I felt like I was trying to sleep with a bowling ball up my jumper
I did sleep eventually though (loving the bed) and we woke early for breakfast
As the Niagara trip was picking us up early we had no time to explore so ate at the hotel
Joss went for the all you can eat buffet, whereas I could only manage a couple of tiny croissants
Joss won that round
The mini bus driver, John, arrived promptly and picked us and another couple up from the same hotel
Then we snaked to a few other hotels to pick everyone else up until the 23 seater was full
John had a dry wit and good knowledge of the area and so the 90 minute journey didn’t feel too bad
I particularly liked the way he pronounced “out” in words to sound like “oot “
It’s the small things that keep me happy
He also mentioned that one of the local ice hockey teams, the Toronto Marlies, were playing tomorrow- hmmmm
We stopped off at the first vantage point of the falls and were given 20 minutes to take some pictures
I got a bit trigger happy with the camera
One woman turned up 5 minutes late
At the second vantage point I again was trigger happy and this time the same woman was 10 minutes late
John chose to ignore my muffled calls to leave her ....
The finale for the falls was a trip on the boat when just before, John assured us we’d all be wet
He was a little too smug in the delivering of that line for my liking....
He was right though, soaked
After that we had an hour to scoff as much food as we could at an all you can eat buffet similar to that of Days
I had a decent crack at it
Joss and I had a beer each and I was a little taken aback to find out it was £10 per pint
A blow slightly softened by the fact it came with a complimentary pint glass
We did another stop to look at the river before going to a vineyard for wine tasting
No, I couldn’t taste the vanilla or the lemons, but the white was nice
Nor could I taste the blackberries and plumbs in the red, but that was nice too
The third and final wine, an ice wine which is basically a dessert wine, was absolutely foul and I just handed it back
Yuk
The final leg of the tour was a trip to the town of Niagara on the Lake which had lots and lots of boutique shops but was just too small for the number of tourists
Yes I get the irony
Apparently, June is a quiet month too....
The trip back seemed much longer as we were both shattered
In actual fact it DID take much longer because the new driver couldn’t find the hotels - at one point he shouted does anyone know where the Radisson is - to the reply “it’s behind you”
Panto come early
After going up to the 16th floor, failing to get into the room, back to the ground floor to get the keys reset and back up to the 16th, we decided on steak for tonight’s meal and I googled to find one
Quinn’s was only 15 minutes a way and the food was very good
Plus I liked the steak knife - it made me feel like crocodile Dundee
At the beginning of the meal we decided to go to a bar we’d done before after we’d finished
Half way through the meal we realised we were eating with our eyes closed
It was 9pm but with the time difference our bodies were still saying 2am and it had been a very early start
For the first time this holiday - we made a sensible choice, and just headed home after the meal
We are looking at the bigger picture and tonight I’m hoping will set us up for the next few days
We’ll see
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