We had
to get up quite early on Wednesday (4:30am) for our coach trip to
Niagara Falls, (760km from Montreal). Our driver-guide was Richard and
Normand the tour guide. They kept us entertained on the long drive
south.The motorways were huge, at one stage 12 lanes! When there are
accidents (and we saw one bad 3-car accident on the opposite side),
the traffic gets held up for many kilometres Arriving at Niagara,
some of the people on the trip went on the helicopter sight-seeing,
while we waited. Then we were taken down to do the “Maid of the
Mist”. This boat trip takes you right up into the middle of the
horseshoe shaped falls on the Canadian side. We could also see people
walking down to the falls on the US side. We were taken to our Hotel
to drop off our things, and then some of us went on a side-trip to a Winery http://www.pillitteri.com/ for a wine-tasting. The wines were really delicious (well,
at least I though so), and included a Gewürztraminer and white and
red ice-wine. Part of this was also some time in Niagara-on-the-Lake,
a quaint community with beautiful historic houses with fabulous
gardens, and a historic town centre, where the buildings have been
preserved. Also here was Fort George where a major battle was fought
in 1812 when the English defeated the French and Quebec then became
Canadian. Back at Niagara Falls we walked right up to the edge of
the Horseshoe Falls, and waited for the lights to be turned on. It was
very beautiful to see, but the photos didn't turn out. We then walked back to the Hotel, past the streets
which were like a theme-park, and stopped to watch some fudge-making
on the way. We didn't get dinner until 10:15pm, and just grabbed some
take-away. We had a really cool good night's sleep.
A deep canal at "Niagara"
Richard, the driver, teaching us how to taste wine.
US Falls
Horseshoe Falls
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