I initially thought the three days we were to spend on the train from Toronto to Jasper was going to be the most boring part of our great adventure, how wrong I was. Boarding our west bound train, 'The Canadian', at 9.30pm we were given a 'what to expect' and 'safety' briefing before the train pulled out of Toronto station on the dot of 10pm as scheduled. After welcome drinks in the dome car it was time to settle into our cabin bunks for ...

Our first mission on arriving in Toronto was to work out how to get from the airport into the city. The airport wasn't quite as user friendly as New York so it took us nearly an hour to collect our bags, find out there was an airport bus and be on our way. Once in the city we found our hotel quite easily and after checking in and dropping our bags to our room, we were off on a self guided Toronto City sightseeing tour. Heading towards the waterfront we found ...

Getting to the Big Apple ...........Flying to New York with Air Canada meant we had a 'brief' transit through Toronto before the onward journey. Firstly, the check in process at Dublin airport had to be the most frustrating of the whole trip to date. It started the previous evening with the Air Canada online check in 'crashing' in the final stage of the process, followed the next day, by there being only three check in staff processing the passeng...

Getting to the Big Apple ...........Flying to New York with Air Canada meant we had a 'brief' transit through Toronto before the onward journey. Firstly, the check in process at Dublin airport had to be the most frustrating of the whole trip to date. It started the previous evening with the Air Canada online check in 'crashing' in the final stage of the process, followed the next day, by there being only three check in staff processing the passengers of an entire...

After another trouble free, on time, Ryan Air flight, this time out of Manchester, we arrived safely in Dublin. Our first port of call was the rental car village located at the airport, a short shuttle ride from the terminal. If anyone had ever asked me what make of car I would least like to own, rent or simply go for a ride in, I would have undoubtably said a Skoda, so yes, the leprechauns were obviously laughing at me and we ended up with a Skoda. It was diesel...