Canada, Getting Wet, and the Best Damn Microbrewery in the State!

In Canada they speak funny, eh?

Well, no, not as it turns out. Not in the little corner of Ontario that we explored yesterday. They sounded more Scottish than anything. You can probably guess that we went to Niagara Falls, and it was incredible! It´s really cheap to get there from Buffalo, or, as the French call it, Buffle ($1.75 for an hour´s journey? OK then!), so we headed over at about lunchtime. The whole resort of Niagara is winding down now, on both sides of the border, as the season officially closes on Monday, so we timed it really well. We went on the historic Maid of the Mist tour, which takes you just close enough to the horseshoe falls to get sopping wet. We still have our little free ponchos, just in case we get caught in a storm! After the Maid of the Mist we took the long walk across the Rainbow Bridge to Canada, which got us both another stamp in our passports. From Canada you can see the entire Falls in all their glory, and there´s even the opportunity to walk behind the Horseshoe Falls. How could we pass up an opportunity like that! Wearing another free poncho you venture down the side of the cliff to the bottom of the falls, so you can get wet again, then walk a significant distance behind the Falls and look at the water from various viewing points. The power of the water is unbelievable!

Last night, having returned to Buffalo and dried off, we headed to Pearl Street Grill and Microbrewery, where they brew a minimum of 12 different beers on site at any one time. It also happens to be the best place to go if there´s a Buffalo Sabres Ice Hockey game on, which there was, so we piled in with the rest of the crowds, worked our way down the Draught Board (a thing of beauty), ate some incredible burgers and watched a brilliant Ice Hockey game. Wonderful night.

As we had travelled overnight to get to Buffalo, we were both pretty beat. Still are, actually, but we need to venture out into Buffalo itself as we´re about to get kicked out of the hostel. We have another overnight bus tonight (our last, thankfully) to Detroit, via Cleveland, so I´ll probably update you from the road. Still loving the free wireless on a bus!

Love,

Chris and Charlie