Well, Ontario. Well not even Ontario, a bit of Ontario. It’s pretty massive in its own right, let alone taking the whole country into consideration! We visited Toronto, Ottawa, Barrie, Orillia, Viagara Fallings and Algonquin Park.

We had a crazy busy time meeting lots of people, doing lots of travelling, seeing lots of places. In rehab now! Recovering. First impressions, or early reflections are that Canada is awesome. It seems to be almost perfect. The standard of living is great, crime is low, taxes are lower. The environment is superb, lovely weather, beautiful scenery. People look after it, there is no litter.

I do realise we saw just a certain class or side of life, our hosts are one of just 200 cottage owners in Algonquin Park. From the Park, heading South to the Falls, you do see many different types of life in Ontario. Myself and the Big Yun were impressed with the display of national pride, further north, with Maple Leaf flags proudly flying. This dwindled further south, with Toronto being a law unto itself, and Niagara being USA friendly… I wonder what it would be like over here if houses and businesses flew the Saltire or the Ddraig Goch. There would be calls of racist or nationalist, excluding others. But surely here in the UK we have even greater reason to fly the flag, as we have our different nations and cultures so close together. Scotland and Wales could learn a lot from the way Canada has marketed itself, its national image (I guess much like Ireland). While not making (in my opinion) the best beer, Molson do make great adverts to promote their Canadian brew. This very much draws from their identity abroad.