Ed Treijs wrote:
> May is a good month to visit northeastern North America, although it is
> possible to get cold weather or snow, especially at the beginning of the
> month. (In Ontario, there was quite a bit of snow on Victoria Day a year or
> two back, and that's around May 24!)
True, it does happen once in a while, like once every 30 years or so. Geneally it
is very pleasant weather in May.
> Does the time include travel? Because it will take most of a day to do some
> of the legs, such as Quebec City to Toronto. I think that you should
> reconsider the number of cities you want to visit, and make sure you have at
> least two non-travel days in each.
>
> Quebec City is a good tourist destination, but I'd suggest that it would make
> more sense to visit Ottawa instead. Ottawa is between Montreal and Toronto,
> so this reduces your travel time and expense (many buses
> Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto, and trains too.) Ottawa has a fair amount of
> history, and many national museums as well as the historic Parliament
> buildings.
I would agree that Ottawa may be a better choice than Quebec, considering that the
OP wants to go to Toronto and Niagara. Quebec has an interesting old town, but I
would need to be reminded of anything else there worth seeing. Ottawa has a lot
more to see and to and would cut down on travel time and costs.
> There are many bus tours to Niagara, but I'd suggest you rent a car for a day
> or two while in Toronto. Niagara is the one leg that's a very easy drive.
> It seems that you will be in Toronto/Niagara area around May 20. The Niagara
> area has many blooming fruit trees at this time, and it is worth taking a
> longer driving tour.
Try to figure out when Blossom Week is supposed to be and come a week or so before
that. It is pretty nice when all the blossoms are out in the orchards. However,
there are nowhere near as many orchards as there used to be. A lot of the orchards
along the QEW have turned into subdivisions and industrial parks and in the NotL
area many of them have been cut town and replaced with vineyards, whose blossoms
are quite subtle.
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