A short Canadian trip

My mother, eldest brother and I are now in Canada to meet some family relatives and do some sight-seeing. For this very short trip, we didn't have much chance to go around but we made the most out of our time to explore the city.

We arrived late in the afternoon and after we checked in, we met with our relatives for dinner. And in true pinoy fashion, rest of the night was spent with singing with a videoke mic.


We spent a few hours the next morning to go around the city as we are leaving by noon for an overnight in Niagara. After hearing a mass in St. Michael's Cathedral, we went to places that are within the vicinity of our hotel. This is the Old City hall of Toronto.


The curvacious towers on the right is the new Toronto City Hall. On the left is an ice skate park.


On our way to Niagara later that day, we passed by Rogers Centre and the CN Tower. Due to the lack of time, we didn't go up or spent time here. My mom and I went up the tower on our last visit to have dinner in the revolving restaurant.


After 3.5 hours of travel, we reached Niagara and immediately checked-in our hotel. Our room had a nice view of the falls and we can't help but be awed. We usually want to go out of the room and explore the nearby areas after checking-in but this time we just spent the rest of the afternoon in the room. The falls on the left is called the American Falls and on the right is the Horseshoe Falls.


Later that night, we went down for a stroll and went closer to the falls. Unlike last year when my mom and I were here just for a day trip, we had a chance this time to see the lighting of the falls at night. It is nice to see it at daylight, but I like it even more at night.


After breakfast the next day, we went down again to see a closer look of Horseshoe Falls.


I really love these cities. Toronto is such a nice and cozy city while Niagara obviously draws me to come back because of its magnificent surrounding. Even if this is my second time to come to these cities, I still felt like it was my first and there are things for me to do and explore. I'm definitely looking forward to have a chance and be there again for the third time!

Passing by Niagara-on-the-lake

On the way back to Toronto after our day tour in Niagara Falls, we passed by a town called Niagara-on-the-lake. It is a historic town located near Niagara River and Lake Ontario where historical sites like Fort George were either restored or preserved to maintain its antique beauty.

Here are some pictures I took as we drove by


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Niagara Falls

After a night's stay at my uncle's place in Kitchener, Ontario, we went back to Toronto just as the snow stopped falling and the sun start shining.

We booked ourselves for a day trip to see the Niagara Falls and we left early in the morning to catch the bus going to Niagara (which is around 3 hours away).


Here are some of the scenes we passed by on the way to Niagara:

CN Tower


Toronto Skyline


Factories


Hamilton, Ontario


A beatiful building on the way to Niagara


Near Niagara Falls


Niagara Skyline


Gazebo


Niagara (and the falls) has 2 sides, one is in Niagara, Ontario, Canada which is believed to have the most picturesque view of the falls. The other side is on the Niagara, New York, USA. You can cross between the two countries via a bridge and at the end of the it (on the right side) is a border gate.


We had lunch at the Fallsview Restaurant located at the penthouse level of the Sheraton on the Falls Hotel.


While seated down and eating, we can't help but be awed by the beautiful view outside which is the Niagara Falls. The restaurant is in a perfect spot overlooking the scenery.


Before actually going near the Niagara Falls, we went to a few establishment in the area. One of which is the Coca-Cola Store. It is a soda shop selling the famous Coke and a few items and memorabilia.


We also went to The Hershey Store, selling what else but chocolate. We had a few samples and took home some items that is not sold in our home country.


We also planned to ride the Maid of the Mist but it was closed for the season when we went there. We settled instead to have a viewing of the Falls Movie in a neary IMAX Theatre. The movie run on the history around Niagara including myths and some queer attempts of people to be famous and make a record by doing something peculiar in the falls.


Displayed outside the viewing room are the actual and replica of the relics shown in the movie.


Across the IMAX Theatre is the Skylon Tower, an observatory and restaurant built in Niagara that gives a spectacular view of Niagara and the nearby towns in Canada and USA.


It was only after the movie that went beside the falls itself. It was really a stunning view. It looks different during summer (because there are greens) but nevertheless, it looks fantastics with frozen ice and flowing water.


Niagara Skyline


A commercial complex


Before we went back to Toronto, we passed by a terminal that offers helicopter tours in Niagara.


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