Closet Canuck
Blog URL http://www.closetcanuck.com
Located Langley, Washington USA
Tags Canada, Travel, North America, Canuck, Vancouver, British Columbia
Sue Frause is an American journalist with a major crush on Canada. Here you'll find photos, travel tips, road notes and the latest news and thoughts about our friends north of the 49th parallel.
Latest Blog Posts
- Closet Canuck's Great Big Canadian Train Adventure DAY 10: Gogama, Foleyet & Hornepayne, Ontario on Nov 20, 2009 in Ontario Trains Manitoba
My cabin in the sleeper car Mackenzie had a small little sink and a toilet. Yes, I brought aspirin just in case!After traveling all night, it was time for breakfast, somewhere around the town of Gogama, Ontario. Breaky was open seating, but there wer...
- Closet Canuck's Great Big Canadian Train Adventure DAY 9: Niagara Falls and VIA Rail from Toronto west on Nov 19, 2009 in Ontario Toronto Food and Wine Trains Niagara Falls
American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls as seen from Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, Ontario. I went on an all-day tour to Niagara Falls with Magic Bus Tours. The $75 ticket includes R/T transportation from Toronto; lots of time at the falls; a visit to...
- Closet Canuck's Great Big Canadian Train Adventure DAY 8: Toronto's Frank Gehry & the Jersey Boys on Nov 18, 2009 in Music Toronto Boutique Hotels
It was unseasonably warm in Toronto during my two-night stay. As the fifth largest metropolitan area of North America, the Greater Toronto Area is a hefty 5.1 million (and there are three million publicly owned trees). Officially created in 1834, you...
- Closet Canuck's Great Big Canadian Train Adventure DAY SEVEN: Ottawa's Obama cookies and Toronto on Nov 17, 2009 in Ottawa Toronto Hotels Food and Wine Trains Restaurants
It was a glorious weekday morning in Ottawa to walk around Parliament Hill, located just across the Rideau Canal from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier (that's a photo from my room). I was surprised at how lax security was, and only encountered one securi...
- Closet Canuck's Great Big Canadian Train Adventure: And now, a postcard from Manitoba on Nov 15, 2009 in Trains Manitoba Saskatchewan
I'm quite a few days behind in my blogging. Mainly because there's no WiFi aboard Via Rail Canada from Toronto-Vancouver. I try to update at the stations, although our four-hour layover in Winnipeg, Manitoba was reduced to one hour due to a freight t...
- Closet Canuck's Great Big Canadian Train Adventure: Where in the world is Sue Frause? on Nov 14, 2009 in Ontario Trains Quebec
I've been out of the WiFi world for a while now, due to being on the train from Toronto to Winnipeg for the past two days. They only have WiFi on the "big city" corridors, and mainly on the east coast. That said, our train was five hours la...
- Closet Canuck's Great Big Canadian Train Adventure Where in the world is Sue Frause? on Nov 14, 2009 in Ontario Trains Quebec
I've been out of the WiFi world for a while now, due to being on the train from Toronto to Winnipeg for the past two days. They only have WiFi on the "big city" corridors, and mainly on the east coast. That said, our train was five hours la...
