Our last day in Toronto, and much stuff-to-do, but also lots of time to kill, as we were checking out of the hotel at 2pm, but weren't due to board the train until 8pm. Our hotel had been great, and the receptionist who worked the morning shift had taken a shine to us, and brought us some gorgeous pastries from her favourite patisserie, and gave us a hug when we left ( it seemed churlish to point out I was British, and therefore 'hug-averse'! ), we'd had a really...

Back to Toronto today, but first we stopped off at the scene of Lamby's 'accident', and managed to find enough chunks to glue him back together. He's back, Lamby fans! Battered, bruised, and bits missing, but he's BACK! Terrible weather this morning, and having been lucky enough to see the falls while the weather was good yesterday, there was no point in hanging around as the town of Niagara is monumentally grim, a lesson in how to spoil a beautiful place by let...

I hope you're sat down, for I have some sad news to report. Lamby has sustained serious injuries in an unfortunate accident at Niagara Falls. No, he didn't fall into the icy river waters, tumble down the gorge, or even plunge from the sightseeing helicopter. His demise occurred, ironically, at Niagara Falls Souvenir World, where I was taking his picture, and he *ahem* forgot to get back in the car, he subsequently fell off the car bumper, and sustained terrible d...

It's been a funny old day! We managed to eventually pick our hire car up this morning for the trip to Niagara, despite the car-rental place being cunningly hidden in an underground shopping mall. In the food court. 'Between Burger King and Timmy Horton's, you can't miss us!' After a pleasant drive, we arrived at Niagara Falls, and went straight to the Helicopter place for a flight over the Falls. They weren't busy, 'I'll just page your helicopter, you'll be in t...

Just after we touched down in Canada, and the pilot announced it was windy, raining, and 4 degrees outside, I realised that perhaps we shouldn't have packed our jackets away in the cases. Everyone else on the 'plane was putting on big coats and scarfs, while we just stood there in flip-flops, shorts, and t-shirts, feeling inappropriately attired (not quite that inappropriate, but not far off!). The jet-lag had us up early on our first full day, and we were out t...