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Now that's a view. Wow! It looks completely different from up there, really! Awesome! That's pretty funny that people set their things down and then they rotate away.... haha. I find it amusing. Glad to hear the food was tasty as well!
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Merry Christmas Cheryl and Mark The pictures of the falls were so breathtaking!!! It is amazing how calm the waters look before they actually hit the Falls. You certainly had a great view from your seats at the restaurant and your meals look delicious!
I have thoroughly enjoyed all your photos of Niagara Falls. I'm convinced now that Luke and I need to return and cross over to Canada for a totally different view of them.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed all your photos of Niagara Falls. I'm convinced now that Luke and I need to return and cross over to Canada for a totally different view of them.
Oh you should. I don't think you'll be disappointed at all by the view from across the border.
Monday 19 September – part seven: I can’t pick between them
Eventually, it was time for dessert, and I felt like a complete pig, but I honestly could not pick between two of the desserts, so I decided to get them both. My first choice was Skylon’s famous crème brulee, caramelized to order – well, with a description like that, it would be rude not to, right? It was excellent, and I liked the mixture of warmth on the top and cool right at the bottom.
I also got the chocolate amaretto torte garnished with toasted almonds, and I was amazed at how light this was. I honestly didn’t think I’d eat more than a mouthful or two, but I managed to get through the majority of it.
Mark opted for the warm Skylon pecan pie topped with vanilla ice cream, and they must’ve felt sorry for him, knowing I’d ordered two desserts, as look at the size of the piece that turned up!
All in all, it was a superb meal, and Julie our server was a real pleasure and took the time to chat to us, acknowledging that in the busy summer months, she wouldn’t have the time. Apparently they can get through 1,000 diners a night, and you can easily sit at the bar and wait two hours for a window table! She was an absolute star, and has the right idea. Every winter, they lay staff off, and she’s one who’s happy to do that, so she can go travelling. She’s travelled around a lot of Europe and plans to go to Asia this winter. Good for her!
I did manage to get some photos of the restaurant to give you an idea of what it looked like:
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We ended up buying the photo package, as we were so pleased with the photos we had taken up there:
Skylon Tower
Appetiser 9 9
Entrée 9½ 9
Dessert 1 8½ 9
Dessert 2 9½ N/A
Service 9½ 9
Atmosphere 10 10
Value for money 9 9
Average score: 9.23
We eventually left after about an hour and 40 minutes, which was a nice amount of time to be sitting down. As we headed down in the lift, I finally managed to get some shots of the rainbow with the falls in the background – perfect!
We stopped to have a look in the shop at the bottom of the tower, and we had enough left on our travel money card for one final T-shirt for me!
Now here I have to add something amazing in. It was early December, and I went to add some more money on to the travel money card ahead of our return to Florida in late February. I asked how much we had of each currency on it (Euros, US dollars and Canadian dollars), and I just about fell over on the spot when she said there was literally nothing left in terms of Canadian dollars. My T-shirt purchase must have cleared the card to the cent! Wow, how many times could you do that?
Then it was out, and my goodness, here we found the tacky end of the town that we’d heard so much about. Yuck – not our thing at all!
Thankfully, we were soon out of there, and heading for the Rainbow Bridge and back towards the USA…
The view from Skylon tower is really different. You can see for miles. You meals look really good especially the desserts. Sorry you had to drive through that part of town. It takes away from the beautiful park that's just down the street. It kind of reminds me of sections around Disney that are away from the parks. the ones with all the tacky stops.
It was good to see Doctor Who on Christmas. Like you, I never expect too much of the Christmas specials but I'm looking forward to the new season.
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Wow! It looks completely different from up there, really! Awesome! That's pretty funny that people set their things down and then they rotate away.... haha. I find it amusing. 
The pictures of the falls were so breathtaking!!! It is amazing how calm the waters look before they actually hit the Falls. You certainly had a great view from your seats at the restaurant and your meals look delicious! 
It was excellent, and I liked the mixture of warmth on the top and cool right at the bottom. 
What a wonderful time in Canada!!!
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