Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a very nice and unforgettable place for me, I?ve traveled there in my honeymoon? some ? a lot ...years ago! Un abrazo Lluis El 11/08/2014, a las 17:40, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> escribi?: > We spent yesterday on the Canadian side of the border, first taking in the > awesomeness that is Niagara Falls (despite local attempts to turn it into > a horrible Disneyland): > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3451580623&k=cX7jChW&lb=1&s=O > > Then we drove the 15 km to Niagara-on-the-Lake and visited several of the > local wineries. The wine was surprisingly good; I knew that the whites > would be nice, and indeed there were several good Rieslings, and of course > ice wine (frost in December/January is pretty dependable in Canada?). But > the real surprise were the reds, some of which had the flavour, fruitiness > and structure to match what we drink in Spain, but with a unique > character. And finally, we came across the town?s lone crafts beer maker, > Oast House Brewers, where my wife took a picture of me holding a bottle I > had fallen in love with: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3451580961&k=BqdB7ff&lb=1&s=O > > The only bad part about the trip was the one hour wait to cross back into > the US. For some weird reason, the level of interrogation (and hence the > time it takes to process each car) is much more extensive here than at the > airport; and we are talking here about a car with US license plates and > with four US citizens in it. I can only imagine what non-USians go through > at that border. In our case it was the Lewiston Bridge, but the Peace and > Rainbow Bridges were equally backed up. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information