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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 14:50:56 GMT -5
Mentioning this in another topic made me think about it. I'm making a trip to Canada this summer - so far, totally unplanned - because my mom did when she was 18, and she likes me to do everything she did when she was young.
I wanted to go to find out about my grandfathers heritage 'cause he lived in Canada for like 20 years and had three wives that no one in my family know anything about... but we have no leads. So it's probably just going to be a crazy holiday!
Only one (three) problem(s) - what part of canada? where should I stay? what should I definitely see??? Enlighten me!
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Post by alba on Mar 16, 2008 15:06:30 GMT -5
Ontari-ari-ario, cause that's where i'm from, ergo it's the best xP And Algonquin Park. In all honesty, though, I think you should pay a visit to at least one provincial or national park, because they're beautiful. Canada's got really beautiful lakes xD And I just got bits of Jammie Dodger all over my keyboard
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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 15:36:51 GMT -5
Ontario, hmm? *knows nothing about Canada*
i have a friend in vancouver, but all i know is thats much further to get to than the rest of Canada for me. D: we should all do a big meet up, in some randomly picked part of Canada. you know, for my sake.
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Post by alba on Mar 16, 2008 15:43:48 GMT -5
That randomly picked part would have to be in Ontario for me to come, 'cause I'll be working at a camp for most of the summer xD And yes, Vancouver is the furthest away from Britain as you can get, pretty much. Are you going for the whole summer? If so, try and visit every province (I want to do this at some point). Although if you don't speak French stay away from the non-Quebec-City-non-Montreal bits of Quebec.
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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 16:01:58 GMT -5
Maybe the whole summer, but possibly not because A. Driving lessons... taking up a few weeks of summer, and B. I need a job to fund this trip. still, once im there i can stay however long 'cause i got no commitments for the rest of my life ^_^
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Post by acilf on Mar 16, 2008 18:55:38 GMT -5
Vancouver's not the furthest. Come to Victoria!!!! We're pretty and the forgotten city of BC (even though we're the capital). apparently we also have the most desirable weather. Though last summer we had 38 days straight of rain and it wasn't a record...not sure how that's desireable. Mainly it's because we don't get 6 ft. of snow like other provinces.
Regardless, we're pretty:)
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Post by acilf on Mar 16, 2008 18:57:14 GMT -5
you could always just start In Newfoundland and treck across seeing it all. I want to do that one day. Except the other direction of course. I want to go to Newfoundland. and Ireland!
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Post by alba on Mar 16, 2008 18:58:08 GMT -5
Oh, right, Victoria's on Vancouver Island, and therefore slightly further away than Vancouver, which is on the mainland *is stupid due to having done too much work this weekend*. And I've heard it's beautiful. I know someone who lives in Victoria whose house was build upside down (that is, the bedrooms on the ground floor, the living room, etc. above) so that the rooms that are used the most (other than for sleeping) get the better view.
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Post by acilf on Mar 16, 2008 18:59:34 GMT -5
I kinda had a house like that. But it was more because the house was built on a slope the the front door was both ground level and the 2nd floor.
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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 19:03:41 GMT -5
Ireland. is. AWESOME. I love it <3 County Cork *love* I remember going there when I was young and being like i wish we were irish, it's so cool here. and my dad being like, ...we are irish though? and him having to explain how we were irish even though we lived in london XD the ignorance of children...
Should be going back out there this summer, for a few days, on a drinking binge.
Apart from pretty, is there much to do in Canada?!QELKR My holidays consist of three things; drinking, taking photographs of wherever i am, and collecting the coolest memorabilia i can find from the tourist attractions XD. what is there in the way of tourist attractions like.. anywhere?! google is failing me again. it keeps telling me to go to museums.
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Post by alba on Mar 16, 2008 19:07:24 GMT -5
There's the CN Tower in Toronto, which is overrated but still worth going to.
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Post by acilf on Mar 16, 2008 19:11:04 GMT -5
umm... Victoria's go Buchart Gardens, horse drawn carriage tours throught the city, umm... had crystal gardens which was a jungle with all sorts of tropical critters running around. I was pretty cool but it's sold now. It you go to Sasaktchewan they've got a giant statue of a moose. Vancouver Island is home to the world biggest hockey stick. Umm... what else do I know? I love really old fashioned buildings so when I went to Ontario the parliment buildings and really old library was awsome. But I'm also much more of a country girl so can't live in big cities.
It's hard to think touristy when i live in Canada...
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Post by rosuu on Mar 16, 2008 19:12:01 GMT -5
ill add it to my list. (which, like the sad person i am, includes the vampirates locations !) ill have to consult my mom about it. she seems pretty omniscient about tourist attractions. but i mean like, mexico has it's ancient ruins, and london has its red buses and the london eye and buckingham palace... spain has the benidorm strip. but i know about nothing like that in canada
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Post by acilf on Mar 16, 2008 19:15:43 GMT -5
wow... should really prof read my posts. That last one had so many errors.
Oh rosuu! Meant to mention. I just found out I had a great grandad who was crazy, kinda like your's with multiple wives and people not knowning much about him. Though possibly few more wives... i love geneology so i'm trying to figure out stuff about him. So far most amusing things are that he was found on the door stop of the Salvation army in a basket(thought to be from a rich German merchant who had an affair with his Irish house wife because he real wife was barren) and when he was 18 and in the NorthWest Territory's army he got the govenor general of Alaska's daughter pregnant...
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Post by acilf on Mar 16, 2008 19:19:13 GMT -5
Sask. has a ski mountain made of garbage because they decided to have the downhill skiing competition in Sask. one year. However, for those who've never seen the provice. It's flat. Very much so. Flat as in watching your dog run away for three weeks. Seriously.
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