The Maid doing battle with the falls

Toronto, Boston, and Home!

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August 20th 2009
I’m writing this almost a month after arriving home. Slack, but I thought I’d better finish the story! Doesn't the sunset picture above really set the scene for the last blog entry, which is about going home... geez I'm clever! Following the advice of the seat61.com website, I chose to take the train From New York to Toronto, rather than fly. It was a nice view up along the Hudson River fo ... read more

North America » Canada » Ontario » Toronto

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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... ... read more