After the CN Tower we wandered downtown a bit.
The round house
The drive to the Eaton Centre through the downtown core
the flying geese inside the Eaton Cenre
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...and then we were off to yet another adventure - Niagara Falls!
The American Falls
Skylon Tower
doesn't it make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
The Horseshoe Falls - Canadian side
The Maid of the Mist - look at all the little people in their blue ponchos....
The Falls up close...mesmerizing!
love this one with the rainbow and the Maid...
again...mesmerizing.....
that's a lot of water going over the edge in a day....
After that, the kids went home and we stayed behind to do our tour of the wineries again and stock up on wine. This is Peller Estates, which is one of my favourites. It looks like a little castle and they have a wonderful restaurant where we always eat. This years tasting menu was a surprise, so we had no idea what we were being served. It was great!
All over the place were these little animals which are like large Chia Pets. Eventually some greenery will grow out of them.
Grapes...yum....wine....hmmm
rows and rows of grape vines with the tell take rose bush at the beginning. The reason for the rose bush we were told, that if the rose gets sick, they know that the disease will attack the grapes and they have time to do something about it.
Welland Canal
I just liked the red barn in the background...
The view from our Hotel - The Queens Landing - onto the Niagara River and the US side.
looking down the main street in Niagara-on-the-Lake wit the Prince of Wales Hotel on the left
The Prince of Wales Hotel
Fort Niagara on the US side at the entrance of Lake Ontario into the Niagara River
While we were wandering around at the river, this guy caught a Lake Bass, It was probably a foot long. All he said was :"Dinner". We laughed.
And after all that it was time to head home again and see how the kids made out for 3 days on their own. They are adults, but as a parent one always worries.
Ollie in my garden. no point in planting anything in that spot!
How can you get mad at that gorgeous face? Eh?
And that was it once again for summer holidays.
TTFN
Lilly
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