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| Niagara Falls Casino |
Weather: Overcast, grey and cold.
Today was spent travelling to Niagara Falls. We left Leola at 7:15am and arrived at Niagara at 4:45pm. It was a long travel day.
Our lunch stop was at a large supermarket called Wegman's. It has everything you could possible need, not just groceries. It also has a cafe type section where you can get pizza slices, fruit, Chinese food, healthy alternatives and also subs with hot or cold options.
As we approched the border, you could see the falls and the mist flying into the air. crossing the border consisted of them checking and stamping our passports, answering a few questions and that was all. Then we were ordered to get back on our bus and be on our way. We were officially in Canada.
I guess I expected Niagara to be a small town. Not so. There are soooo many tourist traps here it's ridiculous. We had a small tour of the town and saw the amazing falls - both the American and Canadian.
Today was spent travelling to Niagara Falls. We left Leola at 7:15am and arrived at Niagara at 4:45pm. It was a long travel day.
Our lunch stop was at a large supermarket called Wegman's. It has everything you could possible need, not just groceries. It also has a cafe type section where you can get pizza slices, fruit, Chinese food, healthy alternatives and also subs with hot or cold options.
As we approched the border, you could see the falls and the mist flying into the air. crossing the border consisted of them checking and stamping our passports, answering a few questions and that was all. Then we were ordered to get back on our bus and be on our way. We were officially in Canada.
I guess I expected Niagara to be a small town. Not so. There are soooo many tourist traps here it's ridiculous. We had a small tour of the town and saw the amazing falls - both the American and Canadian.
We got the hotel and had enough time to relax before heading out to a winery for dinner. The winery was located at a place called Vineland and the winery was called Vineland Estate. When we arrived, there was some wine tasting for those wine drinkers in the group - surprisingly, I wasn't the only non-wine drinker in the group for once! Then we had a quick look around the tasting room and gift shop before heading over to the restaurant for dinner. Another great meal. And another few kilos added to my waist line!! Then it was off to our hotel.
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| US falls lit up |
As soon as we arrived back at the hotel, I changed into warmer clothes and headed down the street to look at the falls as our tour director had advised us that they are lit up at night. And they most certainly were. Originally, I'd planned to stay only 5 minutes as it was already 10pm. I stayed for almost half an hour as, everytime I thought the light show was finished, they'd change the colours again. I took hundreds of photos and a hell of a lot of video footage.
Then, it was time to head up the hill to the hotel (hard going as it was a steep hill!) and bed time.
Tomorrow we spend one last morning in Niagara then head off to Toronto.
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| Canadian falls lit up |
