Wednesday 24th September 2003 - Day 11/273 - Montreal, Quebec to Toronto, Ontario

Todays moving day again. Got all packed up again and left the room, halfway to the Metro Station when I realised I didn't have my bumbag on, which had my passport and tickets in. Panic!!! i had to unpack in the middle of the street and fortunately I found it tucked away in my dirty laundry. Lesson Learned.

We caught the 10am express Greyhound to Ottawa and arrived at about 12.00. Theres was pretty much nothingness between the 2 cities, just freeway. In Ottawa we had a quick bite to eat and then caught the 1pm local Greyhound to Toronto. This took us out of Quebec and into Ontario, finally back to English signage and speaking. Our route stopped at Kanata, Perth, Kaladar, Peterborough, Whitby and Scarborough. The land was very flat and very much reminded me of the lowlands of Scotlands and passing through towns like Lanark and Moffat further endorsed that.

We eventually arrived in Toronto @ 19.00. It's situated on the shores of Lake Ontario. From a distance there are far less skyscrapers, but the skyline is dominated by the enormous CN Tower. It feels much younger and moderner too. Mx had booked us into the Hostel International in Church Street which is very central. We sharing a 6 bed dorm with 4 Frenchies (just our luck)(2 couples), but at only C$30 a night each we can't complain. It much nicer than our New York Experience and they organise pub crawls and trips to the Niagara Falls. Generally everyone is much more helpful.

We dined in the Baton Rouge in Yonge Street, which was very nice and very reasonable and got ourselves a relatively early night.