An evening at Niagara Falls

At the end of the day at the Niagara Falls we stopped at an Italian restaurant. Outside, it was raining harder and harder; obviously, not only under the Waterfall  were we  supposed to get wet... We had to give up the walk to see night illumination of the Falls. So, we took care of  a 1.5-liter bo...

The Niagara Falls

The  Niagara Falls are also all known to everybody. Everybody have seen thousands of photos and videos. Probably one can say it's boring. We also used to think so: Big deal! Any way, it was an extraordinary experience and put us in an excellent mood. This may have been because of the water splash a...

Towards Niagara Falls

 From Ottawa we had to cover  520 km. It sounds simple, but it proved to be a challenge for both drivers. First, continuous rain and a very limited visibility, then breaking through the Toronto traffic (all the way on the  motorway) ... After 6 hours we got to our hotel. We looked about and planne...

Montreal - a lunar eclipse

This is what we unexpectedly encountered in Montreal on Sunday evening between 9 and 11pm. A lunar eclipse of blood-red supermoon  dazzled us together with the Canadians. The sun, the moon and the planet Earth haven't aligned perfectly since 1982, and won't again until 2033, making tonight's total...

Farewell to Montreal

We decided to spend our last day in the Old Montreal (or in French Vieux-Montréal). Along cobble stone narrow streets rise buildings from  XVII, XVIII, and XIX centuries in such a number that Montreal is the most saturated with historical monuments on the North American continent. Because of  a very...

Montreal in full sunshine

A Saturday morning.  A cloudless sky. Quite chilly (16C),  but the sun is promising a very warm day. The residents of Montreal, tourists, and all the others are out in the streets enjoying extremely warm weather. Here nobody remembers previous such a beautiful end of September. It’s hard to believ...

Montreal in the afternoon

After a some-hour-drive South-West from Quebec we arrived in Montreal – the second biggest city of Canada. Beautiful neighbourhoods of Montreal stretch along the southern slopes of Mount Royal which gave the name to the city. Vieux-Montréal – The Old City is located close by the river quais where ...

Ile d'Orleans

In the aafternoon we toured Ile d'Orleans on the River St. Lawrence- one of the major waterways of Canada and the world. It’s a big agricultural island, rich in fertile land and it supplies Quebec fruit and vegetables. We are approaching the largest waterfall in the Province of Quebec - Montmorenc...