Day - Toronto to Ottawa After enjoying ourselves in Toronto (at Darren's place) we were on the road by 8:40am. It was a little later than expected as we were held up saying our goodbyes to Darren and Derek. Garman assisted us getting out of the city. We took the Don Valley parkway heading north out of the city. By this time the traffic coming in to Toronto was quite heavy. Unfortunately, we managed to get caught up in some heavy traffic for approx. 20 minu...

Day 36 Niagara Fall Tour Not being sure on the time the cable car (read tram) would arrive or how long in morning traffic it would take to reach the city we were at the cable car stop around 7.10am. We did not have to wait long and the trip was not too delayed with morning traffic so we arrived in the city around 7.30am. We walked the block up to Dundas Square where the bus would pick us at 8.20am. We went for a walk around the surrounding streets looki...

Day 35 Toronto Catching a cable car (tram) into town we walked up to Dundas Square (a copy of New York's Time Square) where we purchased tickets for the hop on hop off sightseeing bus. The bus passes Casa Lomas (a castle built by a wealthy business man who died penniless due to the government taking over his business and not paying any restitution), Bata Shoe Museum, Chinatown, CN tower and the Harbour centre before we alighted at St Lawrence Markets. ...

Day 34 Kingston to Toronto We started the day heading back into Kingston to get some photos that we had not been able to take the day before due to the position of the sun. We went up to Fort Henry which unfortunately closed to tourism the day before. Many tourist venues close once all the uni students go back to study. We were able to walk into the quadrangle and the connected battlements. However, all the stores surrounding the quadrangle were closed. ...

Day 33 Kingston This morning we headed into the historic township of Kingston. In front of the Town Hall the road was closed as it was Multicultural Community day. Lots of stalls were set up representing the many nationalities that are in Kingston area. We did one of the short self-guided walks to fill in time before having a tour down the St Lawrence River in amongst the 1000 Islands. As the boat cruised down the river there was a narration about n...