I actually loved being a tourist in my hometown of Toronto for a couple of days on our cross-country Canadian Contiki.

Some activities I would join the group, other times it was fun to take my friends on local-guided tours of neat areas.

When our Contiki bus pulled into Montreal for our cross-Canada tour in 2022, my plan was to take a Contiki break.

I’ve been to Montreal a handful of times with friends and work, so I felt quite comfortable there.

When I tell people I went on a Contiki trip across Canada in the summer of 2022, non-Canadians seem confused. “Aren’t you Canadian? Why would you take a Contiki in your own country?”