Welcome to Hawkes & Brown's Holiday

We began our day at Cafe Maddison, a French bistro-style cafe. The internal decor was a galaxy apart from the classic American diner we ate breakfast in yesterday. In some ways, it reminded me of the Recoco Lounge at the … Read more

Our day began in the Gateway Diner, a classic American diner. A similar mix of clientele and few to no children, mirroring the experience we had yesterday morning. The atmosphere was also a loud hubbub of chatter, which drowned out … Read more

We’re starting our day sat in Dennys waiting for our breakfast to arrive. Char’s in coffee heaven with her bottomless filter coffee, which Liz decided to sample and me with a tea. My tea was served with Liptons bags, lemon … Read more

After our taxi driver from last night took a massive detour and refused to drive over Paradise Bridge overlooking the falls due to queuing traffic, we decided to head back this morning and see what we’d missed. Sounds bizarre travelling … Read more

Breakfast in the hotel was an interesting affair, the DIY waffles, complete with a preheated waffle iron and automatic timer set to 2mins. We weren’t sure about having them for breakfast but I figured “When do you get to make … Read more

Due to our body clock still being set to UK time, we woke at 1am (6am BST), 3am (8am BST) and eventually gave up at 5am (11am BST). By 5:20am Char was one coffee down and pondering a second cup. … Read more

Once I’d written yesterday’s blog and we’d had our early morning tea/coffee, we headed out for breakfast. Before leaving the apartment we’d searched online to locate the breakfast restaurant our taxi driver recommended.  Having figured out the restaurant he’d suggested was … Read more

We did literally nothing today except travel from Terminal 5 Heathrow to Toronto, so this account will be short and sweet. Although having said that, we’ve travelled all the way to Canada which is an achievement in itself when you … Read more