Blogs from Canada, North America - page 14

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

Labrador The 5:00am wakeup call to catch an early ferry made us feel right at home. Hurry up and wait. The trip to the ferry was uneventful and the ferry was very similar to BC Ferries Salish class ships. The first difference we noticed was that the ramps at our ferry terminals drop down to the ferry from the dock whereas the ferry here had ramps on both ends that dropped down onto the ferry dock. The interiors were slightly different, but ferries are ferries, and we had a nice crossing back to the Canadian mainland. Landing at Blanc-Sablon in La Belle Provence, we headed north to our first destination, the lighthouse at Point Amour. Yes, another lighthouse. It’s amazing how many there are, and they all have something unique to offer. This one is the ... read more

Well, it’s finally happening! We’re taking our first major trip since our last blogged adventure, the Hawaii Herniated Disk debacle. That one started with a 54 hour journey from snowy Victoria to sunny and warm Maui and ended with stops in a couple of emergency rooms. But I digress. We are heading out on another adventure to a distant island, this time Newfoundland (and Labrador). We begin with a reunion in Victoria of St. Andrew’s Elementary staff. Dianne was teacher, vice-principal and principal there for the 15 years before we moved to Chemainus in 2004. Should be fun! The trip passes through Toronto which isn’t a highlight given the recent problems at the airport. We are taking a red-eye from Victoria and this gets us into Deer Lake in the afternoon instead of the middle of ... 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

2e épisode des avances hautes-canadiennes. Alors. Départ de Belleville, direction Royal Botanical Garden. Geneviève a fait ses devoirs. Il y a plusieurs restos autour dudit jardin. Pas besoin de se faire de lunch. On se tape un s***load de trafic en chemin alors quand on arrive, les filles sont affamées. Surtout qu’on a gossé pour trouver la bonne entrée et qu’on a dû arrêter dans un parking parce-que Delphine avait trop envie (On a trainé le petit pot alors c’est pas trop compliqué) On se dépêche, on paye les billets et on demande le chemin pour le resto. Arrivés devant le resto…. C’est fermé. Pas la fin du monde, il y a aussi un café. Également fermé. Je retourne à l’accueil pour m’informer des options bouffe et demander au dude ce qu’il pensait que je voulais ... read more