Had an early start this morning, getting up at 6.45 to catch a bus from The Port Authority Bus Terminal to Teterboro in New Jersey in order to collect our hire car. The vehicle is a Dodge Malibu. By the time we had sorted out the paperwork and figured out how to turn the windscreen wipers on and all that, it is around 10.30 before we start on our way to Niagara Falls. We stopped off for lunch in Scranton, Pennsylvania (the town made famous by the American version of "The Office". I drove the first leg of the journey with Jessica taking over after Scranton. There was some beautiful scenery along the way including the foothills to the Appalachian Mountains. We arrived at the Canadian border in the early evening and it took around half an hour to get through passport control. We were surprised to see we had a really good view of the falls just driving across the bridge into Canada.
Niagara itself is a bit like Blackpool. Lots of fluorescent lights and crazy golf, Ripleys Believe it or not and various dodgy waxwork museums. However, the falls are spectacular. At night they are all lit up. We are looking forward to tomorrow when we will get to see them up close.
Our Hostel for the night is the ACBB Hostel on McGrail. Looked quite ramshackle from the outside but was a really friendly place and the host, Patrick, was extremely helpful and knowledgeable about the Niagara region.
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