That said, hotel aside, our Christmas getaway was fairly magnificent.
Living in the United States and without a lot of disposable funds, planning our solo Christmas escape was a little tricky. After a lot of debate, we settled on Niagara Falls. Knowing that it would be a crazy tourist destination made me nervous, but I've never seen the falls, and I. hadn't been since he was young.
After two days with family, we drove up through Detroit and meandered across foggy Ontario. We had an adventure when searching for a bureau of exchange, but eventually ended up with Canadian currency. We pulled into our first hotel on Christmas Eve afternoon and made it to the falls around dusk.
The crowds were crazy!
We first saw the falls in daylight on Christmas Day. (These below are the American Falls, with America in the background). They were stunning!
On the 27th, we had an adventure: we walked from Canada to America and back again (this was officially my first border crossing on foot). The American side of Niagara has been turned into a state park, which means that all the Americans get a nice view of Canadian skyscrapers, while all the Canadians get a view of a very lush green park. However, getting to see the rushing water up close was amazing!
We were warned that Niagara would be touristy, and the warnings were wise. However, we had a pretty awesome time walking around the city, driving around Ontario, and spending hours of every day staring at the falls themselves. The highlight of the trip really was the rushing water, and walking down to watch the falls never disappointed.
On our final morning, we rose early and went down to the falls to watch the sun rise over Horseshoe Falls. A few moments after the sun broke through the clouds, snow began to fall. It was most certainly one of the highlights of our trip!
