Niagara Falls (part II), Ontario, Canada

As promised here goes the second part (second and third days) of Liz trip to Niagara Falls...

We started our second day with "Journey Beneath the Falls" which is an underground tunnel that ends with an exit/lookout point quite close to the side of Horseshoe Falls. You really get a feeling of how high the falls are. You shouldn't get wet because they loan you yellow rain jackets.

Of course we had to go on the Maid of the Mist. This is a double-deck boat tour that gets pretty darn close to the falls. Everyone received a lovely blue rain poncho with hood. Wearing rain boots or bringing shoes to change into afterward is highly recommended! People who go on the bottom deck will get a little misty. People who venture up top will get soaked, guaranteed!

First the Maid swings by the American Falls and then loops into the mist of the Horseshoe Falls. Definitely bring your camera but keep it under your poncho when things start getting wet! It is when you are inside the mist that your realize just how big and powerful the waterfall is and how small and insignificant you are!

On our last day we visited the Niagara Falls Butterfly Conservatory, located within the city's Botanical Gardens. It's a glass conservatory with over 2000 rain forest butterflies. They are everywhere - on the bushes, in the air, on the sidewalk, on you! Each visitor has a 99.9% chance of a butterfly landing on them. My favorites were the Blue Morpho butterflies. Most people spend about an hour inside the conservatory.

Must confess that after this post I can't wait to go and visit Niagara Falls one of this days. Hope you liked it! And again many thanks to Liz from Busy Lizzy's Easle ;)