To get from Toronto to Chicago involved 2 buses, numerous stops, an intrusive border crossing experience and a whole lot of time. I always dread having to cross into the US, especially by land. The US Border Guards are pretty much always nasty and incredibly self-important at the best of times, but the guy that […] Read more…
Couchsurfing
Underrated New Brunswick: Not Just the Drive Through Province
We were lucky enough to get another rideshare organised to get from Quebec to Fredericton in New Brunswick as the buses in the Maritimes are ridiculously expensive. Our ridesharing hosts didn’t speak much English so it was a quiet but pleasant enough ride. They dropped us just outside of Fredericton and we immediately hitched a ride with a nice […] Read more…
Poutine and French Speaking in Quebec
I have been interested in visiting the province of Quebec for a long time, intrigued by what life is like in Canada’s Francophone province. Our first stop was Montreal. We had set up couch surfing with Mat and Marie, a French Canadian couple living in Verdun, a suburb on the outskirts of the city. Montreal […] Read more…