Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1514

So its been a little while since we have written an entry about our adventures! To be honest we haven't had to many adventures as there has been rain, snow and a little more rain, we are looking at close to 3 weeks of solid rain, drizzle and snow!!! This has been a little difficult to get used to considering how dry it is back home... Any way what have we been up to i hear you ask... Last week we took a road trip to Calgary with Mike and Kristina. The trip was a bit of a last minute hey we all have 2 days off together lets go to Calgary spur of the moment type decision (we only decided 2 nights before that we would go)! The day before we were leaving we had ... read more

The weather held up this afternoon as we took off on a little drive throughout Essex County, taking all the back county roads and looking at all the farmhouses along the way. The best part: Nick finally silenced Sarah's EXTREME skepticism by showing her that there is, indeed, a very large tomato information centre in the town of Leamington, which is also home to the Heinz tomato factory. Well it IS the tomato capital of Canada after all...Needless to say, the big tomato took Sarah's breath away and she absolutely HAD to get a picture in front of it (see pic). We're heading back to Vancouver Sunday evening to prepare for the big Okanagan bash for July 1st weekend, and of course to start our absolutely final preps for the trip coming up in July. (Nick ... read more

We left Vancouver via the airport bound for Toronto at 5:30am. The flight was at 7:00 but customs and security checks take time. Unfortunately we had to go the long way around again, so our flight path took us to Dallas and Chicargo before touching down in Toronto 12 hrs later. We caught the bus to our hotel and slept. Toronto is a very big city, so has it's problems with smog, traffic congestion and homeless people. We took a tour on a double decker bus over 2 days and saw plenty. We took a closer look at Casa Loma - a very opulent homestead built in 1910 by the then owner of the Hydro. As you might imagine he was very wealthy and the 96 room house is a testiment to that wealth. At the ... read more

Well this seems like a great way to keep everyone updated....i am leaving Canada shortly on a work exchange in Sydney Australia....working for the fire department there is going to sooo much fun....see if i can learn how to use this blog stuff..lol...kepp you all posted... read more

We had a 9.15am start this morning and made our way to Niagara Falls which is what most of us had been waiting for… The first thing that strikes you is that you can see the falls from the road on the way into town and we could see it from the bus!! I guess I had expected that it would be in a National Park somewhere and be somewhat like the Grand Canyon - out of the way of the town but it isn't. The second thing I noticed is that I thought the falls would be taller, but they are not beautiful because of their height, it's more about the width and the shear force of the water. Niagara Falls, I have to tell you, may just be one of the most spectacular things ... read more