JFK to LAX
Wednesday 1st October This was a travel day for me with the best part being that I finally got to catch up with Geoff again in LA. Just by co-incidence we arrived at the Crowne
New York, New York
Tuesday 30th September Spent the morning touring New York. Visited a number of great landmarks including Times Square, Grand Central Station, Chrysler Building, Soho, World Trade
Philadelphia to New York
Monday 29th September Off to a flying start to beat the Monday morning Washington traffic. Travelled up to Philadelphia for a very quick look at this city with a population of 4.
Washington DC Day 2
It was an unusually warm Fall day for Washington, about 27C, so after applying plenty of sunscreen it was time to explore. The White House was the first port of call as it is onl
Washington DC
Saturday 27th September We drove into The Mall – it is home to the Smithsonian Institute e.g. the Air & Space Museum, American Indian Museum, Natural History Museum, Hirs
Back to the USA
It was an early start to cross the border back into the US. It still took over an hour. We made a couple of stops before arriving in Lancaster. There is a large population of t
Niagara Falls
Thursday 25th September. It was all about Niagara Falls today. It certainly lived up to all my expectations. The WOW factor is certainly front and centre. Just like the Gra
Toronto Day 2
Toronto is a busy city with plenty happening, especially lots of road and rail construction as well as condominiums going up everywhere. There are currently 116 condo projects. Had
Toronto
After checking out the Art Deco inspired Lord Elgin Hotel we hit the road for an all day but very easy drive to Toronto. A few stops along the way proved that some of those reall
Ottawa
22nd September 2014 Easy drive (2 hours) to Ottawa today, the capital of Canada with about 800,000 people living there. It is on the St Lawrence River. The hotel, Lord Elgin i
Montreal
It was only a couple of hours by road from Quebec to Montreal. Montreal is on an island and was host to the 1976 Olympic Games. Much of that infrastructure was still evident
Quebec
Saturday 20th September. A spectacular blood red sunrise managed to peek through a tiny opening on the horizon on what turned out to be a heavily overcast morning that eventually t