Blogs from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 10

Well I have left mountain Canada and flew from Edmonton this morning to Toronto and I am currently at Niagara Falls. Edmonton airport isn't overly hectic and took me about 40 minutes to get there in the morning peak. Driving around Edmonton lately I have noticed that the government is spending HEAPS of money on road infrastructure. The number of new lanes, bridges and extensions to their freeways is staggering and contrasts with the stagnant nature of our roads back home. For only a city of roughly 750,000 they certainly have big ring roads and freeways, they can't help the layout of their downtown but get away from the city centre and the roads improve dramatically. Checking in was pretty easy and the line for security was pretty organised, plenty of people but there was decent ... read more

Shame on me dat ik alweer zolang niets geschreven heb. Ik ben een kleine week goed ziek geweest, en momenteel heel druk met studeren, maar dit is even een goede afleiding (en dat mag van mezelf). Miniroadtrip naar Niagara Falls Het weekend van vrijdag 25 tot en met zondag 27 maart hebben we een kleine roadtrip gemaakt. Ralph had het top idee om een auto te huren en naar de Niagara Falls te rijden. Samen met Roos en Georgine was ik uitgenodigd als passagier. Ralph is 27 en was daarom de enige die reed, wat wel veel was. De Niagara Falls zijn ongeveer 8 uur rijden vanaf hier, maar met omwegen en van alles duurt het altijd langer dan verwacht. Vrijdag vrij genomen van de universiteit, eerste keer pas, en we vertrokken om 11 uur richting ... read more

I woke up at 10am in the morning on a very hard floor in a not so nice hotel room. It wasn't the most pleasant wake up and we had less than an hour to rush out and pack the car. Everyone was a little stressed but sure enough by 11am we were on the road and on our way to Niagara Falls, just an hour down the road. The weather was better than the previous day and the sun shining bright. It was still crisp cold outside. We stopped at what looked like a tourist hotspot and asked for directions. We realised that the place we had stopped was a water park inside a hotel with lots childish decorations including a strange talking moose. We found out that we were only 5 minutes away. Driving ... read more

DAY 36 Got up at around 7.30am and headed down to arrange transport to the airport. We organized a shuttle as it was just as cheap as a taxi. It was going to pick us up at 11am. We headed next door to the deli for breakfast, for my last brekky in USA, i got the same as the day before raisin and cinnamon bagel with cream cheese which was delicious! Scott got a bacon, cheese and egg croissant. We then headed to Times Square to the Disney store which had only opened the day before. We found some more cool things to buy - just to add some more weight to our bags! We headed down to Midtown Comics which Scott had been meaning to check out all week - but they didn’t open til ... read more

Thursday 14th October Toronto to Niagara Falls We awoke to crappy weather today. It was cold and raining. We were to do a walking tour but because of the weather Henk being the resourceful guide that he is, took us underground and showed us city hall and an interesting mural made in relief with thousands of nails. We jumped on the bus and made our way to the CN Tower, a massive structure that seemed to breach the low clouds. This was an optional tour that the five of us decided to take, I'm glad we did because even though the weather wasn't the best the view was fantastic. Looking out over the sprawling city of Toronto and Lake Ontario. It was cold and windy but enjoyable. From Toronto we took the relatively short bus ride ... read more