Sorry for the late blog - huge day yesterday at Niagara Falls, so didn't get a chance to do it! So here goes...
The shuttle to take us to the airport was due to arrive at 6.30am. I set the alarm for 5am, but instead of pressing snooze, we turned it off. Oops! So we were woken with a phone call from the front desk telling us the bus was ready for us. Oh no!!! A mad dash around the room and we headed downstairs in 10 minutes! Got downstairs, and the driver reminded us we needed our passports.. Oops! Mad dash upstairs to retrieve said passports, and we were off.
We were driven to JFK and got on a plane to Buffalo, NY. When we arrived, we met our tour guide, Eduardo and discovered that we were the only people on the tour! Yay! Tour guide all to ourselves. He tailored the visit to suit whatever we wanted to do. Only problem with the day was how damn cold it was, and it was snowing!
Fantastic views on the American side of the falls, and then we headed over the border to Canada. A quick passport check and they let us through.
Here we took in the view of the falls, surrounded by snow. Absolutely stunning. Our guide was full of information about the falls and the river and was a lot of fun.
We then went to the 13th floor of the Sheraton for a buffet lunch overlooking the falls. Joe ate so much chicken soup I thought he was going to explode!!
Then we went for our tour behind the falls. I'd been there before and was looking forward to showing the kids all the water rushing past the portals. Oops again! It was all snow and ice! Couldn't see any water rushing past. So we went out on the observation deck and watched it all tumbling over. The power of the water rushing down was quite amazing. And it was only at half capacity compared to summer!
Then through the shop to pick up some bits and pieces (including extra scarves, gloves, hats and anything else we could find to keep warm!). Found a book that looks really interesting, and I know someone who will enjoy the section on Tesla... ;)
After that we went on a drive by of the hydro electric system and then took the kids to Clifton Hill where they enjoyed going through the Guiness World Records Museum.
Then we were off and back to the airport. Another crossing of the border went smoothly, except they told the kids their hats weren't allowed through.. lol First time I've ever had a US Customs official crack a joke!
We boarded the plane at around 8.45pm and flew the 55 minutes back to JFK where our driver met us and took us back to the hotel.
We went up and started trying to fit all our shopping into the extra suitaces we bought. We arrived with 3 half empty cases, and we're leaving with 6 packed full cases, plus a carry on! Oops again and again!!
I fell into bed at around 2am and woke up this morning to the wake up call at 5am in time to get our shuttle back to JFK for our trip home.
So right now, we're sitting at the airport, drinking coffee and waiting for our departure at 12pm.
Next post will be from home with a general wrap up of the trip! Thanks everyone for all your great comments about the blog. I really think, that as difficult as it was some nights to get it done, it was really worth doing so we'll all remember what we did on our action packed trip!
No pics, because the cable to connect the camera is in our checked baggage! Another oops... lol
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