Mr Foggs face summed up our accomodation tonight (to which I had carefully committed us for 2 nights). The Grunberg Haus did feature on Trip Advisor but had some really mixed reviews so I booked it.

Ahem, so a very short drive up a woodland track we arrived at the front of an aged mountain shack ( oh sorry, Swiss copy chalet) which leans to one side. On entry we were warmly greeted by the owner and entered a very dark and dim wooded building. In it’s day the property must have been wonderful but it’s a little aged now. The closest description would be the Gingerbread house out of the nursery tales.

Downstairs has it’s very own pub ( we got all excited until the owner said “serving non alcoholic cider” Non-alcoholic!!!)

Upstairs we are in the Chris suite, top of the creaky house up teeny stairs and very low overhangs, with our own private veranda into the trees and a gas fire. It’s certainly charming but I confess we have been spoilt so far and for the price I’d take the Gale River Motel any day.

Still, we have two nights in this old house, spooky. Watch out for the spiders. Picture to follow!!!

What added to the ambience of the place was coming out the front of the building to find a young buck toothed deformed kid sat there smiling gently to himself with a banjo in hand, oooh squeel liddle piggy(this is the actual boy taken on my phone), squeel. Avoid unless you can fire a bow and arrow or prefer to crawl semi naked on your hands and knees.

So some time ago Mrs Caddie bought Mr Fogg a book all about toilets of the world. There are loads of funky places featured, one of which was the Whisky Cafe in Montreal. Far be it from us to let an opportunity pass so we hiked the several miles out of the centre of Montreal to find this gem.

On arrival at the very cool and hip bar we met the owner who was delighted to give us the guided toilet tour! The gents has a steel wall of water that drops like a waterfall from the ceiling as men approach. It’s fab and immaculate. And yes he took us both in there and demonstrated it!

Unfortunately the ladies toilet used to have a female urinal complete with bendy hose and paper cups, but this was sadly taken out in 2007 as the company who made them and maintained them went bust. Aww, such a shame, but such a lovelly owner to show us around.

So we are having a celebratory drink in the Whisky Cafe, having had the opportunity to tick at least one of the loos off on our little book.

Also today we visited the Olympic Tower, at 575 feet tall it’s the worlds largest incline elevator so it was cool to go up and look out over the city. We also visited the Biodome which has a number of different habitats, it’s ok but quite small, although the penguins are sooooo quirky.

Next stop is for food once our feet are rested and we walk the several miles back to the centre.

Cool place Montreal, very diverse, but a big homeless problem, particularly around the ATM machines.

Bonjour all from Canadian Quebec. It’s our second day in the north and we have arrived in super cool Montreal. I made Mr Fogg amble around the old town this afternoon. It signals the half way point of the trip.

Tonight we plan to start exploring the underground city and keep Mr Fogg as far away from the Apple shop as possible.

Our hotel has a lovelly feel to it, reminiscent of the Brighton Hotel in Kyoto. For now though it’s time to eat at The Keg in the middle of the old town.

Well this our second day in the White Mountains stopping at the Gale River motel with the fantastic, fun and lively host Kevin.

Today the Mrs took me to Franconia Notch state park (after uber super pancakes at Polly’s in Sugar Hill). We walked up to see the Flume waterfall which is fantastic. The picture is me, the tour guide trying to creep up on me and over in the background is a covered bridge on the flume trail.

This afternoon we ventured to Meredith (dull and lifeless) and now we are in Woodstock, the home of free love in the 60’s (ok I know that was in California not New Hampshire, but I liked it and it was a very dull title without it).

And now grub at the Woodstock Inn Brewery with it’s own micro-brewery onsite. Oh me oh my a 22oz T-bone on the bone steak, fantastic.

Me might get a little tipsy and stuffed tonight.

Tomorrow crossing the border to Canada for a few days.

Yup the Mrs and me have ticked another off our “To Do before you snuff it list”, the American institution that is/ was the Drive in movie theatre.

Sit in your car, watch a movie on a 60 foot screen and tune your radio to a set frequency to hear the sound, fantastic. Bridgton is home to a dual screen movie theatre showin not one but 4 movies back to back. You choose the two films you want to see (in this case Iron Man 2 and Shutter Island), for the extremely reasonable price (Britain take note) of $3.25 per film per person (that is actually £2.19 in today’s monopoly money). So we really pushed the boat out, a gallon of popcorn, litre of tea and coffee for, are you ready for this $7 (£4.71). Can anyone tell me why we get royally shafted in the UK?

The screen was perfect, the sound excellent, Iron Man 2 was brilliant, the company as ever was fantastic and the best bit, no annoying people to disturb you with loud conversation or mobile phones.

What a top night, again all part of the meticulous planning by my Tour Guide.

Bridgton Drive in Movie theatre you rock!