Sunrise was at 5:47am and it promised to be a nice day. Scott bought me some breakfast from Tim Hortons, a Canadian equivalent to Starbucks.

The trip to Niagara Falls was a 2 hour drive on massive motorway clogged with traffic until the last 30 minutes of the trip. The weather was a warm 25C but somehow felt hotter than that, maybe from the expansive concrete structures surrounding us and the massive highways. I caught a whiff of marijuana now and again which we deduced came from the legal outlets or farms in Canada.

During this journey, I booked our business class train seats through viarail.ca for our short trip to Montreal. A very easy process completed on the phone through Google.

We found the Niagara Falls car park and cruised until we found a space. There were a lot of tourists but we managed to find a park. The cost for parking was $35 on exit. The walk from our car park revealed amazing views of natural water behaviour

Time for lunch at the lovely Table Rock Bistro where we chose Bloody Caesar’s as our beverages and the Lobster Roll and the Brisket Sandwich. The food was very tasty and the spray from the falls was a very welcome way of staying cool.

To add to our cultural experience I booked our Broadway Musical – &Juliet for our New York segment of the itinerary as we waited for our food.

The power of the falls was awe inspiring and photos do not convey the energy on display. We watched the open top ferries taking ponchoed tourists to the falls for a saturating experience. The ones from the Canadian side wore red ponchos and those from the USA, across the gorge, wore blue ponchos. The amount of people who were crammed onto each ferry eventually helped us to decline the opportunity and enjoy the light spray from the viewing areas instead. Niagara Falls are a bucket list must do.

The souvenir shop had a wide range of enticing trinkets and merchandise of which some were purchased. It was busy with tourists from far and wide.

Back on the road despite 5 lanes each way there was constant traffic and some congestion. After an hour it began to rain and we welcomed the cooler conditions.

After the 2 hour plus return journey, it was time for dinner.

We walked down Queen Street to find a small restaurant called Alepia 1070 and shared some dishes before walking home in the rain to settle in for the night.

Having an extra long day yesterday and not sleeping until dark seemed to keep the jet lag at bay. I will now go to sleep at dusk and adjust fully for the next adventure.

Good night.