We really worked on our independant travelling skills today - no more Mr Escorted Tour. This was picking a destination and heading off. No hand holding!
The boys really wanted to return to Niagara today, as there was a whole part of town that the tour glossed over. We decided that we could handle another day, so we got ourselves a Grayhound Bus timetable (via Justice, the bell hop) and off we went. Dad stayed behind and ended up at the Royal Ontario Museum.
The bus ride to Niagara went well (no beheadings like the one a few months ago) - and took right on 2 hours. The depot looked closer to town than it actually was, so after a 40 minute walk we arrived.
There was a reason the escorted tour avoided this part of the town. It has very little tie in to the falls (or Toronto, or Canada), and is really just a number of mini theme parks.
We ate at a Wendy's, and now we can cross that off this list. I felt like doing a "Falling Down" (movie with Michael Douglas) and go nuts because our burgers were best described as the ugly cousins of the ones in the pictures.
We took a ride on the Niagara Sky Wheel, which is bigger than a regular ferris wheel and smaller than the London Eye - although it is the Eye that it is compared to by the tour guides. This offered some pretty good views of the falls.
We also took in Ripply's Believe it or Not Museum - saw some fascinating stuff and some things that were just disturbing. They had this one bit where they had a TV show on explaining that only 1 in 1000 people can roll their tongue over. They had a mirror up beside it so you could see if you were one who could (Meaghan is). We continued one for about half an hour and came to a window that looked into a familiar looking room, and we figured out that it was a two way mirror where people on what was now our side could watch people trying to roll their tongue.
After that we took in Louis Tussaud's Waxworks. The kids got a kick out of seeing the Harry Potter characters and Captain Jack Sparrow. I thought the Austin Powers / Dr Evil bit was also good. Bit disappointed there was not a Star Wars display (there were some guys in skivvies from some other Sci Fi show).
The ride back to Toronto took a little longer than expected, and we were all a little worse for wear. Light dinner and off to bed.
Today's photos
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4 comments:
It's all too exciting, I can't wait till the next installment.
It's that exciting I think I will make a movie out of it, I'm already casting the leads - Brad Pitt for Paul, Cate Blanchett for Meaghan, the boys to play themselves because who could you get to play them, Harrison Ford to play Jack because he has already played Jack Ryan a couple of times.
Keep on having a great time, I can't wait till the next adventures of "Ryans on the road"
Isn't it about time that at least one of you gets lost ? Jacks got to be the sure bet hasn't he.
Syd
Thanks Syd - I was thinking Ewan McGregor would do a better job of me. Jack Nicholson, while having no previous Jack Ryan experience, could probably pull Dad off. We saw Harision Ford at the waxworks, and I think he is too tall.
Hope you have a good flight on to New York. It's already Sat morning here and should be Friday evening up there. Ed's Warehouse was right down town so should be easy to locate if still in business. Meag that is where you went just after your chicken pox and you wore your long pink dress and Ed himself came and talked to you and told you how beautiful you looked. He would no longer be around because from memory he would have been maybe late 50's or 60's at that time. He certainly made your night because you were still very embarrassed about all the marks left from the chicken pox.
Anyway, on to the next leg of the journey.
Until next time, Glod bless you all and take care.
Love
Mum
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Hey, Mum, we're on at the same time! You may have logged off by now, though! We won't be able to make it to Ed's - we're trying for an early dinner tonight, so maybe next time! We're going to a place called Dunn's tonight, which is only a block or two away. When we saw the name, we thought we must go! (I know it's missing an "e", but still pretty close)
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