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15 September 2016
Today was our first of our three driving days in this sprawling city. Kim decided to take me and Daisuke somewhere we both hadn’t been to. And that would be the mission at San Juan Capistrano about an hour away. Dai and I went around the two main courtyards of the mission and several rooms […]
14 September 2016
Flying from Quebec City to Los Angeles, via New York Despite half a tablet of sleeping pill last night, I only dozed for about 5h. I didn’t feel too bad when the alarm sounded at 0300. We were out pretty swiftly and headed to Quebec City’s airport nearby where we returned the car. With 2h […]
13 September 2016
Exploring the Old Town It’s our last day in Canada and we had it set aside for exploring Quebec City’s old town. Having done our reconnaissance, we drove to Lower Town where we parked easily and relatively cheaply for the max allowable period of 5h. The ferry to Levis was ready to leave so we […]
12 September 2016
Kimball woke with a sore neck and shoulder today. Fortunately it was an easy 2h40 drive from Montreal to Quebec City. This would be our last hop by car in Canada this trip. We took a detour through Mont Royal where we saw some exclusive homes, cemeteries and the viewpoint before leaving the city via […]
11 September 2016
We had a very slow morning both before and after the awesome continental breakfast at Manoir Sherbrook. There weren’t any cold cuts but whatever they had was top notch, eg. bread, pastries, jams. The weather still looked blustery outside but was set to calm down. We stepped outside before 1100 and returned to get a […]
10 September 2016
After check-out, we drove about 40 minutes to Diefenbunker. It was a bit of a backtrack as we were headed to Montreal. We arrived about 15 mins before the opening. They have a free guided tour which filled up just as we got to our turn. As the tour started at 1100, we gathered around […]
9 September 2016
Today was dedicated to exploring central Ottawa, especially the area around Parliament Hill and Byward Market. We drove downtown to that area and found pay-parking suprisingly easily for $3 per hour (max 2 hours). That allowed us to go arrange a parliament tour, explore the Parliament Hill a little, walk around Rideau Canal before lunching […]
8 September 2016
Today was just a driving day, about 4h from Oshawa to Ottawa (plus breaks). We departed around 1000 after a surprisingly good hot breakfast at the La Quinta. We opted for a slightly longer route through Kingston as it would give us a lunch break at Costco around 1200. We confidently walked in through the […]
7 September 2016
Breakfast at the hotel in Toronto didn’t start till 0800. We would have liked to eat and get going earlier but this was a limitation. There were people already eating when we turned up on the dot at 0800. We ate, checked out and walked to Budget rent-a-car about 15 minutes away. The man at […]
6 September 2016
We had a day for exploring central Toronto today. There was no pressure to get going and I used part of the morning to do some admin before walking down to St Lawrence market. There were some very tempting food on offer but we settled on a ginormous veal parmagiana sandwich and a spanakopita. It […]