[Leica] Nathan's PAD 10/8/2014: Oh, Canada!

[Nathan Wajsman]

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
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