Blogs from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 3

So up and out early for our next adventure, we stopped at Orillia town centre for a very quick wander around. It's the cutest town, with loads of really pretty shops, all independent with very friendly staff. Liz was in her element introducing us to all her friends in the shops, I felt like celeb !!! img=https://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/106177/975905/t/9429469-Continues-to-opposite-side-of-road-0.jpgContinues to opposite side of road Every year the town have a different sculpture design made out of tin that local shops and organisations sponsor a local artist to decorate, this year as it was a maple leaf design and there were about 20 dotted around the high street, a touristy photo opportunity obviously. It took a couple of hours to drive to our little B&B and when we arrived we were all shown to our rooms which were al ... read more

It was a fairly early start today as we wanted to spend the day at Niagara Falls and then head into Toronto from there. The breakfast at the hotel was pretty good and even had its own waffle maker which was neat. While eating Alex made a great comment about being inside Jake which was hilarious. The car seemed even bigger once I was sitting behind the wheel and typically I took a wrong turn straight away. After while though I got used to the size of the car, it helped that the roads were massive and it was essentially one highway to the border. The scenery had been great the whole journey through New York state and this continued for the rest of this journey. On the American side of Niagara falls we went through ... read more

Niagara Falls 11 & 12 August 2016 I had also visited Niagara Falls in December 1992 during my study tour, but oh my goodness, how the area has changed. There are more hotels, casinos, very tacky theme parks along Clifton Hill Road. But that was the only negative. We had an incredible time and we think we saw the sites in the right order, keeping the best until last….the Tower. This is what we did: · Walk 300m from our hotel to see the sky car go across the Niagara River Whirlpool. The water was swirling angrily as the River went around the bend. · In the evening we saw the fireworks display over the Waterfalls – spectacular! They also shone powerful colourful lights onto both the Canadian Horseshoe Falls and the American Falls. The night ... read more

14th We purposely booked a later flight to give us time to get to the airport out of rush hour. As it was, the tube (or metro as they call it here) was packed as we crammed in with our luggage. That was only for about 4 stops and then it cleared out enough for us to get a seat the rest of the way. We transferred to the ‘air train’ towards the end of the line and then only a few stops to terminal 5. Pretty easy really. And not expensive. Taxi or shuttle bus was going to cost us way too much. We didn’t have a long wait, and check in was painless. We had a lovely lady checking us in, chatting away. Wondering why on earth we would want to be going to ... read more

Sunday: Today would have been a very different day if I let the demon take over and not finish the race. But hey, I did it and felt glorious. Don’t ever have that as an option! We left the house near the Greek town at ~8am. Subway was still fairy empty. We got off at St Andrew station and made our way westward on King St. It was already warm and humid enough for a cup of iced coffee at their coffee chain, Second Cup. Thanks to their wifi & Yelp, we found Forno Culture, an amazing Italian bakery. Non-pretentious atmosphere right in the working area. Selections were refined from prosciutto bite to almond cookies. We continued walking to Lakeshore toward Pan Am plaza. Walk on tired legs became longer due to detours. City was happening ... read more