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After the chaos of New York we went to a small city called Buffalo, from here we are going to see Niagara Falls. The hostel is really nice which is what we needed after New Yorks accomodation
To get to Niagara Falls from Buffalo is really easy, you get an all day metro pass (which only costs $3.50) and then catch a bus that takes about 45mins-1hr. We went straight to the waters edge when we got there, you get wet from the spray that comes up from the falls as the water is so powerful. You can see straight into Canada which is really bizarre! After that excitement, we hadn't even seen the main falls yet, we went to the Hard Rock Cafe, there is one on each side of the falls so we will have to go to the other one when we are in Canada.
We then got a tram a short distance to Horseshoe falls, which is the main waterfall.It's breathtaking!! The water looks really calm leading up to the falls then it crashes over the edge!!We went on a Maid of the Mist boat trip, it takes you right near the bottom of the falls. They give you a bright blue poncho to wear so that you don't get wet.They work!! We didn't think there would be that much water that came into the boat, we were wrong!! We were practically underneath the waterfall!!It was brilliant. That evening we had planned to go to a baseball game except we got our dates mixed up and there was no baseball game!!
The next day the weather changed and it was freezing, so we spent the day catching up with emails and boring things like washing!!We also booked a lot of accomodation and transport as so far we have booked nothing!!
We went back to Niagara Falls on our last evening. At night time they light up the falls, it makes it look even more beautiful. I can't wait to see it in winter from the Canadian side!! Next stop Cleveland!
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