- New York State Power Authority
- Fort Niagara
- Floral clock
- Botanical Gardens
- Niagara-on-the Lake
- Brocks Monument
- Welland Canal
Guinness World of Records Museum
Places to eat
Niagara Falls
Toronto
- Carousel Bakery and Sandwich, located inside St Lawrence Market. Bakery & pastries.
- (we need more places at Chinatown, for dinner)
- (how about french?)
- Le Montmartre French Restaurant
- as for something in chinatown: Wah Sing Seafood Restaurant is like the usual chinese restaurants at home.
Places to stay
How to get there
- Driving direction to Imperial Hotel in Niagara Falls. Here
- Places in Niagara Falls. Here
- Driving direction to Ramada Hotel in Toronto. Here
- Places in Toronto. Here
- Driving direction home, from Toronto. Here
Maps & Links
Things to pack
- Camera (done, at staging area)
- Camcorder (done, at staging area)
- Wireless router + 2 ethernet cables (done, at staging area)
- Make music CDs (done, at staging area)
- Print out maps: (done, in the laptop bag)
- Driving direction to Imperial Hotel in Niagara Falls. Here
- Places in Niagara Falls. Here
- Driving direction to Ramada Hotel in Toronto. Here
- Places in Toronto. Here
- Driving direction home, from Toronto. Here
- Laptop
- Each person
- 3 shorts
- 3 tshirts
- 3 pairs of socks, underwear
- 1 light jacket or sweater
- 1 polo shirt
- hat
- poncho
- sandals
- personal toiletry: tooth brush, comb, tooth paste ....etc.
- money for buying gifts
- Drinks, ice & snacks in the Blue Igloo
- Passports
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- Around 10AM order bánh mì
- 11AM Ly leaves work, & pick up bánh mì
- Around noon, bring all the luggage out to van
- Start driving, put on Ly's Music CD
Here is the Google direction. Probably take the I79N up. This route is mostly highways and tolls, but I think faster than winding through the I70N.
- Stop at for snacks or late lunch. Let's not take too many stops. Let's try to get there for dinner.
- Get to Imperial Hotel & Suites around 9pm
- If we can get in early, try to have dinner at Betty's Restaurant. I want to try the Meat Loaf there, and Thursday they have Meat Loaf special! :)
- Walk to Clifton Hill to check out the Ferris Wheel, find something to snack
- Walk back to the hotel & sleep
- Here is the map of all the interest places in Niagara Falls
- Take the Peoplemover Bus to one of these places for breakfast 7AM:
- Have breakfast at the hotel, or
- At Kelsey's
- Take the Peoplemover Bus to Table Rock
- Journey Behind The Falls, try to get there around 9AM.
- Maid of the Mist Boat ride, 10:30AM
- Niagara's Fury, Noon
- Right outside of the Table Rock is the incline rail, we should try this once, if it's not busy
- Hop on the bus & go to late lunch at one of these place:
- Simon's ((4116 Bridge Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario))
- Hop on the Peoplemover & get off at White Water Walk, around 2PM.
- Hop on the bus again, get off at the Niagara Parks Botanical Garden, check out
- Floral Clock
- Butterfly Conservatory. The pass will get 1/2 price
- English Herb Garden
- Patterre Garden
- Victorian Rose Garden
- Hop on the bus to check out the Sir Adam Beck, the hydro-power plant. The pass will get us 1/2 price.
- Hop on the bus, get back to Clifton Hill, perhaps check out:
- Oakes Garden Theatre
- Floral Showhouse
- Walk across the Rainbow Bridge to the US side, perhaps check out
- Goat island
- American Falls
- Horseshoe Falls
- Robinson island
- Bird island
- Three Sisters island
- Walk back to the Canadian side, and have dinner at one of these places, 8PM:
We need to pick one:
- Dinner at:> http://www.sandstonegrillhouse.com/ 4 stars, 5467 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3L3
- http://www.kelseys.ca/ 4 stars, 4960 Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls , Ontario
This is a chain. Don't go here if we already went at lunch.
- http://www.bettysrestaurant.com/ 4 stars, more casual, very reasonable
prices, famous for fish & chips, NY strip steak dinner $14, roast beef
dinner $11, 8921 Sodom Rd, Niagara Falls ON
- Walk to the Clifton or Rainbow Bridge to watch the fireworks & illuminations
- Walk back to the hotel, pack & sleep.
- Wake up & put the luggage into the van. Check out the hotel.
- Drive to Falls Manor Motel & Dining for breakfast. 8AM
It's at 7104 Lundy's Lane.
Supposed to be a cheap country breakfast fare.
- Head to Toronto. Here is the map
- Check in at Ramada Hotel, Toronto around 11AM.
- Here is the map of places in Toronto
- Go to Lawrence Market, have lunch there
- Check out CN Tower
- Goto BAPS (?). This one perhaps too far off. Would take about 30min to drive up there.
- Goto Toronto Island Park. The map is here. Additional information here.
- Dinner at http://www.utopiacafe.ca/menu.html, 586 college street
- Back to hotel & pack & sleep.
Sunday (July 5th, 2009)
- Wake up early, check out
- Have Phở at Phở Hưng or Phở Xe Lửa
- Buy Bánh Mì at Nguyên Hương
- Take pictures at Henry Moor's Large Two Forms
- Take off & head home.
- Stop & have late lunch at
- Tessaro's 4601 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, best burgers Note: This is 5 miles away from our route.
- Zaw's, 2110 Murray Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese. Note: This is 10 miles away from our route.
- Get home, clean up.
- Vacation is over.
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