We are about 60 miles outside of Chicago and should be home in time to do a few loads of laundry, pack lunches for tomorrow, and, if we are super lucky with the timing, buy our new car tonight! We left Kitchener early and immediately stopped at a Tim Horton’s for pastries and coffee. I’ve […]

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We were in Canada and I had so much fun. We saw so many cool things. The hotel we stayed at was the Crowne plaza .  We stayed there for 2 nights. We had a Easter branch the food was great. For dinner we went to B . The food was so yummy. Today for […]

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(All the times are in Canadian time zone. ) After we went to Niagara falls we went back to the hotel. Ellie and I went swimming for awhile and my dad came back with the pizza and salad we ordered. Then we swam until 10:00. We got a good night sleep to get prepared for […]

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Exposed light bulbs and pipes, wooden chairs, chalkboard, organic food, funky haircuts, homemade decor, and tables, re proposed wine bottles of glasses, and shared plates are hipster restaurant signs at B.

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Zak’s description of brunch was fairly accurate. There were many more examples of ravenous individuals than he listed. (Like the woman who grabbed a baguette out of a display, broke it in half, and piled it on her already heaping plate. Or the woman who filled two coffee mugs from her table with syrup from […]

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Let me preface this post with an acknowledgment that we’ve only been in Canada for a day and only seen a very few people and places. With that disclaimer out of the way I’d like to coin a new phase: “like a Canadian at a buffet”. The meaning is analogous to “like a pack of […]

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Today we are going to nirgara falls.  I can’t wait.  First we have to drive 4 hours.  Now it is after we saw nirgara falls . It was SO COOL. Now we are crossing a big bridge. I could feel the mist it got all over my glasses. I loved all the falls.  I had […]

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Today we went to Niagara falls. It was amazing. First we went to the US side. It was so pretty. There was a lot of people feeding squirrels for some reason. On the US side there was a sky walk that we went on. Then we went through security before entering Canada. I think the […]

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What a day! The day started with us needing to be pulled away from the Hotel Monaco in Pittsburgh. It was really hard to leave the room, but we did. After saying goodbye-for-now, not goodbye-forever, to our Pittsburgh Kimpton friends, we headed out of the city toward New York. It was a rough beginning, as […]

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