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

[Henning Wulff]

Niagara's a nice place to see, but it sure is tacky!

As for beer; I'd think there would be a lot more craft brewers in the area, as BC has at least a 100, and probably close to twice that many. The only problem is that most seem to delight in the heavier, high alcohol and also heavily hopped beers, and I often would like a lighter flavourful beer. But at least there's a choice, and there are exceptions.

I also try to avoid going to the US as getting in is more obnoxious/intrusive than getting into almost any other country. But occasionally I have to.

Henning



On 2014-08-11, at 8:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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