Went to Niagara Falls over the weekend. Really enjoyed it. I thought the Falls would be bigger but I guess you hear so much about it that it’s bound to be slightly disappointing. Having said that once I really sat back and looked at it, it’s fecking huge!
What was a pleasant surprise was the town itself. It was “Tack-tastic”. Ripleys believe it or not, A moving Movie Theatre, Guinness World Records, loads of arcades (some serving alcohol) and loads of other tacky places. Didn’t get to even see a portion of them so I’m definitely going to go back some time. It’s only an hours drive from where I am living to it’s easy.
Also did the Whirlpool Boat. I’d advise anyone who is in Niagara Falls to make the short trip to Niagara on the Lake to do the Whirlpool Boat. Great craic. Unfortunately no photos or videos as the camera would have been thrown overboard.
Relatively busy weekend this weekend. Went to Canada’s Wonderland, went bowling in the 5-pin bowling lanes in our Condo, watched the All-Ireland Hurling Final and went for a few drinking downtown.
I was pucking around a ball in the Hurling Pitch in Centennial Park in Toronto and caught my Hurley on the ground and cracked it! Oh no!
So I went to Rona yesterday and got myself a vice grips, some wood glue and masking tape. It’s drying outside at the moment. I guess now I have to play the waiting game. I really hope it works because I don’t see many Hurley makers around here.
There was a snow day in work today so I took the opportunity to head into Toronto. I didn’t feel comfortable driving in the snow so I took public transport. Which might not have been the best idea. The bus ended up getting stuck in the snow the next stop after mine. We had to get off and get onto another bus which crashed into a snow bank. The third bus I got was to the train station so I took the train into Toronto after that.
Looking at the roads as I was passing they didn’t look to bad. Reading the paper on the train I realised why.
600 snow ploughs are clearing snow
5,500km is the size of the roads they have to clear
4 hours is all it takes to clear them main roads
300 clearing machines are dedicated to sidewalks
1600 people are employed to clear the snow
Once in Toronto it was pretty cold. But I discovered that nearly every building is linked underground by an HUGE underground system (28km long). So they have 28km of shops and business underground. Amazing. It’s called path.
When the nuclear winter comes I know where I’d like to be living.
I’m down in Millstreet for Christmas and the mother has no water. So it was off to a local volcanic well for me. My hand is freezing from submerging it in the water.
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