North America Travels

Sept. 11th, 2016 Visiting Goderich, Stratford and Western University in London

We visited Margaret in London Ontario during the Sept. 11, 2016 weekend. Part of that weekend was a visit of the area north of London. We visited mainly Goderich and Stratford and in the evening Margaret gave us a quick Western university tour. We drove through Saint Marys but were running out of time to walk around in that city as well. Visiting these towns was a bit inspired by Katherine Ashenburgs book "Going to Town: Architectural Tours in Southern Ontario".

Goderich

Goderich had a nice boardwalk area near its harbor along the shore of Lake Huron. We spend about 60 minutes or so there. Afterwards we visited the unique octagon shape downtown core of Goderich.

Goderich boardwalk with harbor in the background

Goderich boardwalk with old trainstation in the background (nowadays a restaurant)

Gongyu and me with Lake Huron in the background

Margaret with Lake Huron in the background

Goderich near the end of the boardwalk

Goderich boardwalk: On our way back towards the harbor area

Family picture near the Goderich harbor area

Goderich downtown octagon

Goderich downtown: Another section of the octagon

Goderich downtown

Stratford

Most of the afternoon we walked around in Stratford. It is for sure one of the prettiest small towns in Ontario with a nice downtown core but also featuring very nice walkways in parks along its river. It was Shakespeare festival season but everything of interest was sold out since we only planned this visit on short notice. I took away that Stratford is not only about its Shakespeare Festival. Walking around in town leaves you with a good vibe.