We
drove the half hour between Buffalo and Niagra Falls around midday to
experience our last nature stop of the trip.
At
the Niagara Falls tourist info centre we asked about where to go and, more
importantly, how easy it was to travel across the border to Canada for a different
view. This lady tried to tell us that we could see everything from the US side.
We all detected some patriotism, so decided to check out the US side then cross
the border anyway.
When
it was our turn to be questioned by the Canadian border patrol officer Jon
seemed to forget he wasn’t sitting in the driver’s seat and shouted the answers
out as Malena answered them like it was some competition to be heard first. After a “one at a time
please” from the officer we were able to clarify we were not people smugglers,
just a bossy Aussie traveller and his two companions, and we
were allowed through!
After
a quick bite to eat at a Canadian Tony Roma’s we headed down to check out the
falls. Without a doubt the Canadian side was much more spectacular.
We
spent the night in Ithaca, a small university city in the hills, apparently surrounded by forests and
beautiful waterfalls. We got in after dark and left the next morning
so didn’t see much of the scenery. Instead we went to a tapas restaurant. The wonderful American free-pours continued to impress when our pre-dinner glass of wine came out looking more like half a bottle.
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