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I have been reading and reading but finally caught up.
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With the French thing way back when....I was like you and thought it was pretty much bilingual in that area. I found it weird that as soon as you crossed the province border everything went strictly French.
The event we went to (tractor pulling) was almost all US citizens and it seemed weird that we were invited ( and had to go to keep your ranking status) to a place where English was not spoken so much.
I am sure I just didn't get the best of areas to experience.
It doesn't sound as if you did. I'm sure if you went back, you'd have a much better time.
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There is so much more to comment on and I am just going to pick more recent ones. The whole trip is amazing though.
It really was!
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Chihuly! Isn't it amazing. I had seen the pictures when you were posting them on facebook back then too and I loved it. It is VERY similar to the one in Seattle from the looks of your pictures, only in a different color scheme.
These are from Seattle.
Those are very similar. I knew you'd been to see a Chihuly exhibition before and it was the photos that made me want to do this. I must admit that was one of the reasons I wanted to go and see this while we were there, so thanks for giving me the idea!
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Niagra Falls! So beautiful!
Oh my goodness, it is!
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I have been twice but the last time was when I was pregnant for Claire and she just turned 12. It is so beautiful there. I agree with others, if you have a chance to go back you must see them at night and especially when they have the fireworks over them. I really think those are some of the best I have ever seen.
Hmmm.... I think we will need to try and factor that in somewhere in a future trip....
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We have done the Journey under the Falls both times so I was really interested in your boat ride experience. If/when we go back that is on my list to do.
There is so much to comment about. Your adventure has been magnificent. I love all of the pictures (OK, more of the countryside, the castle, the Chihuly exhibit and the falls). You guys have packed so many wonderful memories into such a short period of time. Can't wait to read and see the rest.
There is so much to comment about. Your adventure has been magnificent. I love all of the pictures (OK, more of the countryside, the castle, the Chihuly exhibit and the falls). You guys have packed so many wonderful memories into such a short period of time.
We did - as I go back through this trip and relive everything, I remember how many great things we did.
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Can't wait to read and see the rest.
There's still a lot to come - almost two week's worth in real time from the trip. We're only up to about day nine! I figure this will be going until well into the spring and maybe even the summer at this rate...
It's another one of those things you could just stare at for hours. Fascinating and beautiful - as are your photos! That park is very peaceful indeed. Nice spot! And still such perfect weather.
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Your pictures from the boat tour were amazing!! I can only being to imagine how wet you get. That was so cool that you saw a rainbow on the way back. You definitely were able to get some beautiful shots of the Falls!
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Your boat ride sounds like a lot of fun. It must have been great to see the falls that close. All of your pictures are wonderful. I remember that park. It such a nice place to walk around and view the falls.
I miss new episodes of Dr. Who, too. It's been so long. I can't wait until tomorrow night's Christmas special.
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Your boat ride sounds like a lot of fun. It must have been great to see the falls that close.
It was just amazing, so much better than I expected it to be.
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All of your pictures are wonderful. I remember that park. It such a nice place to walk around and view the falls.
I miss new episodes of Dr. Who, too. It's been so long. I can't wait until tomorrow night's Christmas special.
I'm really looking forward to it, although traditionally I don't tend to enjoy the Christmas specials as much as the seasons. I've read some previews and I'm not expecting tonight's episode to be amazing, but it's something to keep us going until the spring and the new season....
First off, to anyone reading this, a very happy Christmas! I hope you all have a wonderful day.
As we're around and I have time, I'm still posting an update today, as we have so much more of this trip to go yet....
Monday 19 September – part five: getting the view from above!
Finally we were at the Horseshoe Falls, and I had to admit defeat, as the sun was so strong, and I was concerned I was going to get burnt. We headed into the welcome centre and made our way through…
We were heading for this…
We got some neat views as we went up, and you started to get a feel for the water that feeds into the falls, but we hadn’t seen anything yet.
When we got to the top, we made our way through the town, and again I thought it was fine, not as tacky as I’d heard, although amazingly quiet. How any businesses here make any money is beyond me. Mind you, I guess it is a Monday in September now…
We were making our way here – back to the Skylon Tower:
We were an hour early for lunch, but thought we’d chance our luck. Honestly, there was nothing else we wanted to do. Unless you wanted to do all the attractions, which we didn’t, as to us, the falls are the attractions, then there’s limited things to keep you going. Amazing as the falls are, there are only so many times you can walk up and down the boardwalk photographing them – yes, even for us! Anyway, it was no issue to check in early, so we headed for the elevators…
… and made our way up in a lift all to ourselves!
The views on the way up gave us a taste of what was in store when we reached the dining room. A bit like at the CN Tower, we took our time deciding what to eat and drink, as we were mesmerised by the view. We were passing the falls at the time, and finally we could see the whole picture, in terms of the water that supplies the falls. I couldn’t get over how quiet this water is, considering it then turns into the amazing torrents you then see!
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I figure this will be going until well into the spring and maybe even the summer at this rate... 
We headed into the welcome centre and made our way through… 
Anyway, it was no issue to check in early, so we headed for the elevators… 
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