Good morning from Niagara Falls in Canada! This is the Canadian side, here
And over there the American side
From here you can already see the falls
We are using this railway to go from the upper
part to the lower part, close to the falls
It was $2.50 just come down here, just a few seconds
The Niagara Falls are right downtown Niagara Falls, Ontario
You arrive here, no entrance fee and you are already seeing
You just pay something if you want to go on a private tour, for example, a boat tour
We are here in May. It's not cold, it's actually comfortable right now
But it's funny because there's still snow here
These falls freeze during winter
We are here early in the morning so the sun is against us
Gotta come back again in the afternoon, but it's not a problem!
We took a break for a sandwich, now it's already afternoon
The Sun went to the opposite side, which makes it perfect for photography
There are two Niagara Falls: the Niagara Falls in Canada, here where we are
and Niagara Falls in the United States, over there
Because of the exchange rate, many people started coming here to Canada
In the past few decades, it was better to use American dollars in Canada
because you got more bang for you buck
And another reason too that I'd say is the legal drinking age
Here, you can drink when you are 19; over there when you are 21 and guess what young adults prefer?
On both sides you have different attractions too
Many people cross over, there is this bridge connecting both countries
It can take a lot of time though, to cross because of the customs
And sometimes there are huge traffic jams but it's possible
Here it is free to see the falls but in the other hand you gotta pay for everything else, especially parking
Take a look at this one here, 18 dollars
This is expensive, you can find parking for five or ten dollars so... Get ready, prepare your wallet
Although they have parking lots everywhere, paid parking lots
You don't really need a car, you can walk everywhere
You're also already paying for parking at the hotel
even the most inexpensive ones don't offer free parking
We're now going up the Skylon Tower
Just got the tickets and a good tip is pay attention to these booklets that are distributed at hotels
or in tourist areas because they normally bring discounts, we got two dollars off
We are going now in hopes to have a good view of the sunset
We walked all over down there earlier today
Up here they also have a restaurant
And it's a rotating restaurant, it's a complete turn in an hour
And when you go to the restaurant you don't need to pay to come up here just for the view
You can see the whole area here, we can clearly see Buffalo, New York
And people say that when weather is good you can even see the Toronto skyline
Today it looks like it's going to rain over there so
We came down here in the restaurant, we don't really wanna dine
But we wanna wait for the lights to come up at the falls and it's going to be one hour
Yesterday we walked a lot from one side of the falls to the other and back
I have an app that tracks how many steps I gave in a day and it recorded twenty thousand
Today I expect the day to be a little bit lighter because
we wanna do some tours to get to know the falls up-close
I just put on my raincoat
Because when you are this close to the falls, the wind brings all the water back to you
And we are also going for a tour behind the falls
So, I can only expect to get totally wet
Here we are really behind the falls in this tunnel
There are some windows where you can see the falls... right there!
It was so cold down there because you get all the water and the water is freezing cold
So it's funny because we are back here and everybody is wearing their normal clothes
sleeveless and I'm still like this
As today is a day to get wet, I'm going to do that boat tour that goes really close to the falls
We are here to buy the ticket and ready for the adventure
Before you board the boat, they distribute rain covers but it's of those really simple ones made of plastic
So there's this store here, they sell all kinds of rain cover
If you didn't bring your own, it's worth considering
Here's everybody in red here in the boat We are going really close to the falls
It's like it's really raining down here
At some point, it's so much water!
You can barely see the falls
We made it
If you stay in the upper part of the boat, you leave totally wet
The tour lasts for half an hour, you just go there and then come back
Bye-bye! Bye!
We are driving around Niagara Falls in Niagara-on-the-Lake
And there are just so many beautiful properties on this side, so many vineyards
In this region here is where they produce the famous Canadian Ice wine
They leave the grapes until the first frost
Niagara Falls don't mean just beauty and waters, there was a war too here in 1812
Which put Americans and Canadians on opposite sides, Canadians fought together with the British
And the reasons were basically commercial, especially international commerce
Here there are several sites in Niagara Falls where you can see a little bit of history
and a little bit of this war. This monument here is a homage to the general who led
all the troops in this area and who died in battle
This is the battle that culminated with the victory of Canada and the British
Another place that attracts a lot of people here in Niagara Falls is this street called Clifton Hill
Here there are several attractions like haunted houses
There's a ferris wheel, also, museums like wax museums
And
some bars and restaurants as well
Many stores and restaurants here accept American dollars
It's not the official exchange but if that's all you got, it's worth it
The house of Frankenstein
Featuring live actors inside, not for me
Time to go, we just checked out at the hotel and when it was time to pay
a surprise, they charge several fees in addiction
to what you are paying per night and the parking fee
So they charge recycling fee of 3.99 a day
Also a marketing fee, but this marketing fee is optional, it's much less and it's optional
This is one thing that is not nice from here, there are fees for everything and everywhere
And you have to pay for everything, so it is the downside
The positive side is that it's an extremely beautiful place, the falls are terrific
Even if you are not staying in town, let's say if you are in Toronto
It's worth coming here to spend just the day and go back in the end of the day
It's a short drive, it's an hour and a half and it's totally worth it
We are now going to Toronto and I hope you come with us for our next video