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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 […]
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 May 2016
The plan for the day was not to have a plan, or as little of a plan as possible. After breakfast we walked over to St Charles St to catch the street car to Canal St. We bought a 24h pass for USD3 so that we could explore wherever took our fancy. Just because of […]
3 May 2016
We had a light breakfast of oats, cup-mandarins and waffle at the guest house before setting o ff around 1000 to walk into the French Quarter. It took about 45 minutes through some nice houses in various states of disrepair and gentrification. Arriving into Bourbon St, I thought it was just sleazy. And that was […]
2 May 2016
Getting going We woke earlier today out of necessity and felt better for it. We ate lightly, finished packing and set off for the Houston (Johnson) Space Centre. It was about a 50 minute drive taking the outer ring road but Google Maps suggested that was the fastest way. We got there about 1000. The […]
1 May 2016
We had a slow start. We set off by car late morning to the Hobby Aiport area where Kim said there was an aviation museum. He even had an address but when we go there, there was no museum. We had a light lunch at Taco Bell where we used to internet to find out […]