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By JennyCdolphins
November 20th 2008

Pre-Israel

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when i woke up yesterday morning

In about 2 months time, I'll be boarding a plane going on a 15 hour journey to Israel for 6 whole months. I am 24 years old, born and raised in Ontario, Canada, not Jewish, have no family there and know (kind of) 3 people in total that live in Israel. The usual reaction I get when I tell someone I'm going to Israel for 6 months by myself is "Are you crazy?" ... The answer to that question is yes but that is not the reason I'm heading on this endeavour. There are quite a few actually... The first and [View Full Entry]

By JamesEnglish
October 19th 2008

Niagara

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niagara

As part of our long weekend, we drove to Niagara falls. We got a free room upgrade from the hotel and had a falls view of the actual horseshoe falls. By the time we got there and were ready to go out, it was pretty late. We walked across the strip and went to the R Lounge for drinks( lounge bar that overlooks the river and falls) and had some nice local wine and tapas ( Niagara does fantastic wine due to the climate of the area). After a few drinks in the local bars, we went late night gamlbling [View Full Entry]

By BillandSue
October 14th 2008

Canada; Niagara & Tpronto

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Niagara

So we are on our way. Kindly taken by Robin to Heathrow, but it was a bit over the top of him to wear a suit and tie ! And he did go on about Cyprus all the way round the M25. Anyway we get to Toronto and jump in a car for the 2 hour journey to Niagara, only for us to hit the local rush hour and a traffic jam. But when we got to the hotel and opened the curtains - wow - the view of the Horseshoe Falls lit up at night was amazing. Up early the [View Full Entry]

By H T
October 14th 2008

THE LAST WATERFALL OF THE TRIP, BRING ON NIAGARA

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From the top of the horseshoe falls

It was quite late by the time we arrived in Buffalo as we had to fly through New York to get here. We got a taxi straight to our hotel and were just sat chilling watching a bit of TV when Sharon called to say that she had sent the Fedex and the wallet would arrive by lunchtime the next day. This meant we could still go and hire the car and once again Sharon had found out where we could go that was close to us and it turned out Avis was just down the road. With all that sorted [View Full Entry]

By umyl026
October 5th 2008

Day trip to Niagara

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Niagara Falls

Hiking on Niagara Peninsula A group of us were taken on a trip out to the Niagara Peninsula. We went for a hike through the Woodend Conservation Area. We had a picnic then visited the falls, shopped in Niagara -on-the-lake and had dinner in the Pillar & Post. Fantastic Day. [View Full Entry]

By Team Graffey
September 28th 2008

Niagara Falls

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Niagra Falls

Well, we had to sadly say goodbye to the Rockies! But canada seamed to have a hold on us as the GPS went crazy and we ended up in farm territory, I felt like dorothy in Kansas. We finally made it in one piece to the airport and were on our way to Niagara Falls! Had to stay overnight in New York to get to the Falls in Buffalo (US side) and then walk across to the Canadian side. Well, the Americans didn't want to make it that easy and this little old lady tourism officer refused to tell me how [View Full Entry]

By clairebw
September 16th 2008

Niagara Falls and the end of our trip...

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Maid of the Mist

Due to our delays (which have been up to ten hours) as we travelled across the country by train, we discovered that we had lots and lots of Via rail train credit. So for our eight hour train journey from Montreal to Niagara falls we could afford to travel first class. Was awesome we got food and loads of wine. Niagara was much like I expected, a compleate contrast of the natural beauty of the falls teamed with a street of tourist attractions, tacky shops and a glittering shiney big wheel. America is literally a bridge away from you in Niagara [View Full Entry]

By TheCaseys
September 14th 2008

Day 12

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View from our room!

We decided to leave the country and visit with our friendly neighbors to the north. The views of Niagara Falls are spectacular from the Canadian side. We headed off to ride on the Maid of the Mist and we were not disappointed. The wind made the trip even more enjoyable, the gusting water pounding on your lovely rain smock, which was sticking to our skin, awesome! 223 Miles traveled in the day. 2,882 miles traveled total. 2E to 90E to I190N to Queen Elizabeth Way to 420E. [View Full Entry]

By DeAnn
September 10th 2008

September 8, 2008 - Niagara Falls, Canada

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The Maid of the Mist

We went to Niagara Falls and took a boat called Maid of the Mist, that took you so close to the falls that you got soaked from all the mist. It was really exciting. You could see New York on the other side. [View Full Entry]

By Cat and Alex
August 19th 2008

Toronto and getting wet at Niagara Falls

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The bus journey from Boston up to Toronto started at 5am. We got the bus from Everett to the subway and then the subway in to the centre of town and the Greyhound station. Our Greyhound bus left at 7am and was due to arrive in Toronto at 20.55. It started off fine and our first three stops and driver changes were fine, everything ran on time, but then we arrived in Buffalo. We arrived 10 minutes after our scheduled arrival time at 17.55 and we were due to leave at 6pm, but due to the utter incompetence of our driver [View Full Entry]

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