Thursday, August 18, 2011

Good Morning from day 4

We survived the tortures of Niagara and the many many thousands of tourists that make the place look like a Disney theme park. The day started well with us deciding not to do an organised tour and to go down on the train and bus and wander around at leisure. We made the early train which should have given us lots  of time but at the station we were accosted by a women from Holland that took a liking to us and decided to do the trip with us - hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.  She talked so much that we missed the announcements on the PA and missed our stop which also meant we missed the bus connection. We eventually got back to where we were supposed to be only to find that there was a 2 hour wait until the next bus. Burlington Canada, not the most exciting place to spend any time. We eventually found a 2nd cup coffee house (but the coffe was sooooo bad we didnt stay for the second cup) and killed time there. Niagara as a place is awful, full of very very bad taste amusements and crowds that make Myer boxing day sales look like a deserted park. The falls were great when you could get to see them.


We eventually gave up with the crowds and headed home to the promise of a good Mexican restaurant
in the Westend market. The place was packed so the food was expected to be good but in reality was just ok, but the drinks - WOW


The margaritas went down a treat and so did some very cold beers. The weather has been great with hot days 27 and a bit of humidity and cool nights.

All up we enjoyed Toronto and it was much better than we expected, but like our traditional way of travelling - if we could find our way around on the streetcars, underground and above ground rail systems both day and night so we had outstayed our time and it was time to move onto unknown territory.

At the moment we are on a train heading along the side of Lake Erie to Montreal. Bit hard to type so will call it quits and update you tomorrow.

2 comments:

BJP said...

My impression of Niagra years ago was that it is only a matter of time before someone starts projecting advertisements onto the water. Now it would probably be 3D adverts in the mist!

DA said...

Didnt even try the mist, thousands of blue raincoats in a line.