Ontario

We wandered around Ontario (in a sense literally as we gradually circumnavigated Lake Ontario) taking in some French-Canadian towns as we went. It was surprising to be greeted firstly with 'Bonjour'' in shops before being addressed in English as a second choice. Natural of course if this is your natural habitat, but slightly odd for a Brit who left France far behind to travel to the North Americas.One thing you can say about Canada is that is as diverse as it is vast, and it IS VAST... Only a few miles away from the cool European sophistication of Montreal are the reserves of Native American Indians with there own issues and problems. A stones throw from them is the busy metropolis of Toronto with it's ethnic diversity and city sleeze. Further West are the wild borders of British Columbia, Canada has it all and has it in abundance.
We relunctantly left this world behind us as we headed back to New York to the remaining few days with our friends in Brooklyn.