NIAGRA FALLS, USA and CANADA
NIAGARA FALLS, USA and CANADA Another best place to enjoy natural amusement
I believe the best way to spend my holidays is to go to a trip with my family or friends . I like to go at least once in a year for a long trip, which i can go only in thanksgiving holidays or in December. Every time we plan to go somewhere, the biggest question is"where to go". The place where you and your family can enjoy without getting bored. Choosing good destination is the biggest challenge , so choose the place which is kind of different from your last trip.
We have visited almost every place nearby california, so this time we thought to fly across the country and have a long distant trip. My 4 year old daughter chose NIAGARA FALLS over other options after looking at the falls pictures. Finally we found our destination for the trip and planned accordingly to cover east coast in 10 days .We did all packings with full of enthusiasm and waited for the day when we had to fly. Since we live in bay area of california, we had to board the flight from San Jose airport.
Finally time has come to take off. I was so excited ,so my husband and my daughter were too. It was short flight than we usually take for India. We did spend our time by watching movies, eating short meals. Time did fly with us. Now it was time for landing, clouds were looking like someone has dropped cotton from sky for our welcome. Through those clouds i could see fall and the buffalo city which is close by niagra falls city ,USA. It took half an hour to get our luggage and come out of the airport.
From here our actual trip started. After getting out from airport, we had to take a cab or a bus to Niagara falls city. We saw a bus coming to our side which could take us to the city and we decided to ride that bus . But we felt it little unsafe as we got off the bus, lots of unfortunate people were wandering around and we had to walk a little to the place where we could find another cab to the other side of the fall which is part of Canda. As soon as we reached to that place I took a deep breath i never wanted to be haunted. I saw a big store nearby and i went inside ,i was so impressed with all kind of souvenir . I started feeling that i am at falls because i could see mist outside ,if you would go out of that store you would feel tiny miny drops of water on your face ,since you could only expose your face in that chilly breeze.
We rented a cab it was easy to enter in Canada, in 5 minutes we did clear all the formalities of immigration. Now we were crossing the bridge and in few minutes we were at our hotel Embassy suits with fall view. Feeling awesome after reaching there and on top of that we got upgrade to Presidential suite.
We spent most of our time in evening and early morning inside the room for the breathtaking view . In morning view of fall is like heaven and in night feels like best place for romance with colorful lights on fall and sound of water fall. Why to go out in that chilly weather, if you have best view from your cozy and comfortable bed. Our mornings and evenings were perfect .As i got up the very next day we reached ,we had best view to look around. How lucky those people who have beach houses, fall view houses and mountain ranges around their place!!!!
After having breakfast on first day we took embassy shuttle to downtown and visited each and every street . We found every casino was one of a kind, of course not like vegas but it was all different. Weather was very pleasant, After roaming in nice warm weather we decided to go back to falls and stay there for sometime. In meanwhile we went for "Behind the Fall" view . For that we had go down by the elevator and it was like cave all the way to the falls. We could hear loud thud of falling water and pleasant sound of river at the same time. One end of the cave was just behind the fall . You can imagine how beautiful it would be, when water is running over the cave and falling in front of you. But it was restricted to go near falls . And at the other end, we could stand and feel water drops and mist on our body.
After having breakfast on first day we took embassy shuttle to downtown and visited each and every street . We found every casino was one of a kind, of course not like vegas but it was all different. Weather was very pleasant, After roaming in nice warm weather we decided to go back to falls and stay there for sometime. In meanwhile we went for "Behind the Fall" view . For that we had go down by the elevator and it was like cave all the way to the falls. We could hear loud thud of falling water and pleasant sound of river at the same time. One end of the cave was just behind the fall . You can imagine how beautiful it would be, when water is running over the cave and falling in front of you. But it was restricted to go near falls . And at the other end, we could stand and feel water drops and mist on our body.
After strolling around we headed back to our hotel. We had our dinner there . As we were having our all three meals in that hotel. Its awesome. Since we are vegetarian [no meat , no chicken and no egg], we usually have not much choices. But still this hotel restaurant has more choices on there menu than others. After dinner went to hotel for an hour rest and jacuzzi bath . Around 9'o clock we went to the mall near by our hotel which had a casino. And funny thing was i could not enter in that casino because i did not have my id or better to say a proof of my age. So i and my daughter were roaming around and my husband only could go inside and yeah he won some $70 in black jack.
Now here we start our day 3 or the last in Canada , we rented a car there and went to visit some places around the Niagara falls city, Ontario. There was a point where Niagara river from USA and Canada meets up and makes whirlpools. It was an perfect view for the day. On our way to Toronto we went to one of the great lakes "Michigan Lake" and downtown of Niagara falls city. All buildings had impression of European culture. People of the city are still using chariot for commute, basically its another attraction of the city for tourists. Love to see that!!
Toronto is a big, full of life and busy city as Mumbai in India and New York in USA. And very shocking and tiring thing was to park our car. It almost took 1/2 hr to park our car with $20 for an hour in Eaton center on Queens St. That was one of the biggest malls i have seen in my life. Did some shopping and food and went for the walk around the street. Street is full of life. There were a bunch of historic building from old centuries , lightened up but still looks scary building from a horror movie. After seeing these building you can imagine how much Europeans were involved in construction and developing infra-structure of the country they ruled on.
After walking around 20 minutes we were at most iconic attraction CN Tower. The view of the city from there was amazing. We had edge walk on the tower it was most thrilling and adventurous moment of my life.
It was around 10'clock we headed back to our hotel in niagra falls city. After a busy and adventurous day and almost 2 hrs drive back to "the city" we just threw ourselves on beds. And woke up around 6 for checking out from the hotel and boarding on flight. By 6.30am we were on the bridge to capture some last moment in camera. And said Good-Bye to Niagara Falls. We continued our trip with a visit to New York City and surrounding areas..
Now lets talk about beauty of fall. For that pictures of fall will be the best way to talk. Here are some pics from our hotel room .
PERFECT HORSE-SHOE SHAPE FALLS
Canada Side Fall
American Falls or Bridal Veil Falls
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