Started our day with yet another wonderful
breakfast….appetizer included. I've
already been warned not to expect anything like this at home! I suppose that means it’s back to Wheat
Chex and soy milk…oh, well, it was wonderful while it lasted!
Until this trip we had never stayed at a Bed and Breakfast
before..and never really wanted to. We’ve now stayed at three, each
very different and have loved all three.
The first was Harpswell Inn on a remote peninsula in Maine. This inn had nine guest rooms and each was
extensively decorated to a given theme:
Longfellow, Radcliffe, Lilac, etc.
We were within steps of the sea and a lobster dock where we learned so
much from Albert. We also got to know
the innkeepers quite well.
Our second B&B
was the Cornwall Orchard B&B, nestled in the farmlands and maple trees of
Vermont. This inn had five guest rooms,
moderately decorated but still nice.
From here we rambled through two states visiting historical sites and
looking at fall foliage. We really got
to know the innkeepers because of two reasons.
First, because their wifi had been broken for several days and I fixed
it. (Didn’t spend all those years on the
Help Desk for nothing!) Second, because
we were their only guests for the last evening we were there and had wine together after their wifi was working.We even got to order our breakfast on our last day…blueberry
pancakes, of course!
Finally, the Petite Auberge, tucked in the midst of Canada’s
largest city (Montreal) yet still remote on a tiny backstreet named Argyle. Here, we stayed in an incredible belle époque
suite…actually more of a mini-townhouse style with a downstairs
kitchenette. We were steps from the
Metro that we took all over Montreal.
And, we were within blocks of Rue Crescent which reminded us of a French
Washington Avenue. Interestingly, we did
not meet the innkeepers…not once.
American Falls |
Three B&Bs, all very different, but all quite
memorable. We would highly recommend any
of the three and would love to visit them again. I’m sure we’ll be staying at more of them
over the coming years.
Horseshoe Falls |
Okay….back to the trip.
What was I talking about? Oh,
yeh, breakfast. Love it, but now it’s
time to move on. Today’s destination, Niagara! Our drive was to have taken 7 hours, but
instead it was closer to nine due to congestion in Toronto and an accident or
two. Finally, we arrived in Niagara. We checked in to our hotel and then headed to
the falls on foot.
American Falls at Night |
Walking to Our Hotel |
Niagara Skyline |
Skylon Tower |
The drive was worth it…these falls are incredible. We got to see them by day and then we had
dinner in a rooftop restaurant and got to see them lit up at night. We walked home on a street lit up like a
state fair carnival and then stopped in at a TGI Friday’s to have a drink and to
watch a curling game. What a way to end
our last day in Canada, eh?
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