During the 2014 winter vocation, Wendy and I took the kids back to Canada.
On Jan. 17th, we took the flight from Shanghai to Toronto. We stayed at Dajun’s home for 3 nights. Dajun’s two boys, Andy and Daniel, played along very well with Crystal and Isabel.
On Jan. 21st, we took the kids to Toronto downtown. We visited many old places we studies and lived before.
On Jan. 22nd, we went to Niagara Fall. Although it’s very cold, Niagara Fall still looks very nice.
After the lunch, we drove all the way from Niagara Fall to Ottawa. We arrived at Ottawa around 7pm.
The second day, on Jan. 23nd, we visited Parliament Hill and National Gallery.
About 3pm, we went to the Rideau Canal, the world’s longest skating rink at a length of 8.54km. This is the first time for Crystal and Isabel to try the real ice skating. They did very well. Crystal skated 10km by herself (5km one way). Isabel skated 5.6km (2.8km one way).
On Jan. 24th, we arrived at Montreal and stayed at YanFeng’s place for 2 nights. YanFeng took us to a couple of places: McGill University, Mount Royal, St. Joseph’s Oratory and Montreal Biodome.
We took some pictures with YanFeng’s family and Naonao.
On Jan. 26th, we went to Montreal Snow Festival at Notre-Dame. Crystal and Isabel had a lot of fun there while I stayed inside a camp to stay away from the coldness.
In the late afternoon, we left Montreal and took the flight to Calgary. We stayed in Calgary for 8 days. We met Doudou the first time.
In Calgary, we skied a lot. During the week, we skied at a resort inside the Calgary city. At the weekend, we went to Lake Louise.
On Feb. 3nd, we took the flight again, from Calgary to Vancouver. We stayed at Jody and Sam’s home for 7 days. Crystal and Isabel got along very well with Jody, Sam, Amber and Oliver. During the stay, we went to UBC, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and many other places. All of us love the place and we will choose Vancouver as our next stop.
