Astoundingly Beautiful. Niagara Falls. There are many other falls in the world we have either seen or plan to see but Niagara is here and now, and taking our breathe away. It was with great excitement we arrived via a 2 hour bus ride to Niagara Falls, a "must see" in Canada. We had pre booked a room over the Internet for 4 nights thinking accommodation may be tight and for the first time, this was a big mistake. We set off from the bus station to walk, as we usu...

A Sunday afternoon bus trip took us to Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Toronto has a bustling, cosmopolitan feel and large ethnic communities from many countries. It also claims to have the longest "street" in the world running some 2,000 klms across Ontario. On the 2nd day of our visit a tornado dropped into a neighboring community and Toronto was on full alert. It is not common and the last tornado in this area was 20 years ago. So we were rather excited b...

It was time for country folk to get away from cities for awhile and stay in a country town.We caught a train from Ottawa to a small town called Gananoque in the 1,000 Island area. This is a very scenic area where actually more than 1,000 islands dot the huge St Lawrence River which separates USA from Canada. Some islands are in USA waters and some in Canadian waters. Most of the islands are so small (less than a suburban house yard) but have a tiny shack, boat do...

A bus ride took us to a change of Province,leaving French speaking Quebec Province behind for Ontario Province and the Capital City of Canada, Ottawa. The guide book said there wouldn't be much to do really but we found plenty and quite fell in love with Ottawa as in some ways it quite reminded us of Perth with a bit of Canberra thrown in. Our accommodation was in an old guest house with shared bathroom, communal kitchen and a pleasant 2klms walk to the city ...

 We found warmer weather in Montreal only about 3 hours away by bus.  As soon as we arrived we liked the feel of the city and this feeling continued for all our visit. Our first accommodation (we changed part way through our visit) was somewhat out of the city centre which required a lot of healthy walking. Montreal has a mountain "Mont Royale" which gives a wonderful view of the city and has many wonderful walking paths and roadways. We set off one afternoon ...