Au Revior Canada, Howdy USA!

On our last day in Toronto we took a short ferry ride across to Toronto Island(s). Here we hired bikes (again!) and enjoyed some beautiful weather and fine views back across the lake to Toronto…(note you can tell this was over a week ago, pre-haircut). NB you can see the islands on the CNN Tower blog….

Another great train ride, from Toronto to Montreal (no hats I’m afraid)…..and then Jude could slip into French mode, oooh laa laa. As it was “Start of the season day” (ie everything was cheap to do) at the “Old Port” we all Zip wired, Big Wheel, High roped and Science Museumed…

We visited the Notre-Dame Basilica….and gazed at the huge organ.

A short bus ride to the Mont Royal (A mountain apprently!!! About the height of Lansdown Hill)…..for a view of the city

Next a long bus ride from Montreal to Boston (about 9hrs with 1.5hr stuck at US Custom)…..We had but a single day in Boston…so we learnt what we could about how the “Locals” picked a fight with the King of England (George III) and won….slightly awkwardly we had to play the part of the “Boston Tea Party” oiks (thus anti Royals) and “throw tea” into the River…..most unpleasant. We also enrolled the kids at Harvard to cut out unecessary paperwork later…

Next we picked up a car and drove down towards Cape Cod…..hopefully I can con someone else into doing blog, it’s all got a bit slapdash and demob happy….