Canada, eh

We didn’t get an early start afterall. We stayed up late with our hosts Ellen and Mary and their neighbour, Cidy playing on the Xbox. We formed a band and played bad rock music until 2am. What a hoot!
Pam sampled the local beer (Molson Canadian, Alpine Summit, Moosehead). Molson Canadian was the winner (thanks Ian for [...]

Loyalists

Still struggling with the time differences, but we were out by midday for a walk around St John township. First stop was the Loyalist Burial Ground then a visit to the city market.
A cruise ship was in port so there were lots of tourists around on a lovely hot day (29 degrees Celsius). Many of the [...]

St John – fog city

We had a very late start on Tuesday – crossing over several time zones had finally caught up with us. But after a hearty Canadian breakfast (in the afternoon) and ensuring that the fog had finally lifted, we headed off for a quick tour of the city. We visited the Reversing Falls which are caused [...]

Oh Canada!

We left the hostel at 4.10am Monday morning for the short shuttle ride to the San Francisco airport (20 mins). The freeway was six lanes (going one way) in places and I was glad I wasn’t the driver! How Americans cope driving on the right side of the road with six lanes is beyond me.
We [...]