Niagara Falls

It’s taken me a while, but I’ve finally managed to get my hands on the photos of when I went to visit Niagara Falls.

My camera decided not to work that day, but luckily enough a friend who I was with that day was kind enough to let me use his photos!

Our day comprised of a wine tasting session at one of Ontario’s vineyards (if you have a sweet tooth when it comes to wine, then I’d highly recommend ice-wine!) then we manged to see the world’s biggest natural whirlpool, a memorial to the battle of 1812, Niagara-on-the-lake (a lovely little village comprising of quite a few British shops! I got a pastie, a Caramac and Lucozade there… cracking lunch!) and finally was able to visit Niagara Falls itself and ride the famous ‘maid of the mist’ boat ride.

Here are some of the photos from my buddy’s camera:

The CN Tower

The CN Tower is one of Toronto’s main tourist attractions. For those who don’t know, it’s a communications and observation tower standing 553.3 metres (1,815 ft) tall. At the time of writing it is the world’s 3rd tallest free-standing structure, and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

So really, having been in Toronto since June, it made sense for me to finally go and see it!

The elevator takes 58 seconds to travel up to the main observation deck (there is a higher ‘sky pod’ experience for a bit extra, but I stuck with the standard observation deck this time around). When you get up there it’s quite incredible how high up you are and how far you can see, and the pictures I took don’t really capture the experience fully. There was also a glass floor that enabled you to see right to the bottom, and although logically I know that it’s reinforced glass and wont break, I didn’t spend too long on it! So I got a slushie instead.

<update: Have added more pics to the Vector Art post check them out!>