Fruit and Wine

During the trip, the group have had a number of conversations about what we thought of Canada and would we live here etc.  Until now, my answer has always been that I have not seen anywhere that I would be prepared to live in.  Today, travelling between Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake, I found a place that I would happily live at.  Beautiful tree lined roads with big individual houses, plenty of land around them, clean and neat.  The vineyards are all around and the sun was shining.

This is my new house

and the neighbours

we've had a great day, stopping at lots of places of interest along route to Niagara on the Lake.  We crossed the Gorge..

ably assisted by 16 year old Alex on the cable car for some great views

we stopped at the school of horticulture clock, the Brock statue and this tiny little wayside chapel

Just to let Paul know that we ate super fresh corn cooked on the grill from the vineyard and there are plenty of these roadside fruit stalls.  Fantastic, picked yesterday, juicy peaches, cherries and soft fruit....... there is colourful food in Canada!!

you just have to be in the right place.

This is a shot of Niagara on the Lake (Lake Otario, I think, Erie flows down Niagara Falls and into Ontario)

Niagara on the Lake is a great little quaint town with some interesting stores and lovely flower displays.  Maybe a few too many people and is a bit touristy purely because it is so nice.

We finished it off with a great meal overlooking Niagara Falls and the fireworks.  The picture below is of a lit Niagara which would have been better if I could keep the camera still but I like it anyway.

Tomorrow we leave here and go into Toronto for the day before heading to the airport to come home.  It is the funeral tomorrow of the Canadian politician so it may mean that our plans have to be alterred slightly but hoping to see the CN Tower at least.  I will update the blog from the airport as long as I can get on line.