Who’s this little fella? This morning we try and get up a little earlier to catch the Changing of the Guard ceremony on Parliament Hill. Can’t imagine I’d bust a gut to...
Mum’s Gone to Canada – Day 6 – Ottawa
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,...