We don’t have a particular plan for the day. We noticed some trains from our hotel window so we head to see them, they are part of the Toronto Railway Museum, located in an old Round house, we also note there is a brewery here.. we note that for later We make our way to the harbour and take in the waterfront before heading back towards the city in search of the Toronto sign at Nathan Phillips square. City hall…
Is the announcement made by the train manager as we pull into Kingston on our mammoth train jouney between Quebec City and Toronto. As we are going to spend most of the days in our bums we decide to walk to the train station, the streets are quiet at this time in the morning and its downhill all the way its a far easier walk than on our arrival. We board the train and are soon speeding our way through…
Today started with one of the free tours offered by the Hotel, The Saint Laurent River Tour. We make our way from the hotel through the streets of Quebec City and board the boat across the River, before returning to the Petit Chamblin, considered as one of the most picturesque streets in North America. Our tour guide tells us that in the 1960s the street was left derelict and the government were considering tearing it down to out up a …
Our itinerary today is a trip to the Jardine Botanique, boasted as one of the finest Botanical gardens in the world. It’s a bit further out of the city so we opt to take an Uber. We spend the morning walking around the different gardens. We particularly enjoy the China gardens. We can’t seem to find the Jardin Japonais, It’s meant to be one of the biggest outside Japan how do we keep missing it! Finally we…
Jet lag getting the better of us we wake up early. First port of call a morning swim. Its cold today the weather is not set to get above 12 degrees Our plan for today is to head to Mont Royal, a free for all park with some impressive views of the city. A quick google suggests the easiest way for us to get to the park is via bus, however getting a ticket seems difficult so we consult with…
Another place we are recommended when we mentioned we are going to Cape Cod Chatham so we head there. It’s much nicer than its UK namesake. We spend some times wandering round the various shops including Ducks in the Window a whole shop devoted to rubber ducks. There is a Christopher, Eric, Adrian and Brooke duck but no Victoria 😞. We end in an Old Fashioned Variety store.. which Chris describes like a pound shop before heading North to the…
We didn’t have that many breakfasts in Boston, but of the ones we go to did we enjoyed Mike’s the most, so we head back their before we depart from Boston. We say Goodbye to Boston as we head to pick up our our rental car, a black Ford Fusion Titanium. Boston airport seems one of the easier airports to drive from, it helps that Chris is now so skilled in the art of American driving that we are able…
We are greeted with glorious sunshine as we pull back the curtains. Google says it’s going to be 21c max so I put on my shorts (Chris always has his on, it’s not weather dependent!) And head out.. there’s only one thing to do on a day like this It’s busy out as we artfully navigate ourselves to Long wharf the starting point of various boat tours. We are here for one trip in particular..the search for Codzilla. The boat…
Today is the 1st evening of Frank Turner so we decide the day should give our feet a little rest, so we grab a Lyft across the water to Cambridge to the MIT campus and museum. Our 1st stop is a little cafe for MIT breakfast burrito, Chris and I look a little out of place as it is filled with Students all working on their Macs..although we are not really sure how much work you could really get done….
It’s another grey drizzly day as we head off in search of breakfast.. we have high hopes as the weather says it will clear up by 10, but it becomes apparent as we tuck into Corned beef hash (Chris) and eggs over easy with sausage and home fries (me) that this isn’t going to be the case. Taking charge as we leave our breakfast spot Mike’s Diner Chris orders a Lyft to The Samuel Adams Brewery Company. The hour tour…