Canada Time ...
Jul. 4th, 2007 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
texchanChecking in from the Canada side of Niagra Falls. Or, I guess it's more proper to say I'm checking in from Ontario. We are at the Embassy Suites. The room is huge and great. It has a jacuzzi tub, which is also huge and great. And, we have a pretty nice view of the falls from here. Sadly, the view isn't as good as the last time we stayed here, as we are almost on the other side of the hotel. Still, I really shouldn't complain. I still will, mind you. I just shouldn't.
The trip up wasn't too bad. We flew out of Baltimore into Buffalo, then rented a car and drove the rest of the way. It was raining in Buffalo, but it stopped by the time we reached the Canadian border. The only bad thing about the trip was the check-in process here at the hotel. Our room wasn't ready, and we had to wait for about two and a half hours. Luckily, they gave us complimentary parking to compensate for it, so that helped.
I'm still feeling awful. Horribly congested, and my sinuses feel like they are going to explode. I didn't sleep well last night because I kept waking myself up coughing. I feel fortunate that the flight didn't hurt much -- flying with clogged sinuses is never a good thing. And, I want to do things while we are here. I'm hoping I can suck it up into "brave trooper" mode so that we can go sight seeing, although I think the Maid of the Mist tour is out. That's disappointing. I really wanted to go on that. Last time we were here, we couldn't because our daughter was with us, and she was way too small. But the thought of getting so wet just makes me want to cry -- you know, that kind of pathetic crying you do when everything in your body hurts and you just wish you would die already. Yeah. This tells me the Maid of the Mist is not a good idea for me this time around. Maybe on the next trip.
We had to answer a bunch of questions at the border. Seems they are taking things pretty seriously because of the terrorist activity in other parts of the world. This is a good thing, and very much worth the minor inconvenience of having to wait longer to get across.
I was really tired and not feeling well by the time we finally got our room. This whole cold thing + a night of no sleep + a day spent traveling really caught up with me all of a sudden. I was so relieved to get in here and lie down. How pathetic is that?
Oh, and we had fireworks -- sort of. We didn't have a good enough angle on the falls to see the fireworks there, but we could see them going off over Buffalo. Not ideal, but better than a kick in the pants. Heh.
The trip up wasn't too bad. We flew out of Baltimore into Buffalo, then rented a car and drove the rest of the way. It was raining in Buffalo, but it stopped by the time we reached the Canadian border. The only bad thing about the trip was the check-in process here at the hotel. Our room wasn't ready, and we had to wait for about two and a half hours. Luckily, they gave us complimentary parking to compensate for it, so that helped.
I'm still feeling awful. Horribly congested, and my sinuses feel like they are going to explode. I didn't sleep well last night because I kept waking myself up coughing. I feel fortunate that the flight didn't hurt much -- flying with clogged sinuses is never a good thing. And, I want to do things while we are here. I'm hoping I can suck it up into "brave trooper" mode so that we can go sight seeing, although I think the Maid of the Mist tour is out. That's disappointing. I really wanted to go on that. Last time we were here, we couldn't because our daughter was with us, and she was way too small. But the thought of getting so wet just makes me want to cry -- you know, that kind of pathetic crying you do when everything in your body hurts and you just wish you would die already. Yeah. This tells me the Maid of the Mist is not a good idea for me this time around. Maybe on the next trip.
We had to answer a bunch of questions at the border. Seems they are taking things pretty seriously because of the terrorist activity in other parts of the world. This is a good thing, and very much worth the minor inconvenience of having to wait longer to get across.
I was really tired and not feeling well by the time we finally got our room. This whole cold thing + a night of no sleep + a day spent traveling really caught up with me all of a sudden. I was so relieved to get in here and lie down. How pathetic is that?
Oh, and we had fireworks -- sort of. We didn't have a good enough angle on the falls to see the fireworks there, but we could see them going off over Buffalo. Not ideal, but better than a kick in the pants. Heh.