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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Niagara!

Day 21 -- Niagara Falls, ON

Google Earth measurements (straight line between locations)
Distance from Vancouver: 3410 km
Distance from Kingston: 245 km

Today, we drove to Niagara Falls from Mississauga. We started with visits to four wineries and buying 5 bottles of wine. We now have a good collection for our apartment! One of the wineries made wine from fruits other than grapes. We really liked an apple wine that tasted like drinking an apple pie!

We also looked around the Niagara-on-the-Lake region because it's really beautiful there. The whole area seems to be small little towns and vineyards, just like the Okanagan. Afterwards, we played some mini golf and had dinner at Red Lobster. It was our first time at Red Lobster and it was really good.

After dinner, we drove down to see the downtown and falls area at night. It was really crowded and filled with bright lights. We could see part of the falls from the road but we will have a day dedicated to that later this week. We just wanted to see the area at night and the town and falls lit up. We were unable to go and look at the fall because it was too hard to park.

Niagara Falls!

We're not sure, but it was parked at a gas station. 
(Dukes of Hazards car?)

Niagara on The Lake

Even the Shoppers are built nicely!

Wine Country!

A car from the Yukon!




Sunday, July 25, 2010

Toronto and chinese foods

Day 20 -- Mississauga, ON

Google Earth measurements (straight line between locations)
Distance from Vancouver: 3350 km
Distance from Kingston: 263 km

Today, we were at Canadian Tire right when it opened to get an oil change for our car and to get a replacement windshield wiper blade. Yay!

Then we drove into Toronto's Chinatown to meet with Jen and Jeff from UBC (they are in Toronto for an NSERC USRA). We had a Dim Sum lunch at Bright Pearl. It was fun and delicious and it felt like home to be in a Chinese restaurant again where the waiters ignore you, and everyone is talking loudly.

Afterwards, they went to a bakery and a grocery store with us in Chinatown. We got some baked goodies and some essentials like fish sauce and wasabi peas!

Later, my cousin Yen picked us up and we went to Chinatown again for dinner at Sang Ho. I remember eating at this place in the past with my family when we visited Toronto. It was also really good. Afterwards, we walked around Chinatown some more then went to Panorama, a bar on the 51st floor of a building downtown for drinks and a great view of the city.

Replacement wiper blade

The Toronto skyline as we drove downtown on the Gardiner Expressway

View of Toronto from Panorama

Downtown Toronto from Panorama

Tasty, creamy, caramel-y, and with Skor pieces

My cousin and I

On our way out, we passed the Skydome (now Rogers Centre) and the CN Tower