Canada
Days 56 – 64 Vancouver
[wpgmza id="2"]Forgive this belated post, the last of my Canadian Gitiad travelogue. Due to a rescheduling of my original Canadian booking, I spent over a week in this charming city, but was overwhelmed by music practice on my return and ever since.Well, I'm afraid I...
Day 60 – Victoria or Aux phoques!
[wpgmza id="2"]A highlight of my trip was my visit to Victoria on Vancouver Island, a short journey away by seaplane, and the prospect of seeing some wildlife.It was the first time I'd ever been in a seaplane and the prospect filled me both with excitement and...
Days 52 to 56 The Canadian
I've wanted to do this train journey across Canada for ages. Why not spend some of my Canadian washout days doing this?The Canadian Day 1 - Sunday 10th October 2021 I go to bed quite late the night before, having spent ages organising my luggage. I drag myself out of...
Days 48 to 51 Toronto
[wpgmza id="2"]Sadly I didn't have as much time in Toronto as I'd originally planned because my original Canadian train booking was cancelled. Still, I managed to do the two most important things on my itinerary, visiting the CN Tower and meeting up with...
Days 49 to 50 Niagara Falls
[wpgmza id="2"]I'd wanted to visit Niagara Falls since reading about them in my first handed-down Tell Me Why book at the age of 7. I read the page over and over again, fascinated by this natural wonder of the world. This week I finally travelled to see them. I mean,...
Days 45 to 46 Quebec City
[wpgmza id="2"]Just up the road from Montreal, that is a four hour train journey, lies Quebec City a jewel of a place in my view.Within an hour of leaving Montreal on the train, the overcast sky had given way to a beautifully bright day, the sun highlighting the...
Days 42 to 47 Montreal
[wpgmza id="2"]Having enjoyed the mental peace of almost six weeks at home in Beckenham, albeit under the stress of sad circumstances and emergency arrangements, it was time for the next leg of my world trip. The Brexit petrol shortage emergency meant that I arrived...