What is the similarity between water and a fun fair? The answer: Niagara Falls. As soon as you turn around from the overwhelming, thundering masses of water, you will find yourselves in a huge fun fair, with Haunted Houses, Shooting Galleries, Gambling Paradise, and all fast food-restaurants you can think of. The good news is, …
Blue skies, sunny, but with an icy cold wind. We start with an All Day Breakfast, and there is a visitor: the vicar (after all, it is Sunday). We have planned to go to the Toronto Islands today. First a little hike to the ferry (4km) and then from Central Island towards Ward’s Island, along …
After a nice flight, with a short stop-over on London Heathrow Terminal 5, we have arrived in Toronto! Collected the car and then went searching for 242 Gerrard Str in Cabbagetown, where Geoffrey Pimblett is running a very special B&B. We are welcomed by Berty, the dog (“she loves the ladies”) and showed around the …
A first glance at Toronto… Dark and cloudy weather with in the afternoon a shower… Still, we managed to see a lot of downtown. Een eerste blik op Toronto… Somber weer vandaag en in de middag vooral een bui… Maar toch hebben we veel gezien.
The packing gene has done its job – perfectly, I must add. We are packed and just finishing some remaining tasks here in the house. The laundry has been done, the dishes are done, most of the weeds are out of the garden, AM is preparing some fabrics, so she can continue to work on …
Countdown has started! Only 2 weeks from now we will be flying somewhere between Holland and Canada. In the upcoming period, you can follow our adventures on this Blog. Today we started shopping for the trip: Stroopwafels for the Wedding Cookie Table and the Canadian relatives. J. also bought the ‘low-light lens‘. What’s left is …
Today our road trip through BC ends… We head back towards Vancouver, where we return the rental car, and then use public transport to return to Bowen Island. The last bit by ferry, and then we are there again. This last week of our holidays, we planned to stay on Bowen, with the family. We …
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday… Weather expectations for Wednesday/Thursday are very warm (27-30 centigrade), and so we have decided to relax a bit, enjoy sitting on the balcony and reading. On Thursday we start preparing for the next part of our trip. Cleaning, laundry, packing and trying to get rid of the empty bottles (without success, paying …
Early breakfast, today we drive to Lake Louise. It is again a beautiful day, and perfect for a hike to the Plain of the Six Glaciers. We enjoy the beautiful views, the wildlife (chipmunks trying to hijack on N.’s sneaker), and even some left-over snow! At the end of the trail we visit the Tea …
Today, S. and W. are going out on a hike on their own. They leave early, since high temperatures are expected. N. has decided that today is the day to bake chocolate chip cookies in our well-equipped kitchen. We walk down to the supermarket to get bread, and bars, and take out tuna wraps at …