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Surprising Ottawa

I have to admit, I wasn't expecting much of Ottawa. As the capital city, I envisioned something like Toronto but bigger and greyer. Turns out we were all wrong: Ottawa has a much smaller population than Toronto and the city centre is beautiful. We arrived to the sound of live music, and...

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lucy3119 on August 3, 2012 from Ottawa, Canada

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Steve and the swimming squirrel

Today was the day of our canoeing expedition. Our enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide, Steve, took us out on one of the lakes in Algonquin for a few hours of paddling. We ended up in a beautiful and peaceful marshy area carpeted in water lilies. On the return journey Steve got ridiculously...

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lucy3119 on August 2, 2012 from Algonquin Park, Canada

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Peggy's Cove and onwards

A leisurely start and off again, this time though in the pouring rain which had suddenly swept in. We quickly visited the Fairview Lawn Cemetery where 121 Titanic victims are buried and headed off to Peggy's Cove. By the time we arrived the rain had stopped and, despite the guide book's...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 2, 2012 from Shelburne, Canada

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History lessons

Woke at 6am to hear movement in the room above and muffled but not muted conversation. After a little while a shower started, then more movement that continued until 7. I don't know what they were doing but it wasn't playing dominoes. About 6:30 the shower started again and was still going at...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 2, 2012 from Weymouth, Canada

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Halifax explored

A lovely warm and sunny day, so a 20 or so minute walk into Halifax to see the oldest church in North America with a piece of debris from the Halifax explosion embedded in a wall. The Halifax explosion was in 1917 when a French vessel loaded with TNT and a Norwegian vessel with relief supplies...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 1, 2012 from Halifax, Canada

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Amazing Algonquin

On our way to Algonquin Provincial Park we stopped for lunch in a place called Barrie, outside a slightly dodgy-looking reptile centre. Near to the picnic benches was an enclosure. Inside that enclosure was a washing-up bowl. Inside that washing-up bowl was some water. And in that water was...

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lucy3119 on August 1, 2012 from Algonquin Park, Canada

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Rainy, rainy Toronto

Our abridged tour of Toronto began on an arty, alternative street of independent shops and street art everywhere you looked. Several of our group were offered weed. We settled for milkshakes. We then headed for the CN Tower, a stark contrast considering it was packed with tourists and...

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lucy3119 on July 31, 2012 from Toronto, Canada

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Arrival in Halifax

Up at 6am and in the lobby to catch the shuttle bus. Some consternation when someone shouted as the driver accelerated out from the hotel – the rear door had swung open and one of the cases had dropped out. Quickly checked in and through security - this time I had my palms swept by a magic...

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rickandsuejohnson on July 31, 2012 from Halifax, Canada

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Lovely castle and a sad farewell

Ang had to cook some champagne cup cakes for a friends wedding shower taking place at 1pm in Toronto, so we were up fairly early and on the road shortly after 11. Ang dropped us off at the York Shopping Mall and Ollie, Sue & I took the subway 6 stops south leaving a short walk to Casa Loma. I...

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rickandsuejohnson on July 30, 2012 from Toronto, Canada

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"Aren't Canadians friendly, eh?"

The minute we crossed the border we noticed something odd happening...people were becoming strangely cheerful, friendly and relaxed. We must be in Canada! Our border crossing experience, involving the most upbeat customs officials I have ever encountered, was a slight contrast to my US customs...

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lucy3119 on July 30, 2012 from Niagara Falls, Canada

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