City With A Split Peronsality ...

The conference ended at noon today giving me time to wander away from this familiar and scenic little corner of the city surrounding the falls.

 

 

It is a city built on the edge of the Niagara River where two separate falls thunder over a precipice; one in Canada and the other in the USA. I walked over the Rainbow Bridge crossing the international border (there was no dotted yellow line down the middle of the river, I was really disappointed.)

Down by the bridge, with my back to the river, I found a totally different city. Niagara Falls is truly a city with a split personality. At one end it is a place built around the natural beauty of the falls with miles of parklands honouring nature. On the other end it's a horror of crass commercial, touristic, casino filled, money grabbing, ugly crap that is Clifton Hill. (But that's just my opinion.)

P.S. This was 9 pm.

 

... and so was this (three weeks ago snow, today a high of 33C, still 27C after dark.

Sunrise To Sunset

I haven't had much to say lately, it's been same old, same old and way too much of it to have time for anything else. I'm glad spring has finally - really arrived and along with it I'm glad I have the opportunity to spend a couple of days in Niagara Falls - mid week, bonus!

This was today, sunrise to sunset. (minus 6 hours inside the Scotia Bank Conference Center.)

Star comes out of hibernation next week.