So, Toronto went very well. Somehow Mike was able to drive and park us very near the CN Tower so we just had a short 5 minute walk to get to it. The CN Tower stands at an astounding 553.33 meters tall overlooking Toronto. The lookout level, which we visited, was located 346 meters up the tower which you can ride to in a glass elevator. The picture below was taken from this level. We also paid a little extra to go up to 447 meters in the skypod. It was neat to see the city laid out before us like toys. We also could keep an eye on our van where we left it! Other features in the tower included a glass floor, outdoor terrace and a fancy restaurant. We were pretty hungry after the tower so we bought hot dogs from a street vendor outside of Rogers Stadium where we sat and watched the Blue Jays fans start to swarm in for the upcoming game. It was fun being in the big city but eventually it came time to leave which went equally as well as coming in, although a little slower.
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| CN Tower |
We started to drive to Kingston, but as you know, had some complications with the van so had to spend the night elsewhere. It didn't take long for Mike to fix the problem in the morning when he was able to get the right part so we were soon off again. That afternoon we went out for lunch with Jason, one of Mikes work buddies, at a small sports bar. We had a nice visit, just sorry we couldn't make it the night before for a longer one. Afterwards, we drove through the military area of town where they have a base and military college then back to the highway.
From Kingston we made our way to Gatineau, Quebec where we would be staying with new friends Mike and Nathalie. Upon arrival we were fed pizza, salad, beer and cider before doing laundry, playing cards and swapping favourite music. The next day Mike and I drove to Ottawa to check out Parliament Hill and then walked over the bridge back into Quebec to see the Canadian Museum of Civilization. We decided to just go through one exhibit, the Canadian Hall, a life like walk-through about Canada's history from the east coast to west coast. Lots of information about fur trading, whale hunting, oil drilling, etc. All that walking had worked up an appetite so we went to Nathalie's for burgers, salad and tasty guacamole. After dinner the two Mikes spent the rest of the night fixing the oil leak on the van at Mikes shop. Here, Mike (Quebec Mike) also applied some new decals to our van!
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| Us at Parliament Hill |
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| Parliament building |
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| Scene at the museum |
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| Us with Mike (and new decal!) |
Yesterday we left from Mikes shop where we had left the van the night before, said our goodbyes and were off once again! Thank you Mike and Nathalie for welcoming us into both your homes! We drove a couple of hours to Montreal but decided not to stop because they had a crazy road system so just drove through to Quebec City. We got there late and hungry so found a 24 hour fast food joint and bought poutine for dinner. Yum!
This morning we drove closer to the old city, parked, and walked through the historic wall built around the old city. We spent a good few hours wandering around checking out the sights. We had breakfast in a quaint little restaurant, L'Omelette, where I had pancakes and Mike had his usual when we go out: eggs, toast, bacon and hash browns. We spent the rest of the time wandering along the edge of the wall lined with old canons, enjoyed views of the city from atop the wall, found some quirky shops and watched street performers.
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| Busy street |
On our way now to New Brunswick.
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