Shame we have to leave the relaxing part of the holiday behind and set off for our next stop, Ottawa. Quite a long drive but hopefully not too stressful as we’re taking the scenic...
Mum’s Gone to Canada – Day 5 – More Huntsville
You’ll be relieved to know we avoided getting soaked last night as the resort has a little shuttlebus; they picked us up and took us to the main building for some scoff then, as...
Mum’s Gone to Canada – Day 4 – Huntsville
As this is a fly-drive holiday, time has now arrived for the driving bit. The company we organised the holiday with have provided us with a big folder full of information. We have to...
Mum’s Gone to Canada – Day 3 – Niagara
Only a few feet away from Niagara Falls… Up early today as we are going on our one and only bus trip of the holiday; from tomorrow we pick up a hire car and...
Mum’s Gone to Canada – Day 2 – Toronto’s hotting up
This morning at breakfast we have a very friendly chap, Arthur, looking after us. This is my first visit to North America so I haven’t experienced the “Have a Nice Day” routine but I...
Mum’s Gone to Canada – Day 1 – Toronto
Last summer’s trip to Iceland was amazing: the waterfalls, the stomach-churning whale watching, glacier hiking and snowmobiling. But I put my foot down this year and said that although I enjoyed the fly-drive idea,...
Mum’s Gone to Cyprus – Day 7 – Towelling Robes
Hugh Heffner and Junior at the Playboy mansion. When we first arrived at the hotel we noticed that we had two very lovely towelling robes hanging up in the bathroom. I decided that as...
Mum’s Gone to Cyprus – Day Six – The spa
Sitting by the pool today reading the information about the hotel’s spa: The Retreat – “the ultimate in top-to-toe pampering for body and mind”. I may be the only woman to admit to this...