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Haze over Vancouver

Mountain B & B on East Balmoral Road was a good find. Our hosts provided us with a mammoth breakfast – fresh fruit salad, home baked Blueberry Pie, Ham and Eggs and tasty black bread. Ivan explained that what appeared to be mist was in fact the smoke from the forest fires and as it was hot and...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on August 5, 2010 from Port Alberni, Canada
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Walking on air

Breakfast with the irritating bloke who wants to talk about global warming in attendance. He is miffed that I neither wholeheartedly support the contention that it is all man's fault nor debate why it isn't. I dodge the 'so you don't believe in climate change' with 'I don't believe the science...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on August 4, 2010 from Vancouver, Canada
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Skyscrapers and mountains

Strange arrangement for breakfast. Only three or so table in the buffet area so you collect what you want and sit in the reception area or pop back to your room. Off on the first leg of a hectic day taking in the architectural heritage of the area on our way to Granville Island and its famous...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on August 3, 2010 from Vancouver, Canada
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Arrival at the west coast

On the road shortly before 8 am and a trouble free run to Terminal 3 at Toronto airport. A sad farewell to Ollie and Ang after our wonderful week with them. Thumbs up for West Jet and an arrival in Vancouver shortly after mid-day. We stopped for a bite to eat in the airport before buying or...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on August 2, 2010 from Vancouver, Canada
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From the ridiculous to the sublime

Ollie, Sue & I went for a walk through the slightly tacky part of Niagara Falls looking for a place to have breakfast while Ang went to meet up with a schoolfriend and her baby daughter. The place we found offered an excellent breakfast if with a rather slow service. After the extended...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on July 30, 2010 from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
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An Increasingly Merry Crew

Off bright and early to Niagara Falls to park up at the hotel and be picked up by Wine Tours International for our Wine Tasting Tour. Ol had managed to get us booked in to the Sheraton On the Falls opposite the American Falls and a stone's throw away from one of the border bridges. Two years...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on July 29, 2010 from Niagara Falls, Canada
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Wet, wet wet

A leisurely start to the day before leaving for Stratford, arriving just after midday. After a nice picnic by the river, we made for the Green Room, a fashion shop with an eclectic mix of items that are intended to be surprising. Although I would not exactly describe myself as a fashionista,...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on July 28, 2010 from Stratford, Canada
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A Farmer's Market but not as you'd know it

Blue skies again and off to St Jacob's Food Market today. Think big, very big – huge market outside, large market indoors, countless stalls and all piled high with every vegetable or fruit imaginable. I've never seen such huge beef steak tomatoes, cauliflowers the size of small wheels and...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on July 27, 2010 from Waterloo, Canada
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Elora

Another fairly early wake-up courtesy of Iggy who was keen to ensure that we understood how pleased he was to see us at 05:30. After a leisurely start we did some shopping for provisions and went to see where Ollie & Ang will be living from September. A lovely modern town House near a lake and...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on July 26, 2010 from Elora, Canada
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Toronto

Saturday/Sunday Delays on our journey reminiscent of our flight to Sydney but there the comparison ends. Smooth flight, plenty of legroom and lovely staff. Thumbs up for Canadian Affair. Because ours was not the only flight that had been held up, on arrival at Lester Pearson, we had to...

permalink written by  rickandsuejohnson on July 25, 2010 from Toronto, Canada
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