For the start of my only full day in Ottawa, I got up early that morning and walked over to the nearest Farm Boy to grab breakfast. I had meant to grab something the previous night, but since it was a stat holiday a lot of places were either closed or had closed early. After finishing breakfast, I headed back out again towards Parliament Hill, where I had a tour of the House of Commons booked for 9:40am. One of…
I took the quickest 3 day trip to Ottawa earlier this month. It was certainly unexpected after just returning from Europe, but a close friend had recently moved there and was getting married, so I knew I needed to make the trip to celebrate the day with her. Logistically, while Ottawa is only a 5-hour drive from Toronto, I opted to take the train instead, which trimmed an incredible 30 minutes off the commute lol. Flying would have taken just over an hour and…
A couple weeks ago my sister and I visited Terre Bleu lavender farm in Milton. I had read about it a few weeks prior and decided to check it out on our day off. We went on a weekday afternoon and arrived just after 1pm. After paying the admission fee inside the gift shop, we were off to explore the farm. One of the great things about Terre Bleu is that they have different varieties of lavender, which means the…
After waking up the next day, we spent the better part of the morning tour the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. The indoor exhibits spread between three floors of the building and included an aquarium. There were also two vessels outside we could visit which came along with our admission tickets. Once we finished at the museum, we took a tour around the town and explored our options for lunch. Since I already had my fair share of lobster on…
Getting back to my East Coast trip. My favourite spot out of all the scenic locations we visited had to have been Mahone Bay. I would say it was definitely worth making the drive from out from Halifax to spend the day there. Early that morning up we picked up our rental car and drove straight to Mahone Bay. Driving up towards the visitor’s centre we could already see the row of three churches aligned in front of the harbour….