Danada
Monday:
Location; Niagara falls.
Waking up to the smell of smoke wasn’t the best but I reminded myself we would have to pay double price so get same quality motel without a smoking room.
After packing everything together again we went over to IHOP (international house of pancakes) to get some breakfast. I had hopes to get something breakfast-ish but got very disappointed. What they had to offer was either really fat or really sugary. Not what a Swed is raised to eat for the “most important meal of the day”.
IHOP
I ended up with a pancake and some scrambled eggs. Dan had a whole breakfast plate but didn’t even finish closed to half of it.
After getting some food we went over to the falls, we were looking for a good place to park that wouldn’t be to expensive. We saw parking all the way from $ 20 /day and down. We parked at one parking and just when we went to pay someone gave us a ticked for 3 more hours, since they we’re leaving. Mission complete.
We went down and walked among the falls. We could see both the falls from the American side and the the Canadian falls (horse shoe falls), of course the Canadian falls was more awesome. After looking around and taking tons of pictures we went pack and started to move towards Toronto.
During the time down at the falls someone had tried to call us. Apparently it was the Bed and Breakfast we had booked for the night. I called back and they told us they’d got overbooked but that they had booked us at a hotel instead. I must say I was very disappointed since this B&B seemed very nice but the owner was so helpful and nice it was hard to not be nice back and thank him for getting us the hotel (that was actually more expensive).
It was a best western Inn and it we had breakfast included so we couldn’t complain too much.
After checking in we took a shower and got ready, put on some nice clothes (Dan looked fresh to death in his new bottom up shirt I talked him into get).
We put in the address for the Science center of Toronto and got there around 4.30pm.
We walked around until 7pm, when they closed, and had the time to go through 4 out of 6 levels including the kids place (one of the better levels I must say :P).
After all the brainworks at the S.C we drove down to downtown Toronto trying to find a place to have dinner. We decided for and English pub that turned out to be the perfect choose.
This was also the first time Dan was allowed to buy “alcohol” for the first time legal since the drinking age in Canada is 18. He was pretty pleased after 1 liter of Stella.
Next morning after breakfast it was time to pack everything again. The plans was to go to Toronto zoo. When we got there it was crazy hot.
We went around and saw probably 70% of all the animals before we both agreed it was to hot to see the rest, although we spend over 3 h there.
After the zoo we drove downtown trying to find a place for a swim. We found a park/beach but we weren’t allowed to swim there.
We lay down on the grass to relax some and trying to figure out what next to do.
After a while we realized we saw everything we wanted to see in Toronto and around the area we found no reason to stay another night just to drive home in the next morning. We decided to cancel the motel reservation we made and start driving back home.
Before we start going back home we took a tour up to the CN tower. We wanted to go up but it was tons of people who had the same idea, I think you also would have to pay for it.
Dan started to drive for half an hour or so until we stopped at a McDonald’s to get something small to eat and use the bathrooms.
After tons of fries for him I got behind the wheel and drove for about 3,5 h, the longest I ever been driving straight without stopping.
Before changing we did our second stop at another McDonald’s where I had a Angus meal, a surprising good burger, even better if it shared with Svennyboy.
Dan was nice and drove the worst part; through dark, dark Pennsylvania. At the end he got a bit crazy and that’s when I realized it was my turn again. I took the remaining hour before we got home 3am Wednesday morning after a 9h trip.
Good work on both our behaves!
Wednesday was a day to relax. Laying out on the trampoline by the pool for a while, taking a nap and then getting some movies at the red box.
Today I must admit I haven’t done anything. I feel very tied down with no car and all my friends are working. Tomorrow there are neither any plans so far, but I guess it’s time to do some laundry at least. Thea was taking about watching a movie at night I guess at the theater but I don’t know what’s out right now.
Maybe a trip to the city again Saturday and then Sunday sometime I’m going down the jersey Shore to see hang out with Dan on his beach house vacation or what they call it. I’ll stay there until Tuesday and then it’s just 6 days left before I leave. Time to pack?
Catch you on the flip side!
