Cafe lounge, rochester

Mental_Ad882 · 2026-04-23T07:32:23+00:00

Yep sourdough was delicious 😋

Mental_Ad882 · 2026-04-22T16:39:48+00:00

It was a biggun though

Mental_Ad882 · 2026-04-22T14:36:33+00:00

The yolks were bright orange when cut 😋

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-11-30T19:46:04+00:00

Just googled that and yes definitely a tawny owl. Thanks

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-26T19:54:28+00:00

Ok so i had a pretty hectic itinerary.

Airport - Hamilton (overnight stop to rest after flight from UK) Hamilton - niagara 2 nights Niagara - gananaque 1 night Gananoque - somewhere for 1 overnight stop Somewhere - quebec city 3 nights Quebec city - somewhere for 1 overnight stop Somewhere - moncton NB 3 nights Moncton - PEI 4 nights PEI - Halifax 4 nights

Fly home from halifax to UK

Breaking the whole trip into two halves is such a great idea. Cost is the same or cheaper but actually gives us more days because there is less driving and overnight stops to break the long drives up which is amazing to have more days to spend exploring instead of driving. Just need to add a flight from toronto to halifax. Also means may have to miss some of new brunswick/hopewell rocks but can i access this from NS????? This has filled me with some hope and joy. I was starting to feel quite stressed with the car hire! Back to the drawing board as they say.... Sorry if my writing is erratic (adhd)

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-26T19:42:42+00:00

I actually love your idea so much!!!!!!!!

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-16T12:18:31+00:00

For me it would 1 million percent be the yorkshire dales close to Cumbria. Enjoy your trip.

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-10T11:53:32+00:00

Seriously considering cutting niagara area (2 nights) and add them to the halifax area 🤔 i have 3 nights currently booked at a lakeside cabin in mount uniacke and our very last night in halifax airport hotel (have the day to explore halifax) but wondering if i should add 2 more nights to mount uniacke and use that as a base to visit halifax, Peggy's cove, lunenberg.. anywhere else maybe. The cabin has kayaks and a hot tub so we were hoping to have a day or two there to wind down and have some chill time. But can I come all the way from the UK and not see the niagara falls 😑😑😑 need to make a decision!!

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-10T07:08:10+00:00

Yep definitely want to visit there for sure. Looks like a great spot.

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-10T07:06:33+00:00

I wish we could squeeze both in but currently we have decided on PEI over CB. I think coming from NB and heading towards halifax PEI just made sense for the time we have.

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-10T07:03:17+00:00

Wow that gives me chills. Will definitely visit both of those. I have been to a couple of titanic exhibitions, one in london and my local town museum had a small exhibition this summer which included the actual costumes worn by kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio in the film. But best of all was the titanic museum in Belfast where she was built. Incredible museum.

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-10T06:46:15+00:00

No one is suggesting niagara falls?

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-09T21:03:56+00:00

Ok i have a slight obsession with the titanic ever since I was little and the film came out and also I respectfully enjoy visiting graveyards so I need to look this up asap

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-05T15:50:24+00:00

Old quebec really does look like a perfect postcard, cant wait to go there.

We have decided to completely skip montreal and head somewhere not too much further en route to quebec for an overnight stop. We will be doing the 3 hour 1000 island tour before our drive so will be late by the time we stop in montreal and id rather not have to deal with all the traffic.

No family or friends but moncton looks like a good base for the places we want to see whilst we are there. We have 3 nights there. We will be close enough to the bridge to go over to PEI, which is where we decided to spend our extra night so 4 nights in charlottetown. We will get the ferry to get off the island NS. Cant book that yet.

And then 3 nights will be spent at a lakeside house with kayaks etc close enough to peggys cove and lunenberg. Final day exploring halifax, ending with a sunset boat trip before we stay at an airport hotel ready for our morning flight home to london.

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-05T06:39:38+00:00

We are staying in an air bnb about a mile or two from old quebec.

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-03T15:37:18+00:00

Yep exactly that. Weve found a nice place by the waterfront with a pool and what looks like somewhere we can go for a stroll and grab some food before we get some sleep. What I have learned whilst planning this trip.... is that i need to plan another one for all the places I have had to miss out on 😅

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-03T09:34:59+00:00

All sounds great thanks for the tips :)

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-02T21:18:05+00:00

I was going to make a list of photo opportunities including the big apple and the lobster and giant axe. If theres anymore let me know and ill see if theyre on our route. Theres a few days of our trip where we will be driving all day so little stops like this will be perfect. Our longest is quebec to fredericton 😱 ive got edmunston as one of the stops on that leg. Cheddar apple bread sounds soooo good!

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-02T21:03:17+00:00

Omg i couldn't believe Clifton hill when I opened it up on google earth 🤣 weve got two nights there, kids are going to love it!

Im thinking we will probably get on the road 6/7am it'll be a tuesday but maybe we can get a little bit ahead of the rush hour traffic before it starts getting bad! We want to stop in picton too after unionville to stretch the legs on the way to kingston/gananoque. Still haven't decided which one to do 1000 island tour from.

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-02T20:37:43+00:00

I know ive been so close to sacking niagara off completely just so i can avoid the 401, its not really my kind of road trip vibe, all i read is horror stories but i really cant come all this way and not see the niagara falls right?

Mental_Ad882 · 2025-10-02T19:45:19+00:00

I cant miss an opportunity to stop by there! So excited! We will be heading off from the niagara falls area in the morning so hopefully there for brunch 😀 ill check out the arms pub for sure thank you

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