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Morning exercise in Ottawa and the best shower fixture ever

Today we started the day in a completely chill manner. I woke up shortly after 7. Checked the pool times and headed straight there. Okay, first I took a few laps around the 2nd...

Ottawa + Senators vs San Jose Sharks

Today, we were abruptly awakened by the alarm clock. Time to pack our bags, quickly sprint to Café Olympico for a hot chocolate to wake up, grab some croissants for the ride, and...

Niagara Falls

Today it was once again an early start. The booked tour began at nine o'clock, and before that we had to unload the car and pack everything into the suitcases. This was the first...

Algonquin Park - Niagara by the Falls

The next farewell was upon us as we left Algonquin Park. It’s a truly great area for hiking or canoeing. But our next and last highlight was coming up: Niagara Falls. So it was...

Algonquin Park - Day 2

Today was meant to be just a short hike, and we decided on the Whisky Rapids Trail. Once again, a lovely walk, featuring a beautiful section of the Oxtongue River.

Algonquin Park

After choosing one of the various tours, we set off after a relaxing morning for a longer hike. With a fresh 12 degrees, we started on our way. The tour was wonderfully diverse,...

Ottawa - Algonquin National Park

Today, we left Ottawa and headed to Algonquin National Park. Here, we want to enjoy some nature and hiking. And maybe catch a glimpse of a moose in the wild. We're thankful to...

Ottawa

After spending the first night in our cell surprisingly peacefully, breakfast was served in the former chapel. In keeping with the ambiance, today we got to know the Bagel...

Trois-Rivières - Ottawa

After an extraordinary multi-course breakfast, we left this really great B+B and set off towards Ottawa. This time we chose Omega Park as our stopover. A very large wildlife park...

Toronto - Kingston

From today, we are traveling by rental car. After a smooth pickup, we started our road trip with some shopping. Once the trunk was loaded with drinks and a few snacks, we were on...

Toronto

Toronto awaited us today. However, there was a brief introduction to the topic of breakfast eggs first. Next time, Sunny-Side-Up and Over-Hard will no longer be foreign words 🥚....

Day 9 Ottawa - Rapids, Cliff Diving, and Turkish Food

I think today will be a short entry – somehow I’m completely exhausted. We had breakfast in our room – leftovers: yogurt, toast, ham. There’s always coffee in the room, which is...

Polarbear Express, plenty of sunshine, a waterfall, and beautiful lakes

Hello everyone, we are still on the road. First, a brief summary of our vehicle problem in Kenora: No workshop could help us with the issue. In general, it is the case in...

Through Saskatchewan to Winnipeg

Hello everyone, we spent a few days in Elk Island National Park and went canoeing there again. We then continued through the province of Saskatchewan. Here we discovered a...

With Emma and Molly through the Taiga

From Toronto, we indulged ourselves with the famous luxury train "Canadian" to Winnipeg. Normally, you fly from Toronto to Winnipeg. Or you skip it entirely... A bus does not...

Toronto – The Metropolis

Birthday Lunch at the CN Tower Before we reached Toronto, we first spent a long time in traffic and admired the skyscrapers. Bus arrival times in Toronto are a very vague...

More than just a stopover - the capital Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada. We knew that before our trip. We also knew it was located between Montréal and Toronto - and that was about it. Mr. Ärmel could have mentioned...

Niagara Falls

To get there before the "crowds" we left at around 8am. About 15 minutes to the Rainbow Bridge $5 Maud on the US side, passport control on the Canadian side 😆 also quite...

Kingston

Hello, we have spent the last few days at a campsite in Kingston on Lake Ontario. This is where the St. Lawrence River flows into Lake Ontario. There are many islands and a boat...

Bye London

It was time to say goodbye. The last few days have been great weather and quite nice. We grilled, made our own ravioli (I'm really good at it now) and generally prepared for the...

Roadtrip Summary

So we're back in London and what can I say? You've seen it: a fantastic 3.5 weeks with beautiful nature. My favorites are also decided. The easiest city to choose is my...

1st Stop: Algonquin Park

The road trip has started and the first two days are already over. The first stop was in Algonquin Park with 2 days of hiking and both hikes were 15km each, so a bit strenuous...

Niagara Falls

Summary of last weekend: breathtaking! For us we went to Niagara Falls, where we met up with Cornell, so: we met Pauline again 🤯🥳 Of course that was the highlight anyway ;)...

A week of life

Soooo, what happened the last few days? Next to university I finally went shopping because the winter jackets were getting too warm (yay). Additionally, we were at a really...

Toronto

Since the week is divided into 3 locations, I will also divide it into 3 blog posts :) Sooo Toronto on Monday. I wasn't a fan at first, but as the day progressed my enthusiasm...

Quick update before the big trip :)

Finally it's time: reading week 🤞🏼😍 a week off from university, although the next big deadline is on Monday :/ But for the time being we're off to Toronto, to Cornell and...

What happened?

Well, another week has passed and a lot has happened again: We had our first case competition (and probably won, we found out on Monday), I made pasta myself for the first time...

University, university & more university

University has slowly started & the first deadlines are getting closer 🥵 so it's a lot about learning right now, but that was the point here :) and of course we're still...

Eat, eat & eat

Soooo, a lot happened: The Italian part of this cohort made us a proper Italian lasagna - although it looks terrible in the picture, it was extremely tasty! 10/10 We also...

Therapy dogs

Okay, that actually deserves its own post 😭😍 On Mondays there is the opportunity to chill with therapy dogs for 1.5 hours to unwind 🥹 Since there were a lot of people...