Canada 2018

Our visit to Canada was great. My Wife and daughter met me in Montreal as they had been in UK. I flew to Vancouver then to Montreal and they met me the following day.

We spent a bit of time in Montreal and also did a trip to Quebec City and also another trip to Niagara Falls.

The Quebec City trip was great we had a good guide and she gave us an excellent walking tour of the old City plus we had a bit of time to explore some places ourselves before catching the bus back again.

The Niagara trip gave us plenty of time and we had lunch at a great place with a view of the falls. It also included a couple of stops, one at a wine tasting place and one in a small village. While there we did do a boat tour on the river below the falls, which was a bit wet but awesome, it gives a great perspective of how bit and how much water is coming over the top.

From Montreal we flew to Toronto and had a few days there. This is where our daughter stayed on for another few days to do a course while we flew next to Calgary.

We planned the Calgary stop wrong as it was bitterly cold and we had 5 nights there killing time until our planned Rocky Mountaineer train trip. We were picked up at our hotel by bus and driven to Banff, after a night there we boarded the Rocky Mountaineer and headed to Lake Louise. This part was supposed to include a Helicopter flight and also a Gondola ride. The Helicopter flight was cancelled due to fog and the Gondola was almost no view at the top also due to fog.

We got to Lake Louise and once again due to low fog no view up to the end of the lake. We were joined by passengers from the train in from Jasper and that extended the train a bit longer. We never thought of doing the Jasper part until then.

Next stop was Kamloops, and then next day into Vancouver. We were greeted by a huge line up of buses to take us to several different hotels around Vancouver. All in a nice line with everyone in uniform it looked really impressive indeed.

We had opted for the Gold Service with the double decker carriages with a great view, we also had meals on the train as well which were fantastic.

Another few days in Vancouver to look around and a lot of walking, a couple of bus tours, it is a place I would gladly go back to at another time.