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Berlin Trip – Day One – Swansea to Berlin
After 6 weeks of waiting the big day finally arrived. I’m not referring to National Taco Day (which twitter claims is today) but the day of our departure to the city of Berlin. The German capital with its history and … Continue reading
Posted in Days Out, Everything Else, Photography, Travel
Tagged Berlin, city break, Germany, holiday, itinerary, Swansea, trip, visit
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Toronto Trip – Day Eight – The final day
Unfortunately this was the final day of our Toronto trip. After checking out of our hotel we decided to make the most of our last few hours. Walking away from the hotel, we found several of the adjacent roads were … Continue reading
Posted in Days Out, Entertainment, Food, Photography, Travel
Tagged beer, Canada, dog, dogs, downtown, Food, luminato, Ontario, path, st Lawrence Market, steam whistle, Toronto, Woofstock
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Toronto Trip – Day Seven – Toronto Islands and Toronto Blue Jays
On our last full day in Canada’s largest city we opted to visit the Toronto Islands. We made our way to the ferry terminal and queued with hundreds of others to get on board for our second boat trip in … Continue reading
Posted in Days Out, Entertainment, Food, Photography, Sport, Travel
Tagged baseball, bluejays, Boston red sox, Canada, NBA, Ontario, red sox, Rogers centre, sky dome, skydome, Toronto, Toronto bluejays, Toronto island, Toronto islands
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Toronto Trip – Day Six – Niagara Falls and wine
It was up early today for a bus trip to Niagara Falls. We departed the hotel and 8:30 am prompt and the bus made its way out of Toronto and down to the Niagara Peninsular. The peninsular is teaming with … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, falls, maid of the mist, Niagara falls, Ontario, Toronto, waterfall, wine, winery
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Toronto Trip – Day Five – Casa Loma, Royal Ontario Museum, Bata Shoe Museum and food at the CN Tower
After sleeping off that monster burger, I woke up to discover the temperature in Toronto would be a scorching 32c. Our first order of business in the heat was to go onto the subway and head to Casa Loma. Casa … Continue reading
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Tagged Bata shoe museum, Canada, Casa Loma, CN tower, Food, Ontario, royal Ontario museum, severe weather, Toronto, Toronto thunderstorms
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Toronto Trip – Day Four – Dundas Square, City Hall, Chinatown, Kensington Market and defeat by food
With a thunderstorm overnight (that we completely slept through) it was the first time we saw Toronto overcast. This didn’t stop the humidity however when travelling around the city. After a quick breakfast in Tim Horton’s our first port of … Continue reading
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Tagged beet Markt, burger, Canada, Canadian walk of fame, Chinatown, city hall, Dundas square, Kensington Market, Ontario, st Lawrence Market, Toronto, Travel
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Toronto Trip – Day Three – Toronto Zoo
To make full use of the Toronto City Pass we decided to head out to Toronto Zoo. After having a breakfast of pancakes and maple syrup we headed down into the subway for the 90 minute journey. After getting to … Continue reading
Toronto Trip – Day Two – CN Tower, Steam Whistle Brewing and Harbourfront
After a sleep where I woke up every hour on the hour we finally set out to explore Toronto on our first full day. To prepare for this you need appropriate fuel so we visited a restaurant called Fran’s after … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, CN tower, harborfront, harbour front, harbourfront, spadina quay wetlands, steam whistle brewery, Toronto, Toronto music garden
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Toronto Trip – Day One – Swansea to Heathrow to Toronto
After months of waiting the day finally arrived. We were off to Toronto, Canada! The excitement didn’t even fade when the alarm woke us up at 5.30am. The car trip to Heathrow was very straight forward with no traffic to … Continue reading
