We are now back in America! Have spent one night in Seattle so far and are already feeling very tired! Prior to this we spent a great week in Vancouver. This was our last destination in Canada after having almost 6 weeks exploring the beautiful country. Vancouver is the 3rd largest city in Canada (after Toronto and Montreal).We did enjoy our time in Vancouver but it was slightly marred when we arrived by all the tramps! Had not expected to see so many in what is ...

Hello from The Rocky Mountains! We have had a fabulous 12 days in this area, we've done so much and loved every minute of it. It is all so beautiful, the scenery is so amazing and stunning. First stop here was Banff, a 1hour 45min journey from Calgary. We checked into our hostel, a lovely alpine lodge up on a mountain road. We had been really pleased when we'd seen the Gopher in Calgary but there were loads running around here! We had 4 days in Banff and beautif...

Greetings from the hot and humid Canadian West! Last time we wrote we were leaving Thunder Bay (Ontario) for Winnipeg (Manitoba) and have since travelled to Regina (Saskatchewan) and are now here in Calgary (Alberta). Really zipping through the provinces! The further west we've been coming the hotter it's got too. Spent 3 days in Winnipeg which was a really nice city. There is an historical area called The Forks down by the river and we spent a lot of tim...

This is entry no. 3 and already Phil is getting fed up of having to help with input!! (but he's here too so he has to!) We left Toronto last Thurs and took a 5 hour journey on the Greyhound to Canada's capital city, Ottawa. As soon as we arrived we were caught in a downpour! How dare it rain here?!! So we ducked inside for a coffee to shelter! It soon passed and we got to our hostel which was the old Ottawa jail! It was really cool all the dorm rooms were the or...

We are now in Toronto and staying with some friends of Viv and Ian's (Phil's parents). As you can tell from the photo's we have been to Niagara Falls. Had a great time there, I had been 12 years ago but it was great to go back and Phil was impressed with it. We did the famous Maid of the Mist boat trip, in fetching blue plastic coats (too hot to wear them really though!), was good fun but got a tad wet! Then we treated ourselves to a helicopter ride which was ama...