Day 18 - July 3th

By Hylco de Boer

After the raft adventure of the previous day, we were glad we could sleep a little longer, but still almost everyone was tired. Fortunate the activities of today would not be that fatiguing. After a breakfast of fresh baked croissants we started driving from Mont Tremblant, Quebec to Toronto, Ontario. Traditionally the wake-up CD had to be played first. One the companions - that joint us this week - did not seem to appreciate it but maybe after a week he will.

At 11.30 we passed the border between Quebec and Ontario so no more difficulties reading French and no bumpy roads anymore. After driving some more it was time to look for a Tim Hortens, subway e.o. for lunch. When everyone had finished their lunch it was time for the next driving part. Two hours later we arrived at the harbor of the "1000 Islands boat tour" at Kingston. We had some time to eat or drink some more before or cruise along the Canadian Coast of the Saint Lawrence River. Around we 15.30 the boat took off showing us magnificent views of the islands. During the cruise we could relax and walk around on the practically empty boat (except for us). While most of us were busy making photograph and appreciating the view, a few had a hard time to stay awake.

Two hours later the boat arrived at the harbor again, so time for dinner. The restaurant at the harbor offered us a buffet, so good news for a few: they could eat as much as the wanted. At 19.00, satisfied of the delicious dinner, we departed to Toronto. After our departure we could not decide what music had to be played, most of us heard enough of the music we had been playing for two weeks now. Fortunate one of the companions who did some work on his laptop in the back of the car had also a large music collections on his hard disk. So we used every adapter and every cable we could find in the car to combine it to a length of 5 Meter to connect the fm transmitter in the front of the car to laptop in the back of the car. approximately 3 hours later we arrived at Toronto, the Bond Place Hotel. Next day we had to wake up very early so time for few drinks and to go sleeping.