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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 […]
5 September 2016
We were both in need of doing some washing so our priority was to find a laundromat. Being Labour Day, we thought it would be wise to find it on our way out rather than cart all our dirty clothing there to find that it was closed. We found the laundomat easily and then proceeded […]
4 September 2016
Today we fly to Toronto at 1700. Apart from Kim returning the rental car by 0930, we spent our time in the hostel relaxing, packing, eating breakfast and making sandwiches for our flight. Icelandair’s onboard catering is expensive but in-line with Icelandic pricing. We had nice heavy bread rolls which we filled with ham, cheese […]
3 September 2016
We had a very slow start today. With all the driving and sightseeing, I needed to catch up on some admin. After a late breakfast (the usual omelette, tomatoes and toast), we set off around 1100. Today, we drove to Stokkseyri about an hour south. The fishing village there was nothing special but we did […]
2 September 2016
With our trusty Toyota Corolla, we did the standard tourist circuit called the Golden Circle. We drove about 90 minutes through the gorgeous countryside, once again with good weather to get to Strokkur Geyser. Despite the relatively short drive, Kim was getting sleepy so we stopped for a cuppa before continuing to Gulfoss water fall. […]
1 September 2016
Today was our first of three days with a rental car. We walked 15 mins to collect our very much pre-loved Toyota Corolla from SAD Cars (the name represents the initials of the three owners). After a few hours we thought we had the oldest car in the country. Our first excursion was north to […]
31 August 2016
The weather turned better today and we thought the Hallgrímskirkja church tower would offer a good view of the area. We walked there and had a look inside the stark interior before taking the lift up. Interestingly the lift allowed 6 people up but 8 down. Yes, we did get a good view of the area […]