Cruising on the Maid of the Mist under Niagara Falls was great - but a little damp.
Walking under the edge of the falls on the Cave of the Winds tour was a highlight - and very damp.
Although the Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds tours were terrific, we felt like a pair of sardines in a can full of touring sardines.
The falls at night from the tower on the Canadian side.
Further down the St Lawrence River we tour a boat tour of the thousand islands(just like cruising in salad dressing). The houses were amazing. castles, shacks and some a little the worse for wear. One U.S. citizen owned a house on one island and had a small bridge across the border to his other tiny island in Canada.
Just another camping spot with a reasonable view (of the St Lawrence)
In Ottawa we stayed with our friends AK and Kieo, enjoyed dinner at a Chinese restaurant and looked around the city next day.
Ottawa, like most of Quebec, was enigmatically French with the occasional English remnant - like the changing of the guard.
Chris needed some female company after all the male testosterone, guns and swords.
Quebec city was magic. We walked around and saw the fort, castle, the port and enjoyed the street performers on stilts and juggling with fire.
But, not to be outdone I went to look for some excitement of my own.
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Hi Chris and Drew
What a fantastic time you are having. The photos look fantastic - you both look so well and happy. This life is obviously agreeing with you both. I sent you a couple of emails some months ago now with the email address that Drew gave me before you both left. Obviously it was the wrong one. I bumped into Helen yesterday and she gave me your wonderful website. How clever you are creating this website!! So great for us back here to see your movements around the globe. We have done a bit of globe trotting ourselves. Not for as long as you guys though. We went to Austria/Switzerland for 2 weeks and then to London where we stayed with friends for a week and did all the touristy things. Caught up with a couple of other people we know over there. One being Barbara my friend, she is over there for 6 months looking after her new and first grandson (Rex) so that Monica can go back to work and earn a few dollars. It was great to see her. We then went to Venice for a where we took a Mediterranean Cruise visiting Dubrovonik, Kusadasis, Corfu, and Santorini and back to Venice. We then caught the train to Rome where we stayed for a few days. We had a fantastic time and loved every minute of it. I have also just returned from Phuket where I went for 10 days with my friends from school - we celebrated our 50th. I am sure you have visited all these places in your travels.
Hope you are both keeping well - keep having a wonderful time as I know you will - you both look so happy together in the photos, obviously not getting sick of one another!!!!!
Take care and look forward to following the Dunlop Diaries.
Les and Nerida
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