Category: 2009 Canada Exchange Year

Liam is finishing off his last three weeks at Ruth Thompson before going back home to start Grade 6 again. He has loved his schooling in Canada and has gained many new friends. On the last Friday, Liam took all his new friends to Wild Wings for a farewell party and general food fest. They […]

We were really looking forward to a true North American Christmas and obvioulsy this meant that it had to be a white Christmas. The blizzard ensured that we had a White Christmas and as we drove over the top of the Catskill Mountains we saw some of the most beautiful scenery, with a light dusting […]

On December 9th, we awoke to a wonderful blanket of white snow covering everything. It has been a long time coming, but when it did arrive it made everything look wonderful. Then reality set in and Rosie got out the snow shovel to dig out the driveway before taking Liam to school in the car. […]

The beginning of November saw lovely sunshine and clear skies so we decided to take a trip back to Port Credit for lunch at Snug Harbour. We really like the restaurant there since it had nice views of boats on the water and people doing lots of interesting activities.  To build up an appetite, we […]

As everyone knows, it is Liam’s birthday in October and he is so accustomed to having a large group of friends over that he wasn’t coping very well when we restricted him to just two. We planned to go to the movies, but when there weren’t any appropriate ones, we changed the plan and let […]

Bruce went back to work on the 1st September and after a shaky first day, everything has slipped back into routine again. He has a double of classes this semester so his preparation will hopefully be reduced a bit. It was an interesting week with school going from Tuesday to Thursday. Friday was off and […]

One of the reasons we reversed the direction of our holiday was so that we could possibly link up with some old friends in Renfrew, just out of Ottawa. Bruce taught with Janet in Campbell River, BC back in 1991 and has kept up contact ever since. Tom and Janet visited Margaret River in 1992 […]

After Fort Louisbourg, we drove across Nova Scotia to catch the ferry to Prince Edward Island. We drove for four hours and just made it with 10 minutes to spare for the 12:30pm ferry.  There are two ways to get onto PEI. You can either catch the ferry or drive across the Confederation Bridge (a […]

After Boston we drove up the East Coast passing by many fishing villages and lobster towns. We also visited the first of the many lighthouses that we were going to see. This lighthouse was situated at the end of a 300m groin made out of huge granite blocks. Very impressive since it was made in […]

The official holidays started on 26th June, but Bruce had the previous few days student free so he was pretty relaxed. We decided to stay around Mississauga for Canada Day and then head off on our big trip. We went down to Port Credit (on Lake Ontario) for the afternoon entertainment there and were a […]