend at the cottage. Lind's cottage was beautiful as was the bay. It was still so strange to look out on all that water and think that is was a lake. We had a miss-adventure in ... read more

We had started out in Chicago the night before & caught an overnight Amtrak train through Toledo, Cleveland arriving in Buffalo in the morning. The train was spacious & the seats reclined without invading other passengers space but they were not very comfortable & very hard to sleep on. When we rolled into Buffalo in the morning we realised that most of the passengers alighting here were also on their way to Niagara but rather than catching a local bus for the forty minute journey to Niagara they were waiting seven hours for the next train there instead. They had settled on the wooden benches in the waiting room & did look slightly more comfortable than they were on the train. We caught the bus into town through the run down areas & then another onto ... read more