Jason and I stole away to Niagara Falls, the Canadian side, this weekend.
We stayed at the Radisson on Fallsview Blvd and did all of the touristy stuff.
We flew into Buffalo at about 11:30. We took the metro bus system into Niagara Falls, NY. From there, we walked into Canada over the Rainbow Bridge. Then, we walked along Rover Road through a nice garden area. It was probably about a mile of walking and we rested along the way and we got rained on, but it was fun.
The hotel didn't want to take the Visa debit card like a credit card. They insisted that Jason go get a "prepaid" credit card with $25 credit on it so that they could have it for any incidentals we charged to the room. Jason went on the journey for the card which was hard since they gave him the wrong directions. I waited there at the hotel with the luggage. Once we got checked in, we showered and then ate at TGI Friday's which was right near the hotel.
We had a view of Horseshoe Falls in our room. They shoot fireworks over the American Falls on Friday and Sunday night; we couldn't see them, but it was still super nice to look at the falls from our room. They light them up with colored lights at night.
Saturday, we ate breakfast at TGI Friday's and went touring the Falls area. We bought a tour package that included an up-close tour of the falls called "Journey Behind the Falls", a really up-close on the water with the "Maid of the Mist" boat tour, and visited the Butterfly Conservatory. There was also included a pass for the "White Water Walk" that gave a up-close view of the rapids. We ate dinner at the Casino because it was fairly cheap, $38 total instead of the $102 we spent at Friday's on Friday night. We walked looking for a drugstore and never found it. We took a taxi back to the room.
Sunday, we relaxed. We ate breakfast at Tony Roma's and went back to the room. Jason walked to the drug store. I sat on the bed and looked out over the falls. That evening we went to the Cirque Niagara Avaida (sp) and ate dinner at Mama Mia's, a very nice restaurant in the food court of a mall-like casino complex.
We took a limo service back to Buffalo and barely made the connecting flight in Michigan. Our luggage didn't make the flight, but it was put on the next one and someone from Northwestern delivered it to our house about 10:30 that night.
We really enjoyed ourselves, spending time together, virtually uninterrupted. Since neither of us had cell phone chargers, we kept them turned off!
America is better than Canada.
