Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts

Mar 5, 2012

Niagara Falls Trip

I have to admit, things have still been crazy, and today was the first time I even looked at any of my pictures from our Niagara Falls trip, but I am pleased that at least some of them turned out well! Likely it'll take a few posts to share them with you (especially once I get some of the photos from the boy)  so enjoy!

Walking in from the bus station--yay falls! Unfortunately a lot of my photos were overexposed, since it was a really bright day.

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This building near the falls was pretty darn neat! I can picture a few art pieces in my future made using this sort of technique on a smaller scale

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The Maid of the Mist is parked down there :P

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We had a lot of time to kill before we could check into our hotel, so we wandered over to Clifton Hill, the super touristy part of town.

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Boy ate an octostacker at this Burger King...it was pretty epic and the staff were pretty grossed out at his towering stack of burgers.

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After that, we did lots of touristy things! We hit up the Movieland Wax Museum

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We tired to get an ET picture, but Z. reaching his finger towards ET set off a VERY loud alarm. Whoops!

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We sorta wanted to play Dino golf, but outdoor golf in the winter wouldn't have been as good. But the dinos were pretty darn awesome:)

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Not a dino:

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Later on, we had a fancy dinner at our hotel overlooking the falls, and headed back down for more walking and to play us some  glow in the dark mini putt! I got my butt kicked and apparently my freckles glow in the dark too :P

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We also went on this scary Ferris wheel (I clutched Z's hand and was very sweaty and nervous the whole ride--heights are not really my thing, though I like roller coasters) --look how high up we were:

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Stay tuned for more pics of our adventures later this week! And hey, going on this trip also knocked a few goals off of my 30 before 30 list --in this post, #21.  "Go on a weekend getaway somewhere" is now complete! 

♥ Craftzilla 

Jun 25, 2011

Toronto Trip!

I went on a quick Toronto day trip the other day to meet up with my mom and my sister for a belated visit for my birthday. Here are a few pictures of our adventures!

Lunch at the Eaton's centre on a break from shopping

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My sister and Mom


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Noooo! My nose is not a sushi!
We went to check out a Farmer's market at Nathan Phillips Square, but not finding much, we stopped for some pictures!
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Dancin' --you can somewhat see my new haircut

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Laughing, as my mom had just smacked me in the bum

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It was sort of weird and foggy out


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fountain!

I was showered with lots of nice birthday gifts (that I had to lug home again) but super excited! Look at all the lovely fabrics! Mom brought me all her scraps and extra squares from quilting --I'm going to be able to make a lot of awesome things out of this lot! I already got to the studio last night and was sewing for hours:)

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Fancy set of plates-I've hung them up in my bathroom and they look super nice! I can't identify the buildings on them offhand, so may do a little bit of research to try to find out.

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Other miscellaneous goodies -Christmas ornaments, wooden box, table runner, stamp, tiny case, and hilarious magnet necklace as seen on TV--comes with hilarious instructions of how to wear it as a belly chain, bracelet, anklet etc.

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Inadvertent stowaway in one of the bags holding my presents, lol (my mom clearly grabbed some of the cloth bags they use for groceries, haha)

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♥ Craftzilla