O Canada

Yes, even though I love sunny, warm Florida, I’m headed up north with a friend across the border. Crazy – I know. First stop after getting through TSA and the people-mover to my gate…….maybe taking an extra ride to the wrong gate. 😦 ……….was the Club MCO. First time I had an Irish coffee in a wineglass. BTW – had to get another coffee to weaken it.

Something on my bucket list was Niagara Falls, Canada. While Eric was going deer hunting, Adrienne and I went North. Yeah! I’m traveling again. Maybe just a bit excited.

We flew into Toronto, picked up our rental car and plugged in the route for Niagara Falls, Canada. Something very simple I’ve never done before………walked around the car taking a video. Don’t want any surprised when we return it. Right hon? Also came in handy when we got to the hotel. They wanted the make, model and license plate. Said ‘I have it right here’ and showed her my video. Very handy I must say.

So how cold was it? Took a quick screenshot. Yep, that’s cold for Floridians.

My travel agent – code for husband – booked us a room at the Mariott Fallsview Resort – excellent location and easy to find. As you can see below, we got to see a bit of the Fall color since a few trees had not dropped all of their leaves yet.

We walked into our room and WOW! Just WOW! We walked straight to the window.

My first glimpse of Niagara Falls. It didn’t take long until they were lit up. The far left is the American Falls with the Canadian ‘horseshoe’ Falls closest to us.

The only way to cap this off was a great meal – which we got at Tide & Vine Oyster House.

What did we start with? Libations and a dozen oysters. I figured I would eat 3-4 and Adrienne could have the rest.

A little freshly grated horseradish and a squeeze of lemon. They also had other sauces you could top them off with.

There were a variety of local types. We sat at the bar and the ‘shucker’ was quite a character. Duncan was his name. When asked what the types were on our plate, he pulled the signs out of the oyster bins and posed for my photo.

Before you know it we had another dozen oysters. He said ‘On the house’. He took an order for a dozen but mixed it up and duplicated our original oyster mix – which was not the ticket. And how many oysters did I eat???? Adrienne lost out. I had a dozen total – they were ‘Ginny-sized’. Small, tasty bivalves with a hint of Canadian salty brine.

Oysters could not sustain us until the following day. Adrienne ordered the beef tartare and I got clam chowder and shrimp.

My shrimp were absoluteluy delicious – some of the best I’ve eaten at a restaurant. The clam chowder (not a typical choice for me) was also mighty tasty.

One last glimpse of the (Canadian) Falls before nodding off.

More exciting things are coming.

Ginny