All Blog Posts Tagged 'Ontario' (3)

(©MRandin)

If you’re a newcomer to Chickstravelflicks and are wondering whether to continue reading after seeing the title of this post – please stay. I assure you this is a travel blog!

M. and I don’t really have a penchant…

It takes a big boat, on a large body water and an ‘island’ that is 2,766 km² (1,068 square miles) in area, to make you realise that you have lived in Europe far too long. Everything in Canada is big and Manitoulin Island is no exception.

According to its Wikipedia entry it is the “172nd largest island in the world and Canada’s 31st largest island”. Maybe we should have realised what we were in for when we saw the size of the ferry that took us over there.…

… But if someone offers you the opportunity, make sure you know which London you’re headed towards!

London, found in South Western Ontario, is my Canadian home town. Yes folks, I’m a Londoner. But ‘real’ Londoners, from the other side of the pond, are rarely impressed when I call myself one. Needless to say, being a Londoner from Ontario, has caused confusion at many airport immigration counters, university applications and conversations in bars around the world.

I’d…