This morning we woke to the sun coming up over the island. The resort we were staying at was on the sunrise side, so we knew we would wake to the sun. Though Chris leapt out of bed to get a photo, he was about 40 seconds to late to capture the best shot.
Continue readingToday we got up early and headed northeast for Mackinaw City, to catch the ferry over the Mackinac Island.
Continue readingToday we had a relaxing sort of day in Traverse City, mainly due to the weather. It has been raining on and off for the last couple of days and was heavy at times today. So we weren’t too keen to venture out if we didn’t need to…
Continue readingToday was day 1 of our road trip. After breakfast in the hotel, we headed off west towards the Canada/USA border for our 6 hour journey (plus border crossing and stops).
Continue readingGood morning from Kitchener, Ontairo!
Continue readingToday we travelled to the Montmorency Falls. These falls are higher than Niagara Falls! We managed to book a tour bus to take us out to the falls and back, and whilst there booked the cable car to take us to the top.
Continue readingToday we took the opportunity to explore Old Quebec. As part of the services the Hotel provides, is a walking tour of Old Quebec.
The walking tour lasted about 3 hours and covered everything you wanted to know about the city. We had wandered around the night before and so had briefly visited most places already, but we didn’t know their significance or purpose until today.
Continue readingHappy Birthday to Chris! Today, after breakfast in the Lounge, we caught the public transport out to Casa Loma. The public transport in Toronto is fantastic, you can get all around the city using the trains, street cars and busses and each one seems to come along within 5-10 minutes! And all on the one transport card too.
Continue readingDay 10 – Ripley Aquarium and more exploring of Tornoto
Today started very early (for Danielle anyway) who got up at 5.30am local time to watch the royal funeral. This wouldn’t have been a big deal, she fell asleep by about 9pm the night before, but was awake again from 1.30am until close to 5am. Jet lag is a thing for both of us on this trip!
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