Victorian Suites Inn
Travel Blogs from Niagara-on-the-Lake
FALLS! and the world's longest 1.5 miles...
... Australian, just checking in, and the hostel owner. We knew we were up for some tortuous story listening when he stopped his story to tell us, 'Hi, Welcome, listen up, you don’t want to miss this story’. So we patiently stood there and listened. Turns out he wasn’t all that enamoured with a visit from a Lonely Planet (the guide we usually use) journalist who’d visited him some time in the past. I snuck a look at the other Aussie’s face ...
Meeting Aunts and Cousins!
Our first full day here! We finally got to Aunt Pat's by noon after a morning of reorganizing the trailer and moving in....uh, bringing some stuff into Aunt Arlene's house. (For the record, she's Phil's second cousin, but the kids call her aunt!)
Aunt Patricia (Maxine's sister) and her son Brian live in West Seneca near Buffalo. She made us a delicious homemade polish sausage and homemade chicken soup ...
Fort George, Gorgeous Falls, Disappointing Dilemma
... Did they cover up the Falls and forget to tell us, I wonder briefly. (Still a bit jet-lagged, clearly.) But then the Falls are clear, still far away up the Gorge, but splendid and half-shrouded in mist.
It was very crowded around the Falls; thank goodness there are traffic cops keeping things organized. We started to search for parking ... the first lot wanted $18, which seemed very steep. The second wanted $8.50, which seemed much more reasonable ... but we had not ...
On the road at last but not quite a nomad yet
... box. They are sitting on a pappasan cushion. They have a food bag, a bowl bag and her cat has his medicine bag with his insulin needles and then the bag with cold pacs since his insulin has to be refrigerated. The cats have more luggage than I do almost. She has her computer bag, two courier type bags, a couple of duffel bags and three ...
A day at the falls.
... meet the group at the bus and we went over to the sky tower for dinner. This was a revolving restaurant and over the course of the night we got to see the falls light up. It was a good dinner - i had the veal and it was great.
After dinner we went up to the observation deck to have a look and it was cold and windy up there. We then headed back to the bus and then went back to the hotel.
Overall a good day, with lots of things done.
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