I am now back in Reading, and back to work! The Christmas tree is up and I'm ready to stuff my face with mince pies and drink lots of Baileys :-) The flight went by very quick, despite being unbeliveably cramped. I actually managed to watch a film this time which helped pass the time. On my arrival to Reading, a nice man offered to help me with my bags up the stairs across the train tracks (That made a change from Canada where I just got looks for being in the w...

Toronto... After the Niagara falls, I spent my last night in Toronto and Canada with a friend of some friends Joe. Joe is from Dumfries but is spending the year in Toronto working. We went to a few different bars, had some nachos and a few drinks. However, my favourite bar was by far the Panorama bar, 52 floors up a sky scraper! The views over the night time city were amazing and the cocktails were also delicious. We even had a woman come over and introduce hers...

Niagara falls - wow! Very rainy and windy when we went though :-S XxX

Hi all! I am writing this while sat on the bus to Toronto. What a great few days I have spent in Ottawa with a fantastic host J On Sunday afternoon we went to the (ice) hockey and I, surprisingly, REALLY enjoyed it! So much more entertaining than the rugby in Edinburgh. There was such a great vibe in the place and they constantly had stuff going on between periods to keep the audience involved. There were even cheerleaders which I found highly entertaining b...

Morning! I am now writing to you from Ottawa in Ontario. I arrived last night where I was greeted by Kevin (Katharina's friend) and his brother with beer, chat and music! We had a nice chilled evening in which was exactly what I needed after the nightmare that is Montreal. As mentioned before, there were no locks on my dorm in the hostel in Montreal and I was the only person in the dorm and the only girl in the hostel! I put my 23kg suitcase against the d...