Eastern US and Canada

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 Centre Memorial, Wall Street,

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

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

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, Hirshhorn Museum

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

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 Grand

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 a

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

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,

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

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

Friday 19th September We had an early start as we had some distance to travel which included a border crossing into Canada.  We started to experience the magnificent country side

I arrived into Boston yesterday 17/9/14.  I am staying in an area that is full of history so I took myself off for a walk on Boylston Street in  Back