After a "full American" breakfast, we set off on the bus, along with the Canadian tourists to Scotland 2010, and stopped down beside the falls to take photographs of the torrents of water flowing over. Then onto the whirlpool where we saw a tour boat playing around in the various currents. The cabled viewing platform was not operational, thank goodness. Next stop was the Brock Monument, a huge pillar topped by Major General Sir Isaacs Brock K.B. who commanded the provincial forces in the war of 1812, defending this spot against the invading American forces. We arrived at the Ice House where Rob gave us a very informative description of how ice wine is made - freezing your hands, individually picking grapes overnight in -8°C! The iced red wine was very similar to the taste of port. A short drive then took us to Niagara-on-the-Lake, which was a very scenic place, almost resembling a film set, with some very nice little shops. Everyone had free time to wander and get a bite to eat, before returning to the bus. After passing the Colaneri winery , built to resemble an Italian style village, we went to the Chateau de Charmes, another winery. A very impressive central spiral staircase with Christmas tree caught a lot of attention. Then the tour divided with some people going for more retail therapy at the Niagara Outlet and others returning for a spot of Geocaching, 3 objects bring found. Our evening meal was at the Grand Casino where we able to select from a huge variety of food, after walking through what seemed like endless fruit machines.
The following morning we went down to The Hornblower where pink ponchos were distributed and we joined many more pink people for our boat ride below the falls, very wet, very windy and very enjoyable!!
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November 2015
Tour RETURNS
SCOTLAND 902
CANADA 752 FINAL RESULT The Tourists very much appreciate the following sponsors for their very generous support of the Tour
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