We stayed there until we had to go pick up the other couple who was staying with is Zach and Aubrey. I honestly don't remember what happened after they got there but it consisted of chillin in our hotel and having a few drinks. Also the boys went out to buy us poutine, when they came home full and empty handed none of us were surprised. We still yelled at them anyway. Friday,
The boys were so excited and half the reason behind going to Canada was to go to the Hockey Hall of Fame. We got to see a lot of cool things in there and they had some virtural hockey to play and we all got a picture of us with the Stanley Cup. From there we went to a fancy little restraunt for lunch where we got beer samplers and fondue and some delicious fries and sandwiches. From there we ran into another pub and since there was no where to sit we had did an irish car bomb and went to the next place. Another ICB and a pitcher of beer later, we were back at the hotel. The boys went out to buy beer and the girls went to the rooftop hot tub, which was beautiful but we got chloriened to death in the hot tub. We spent the night playing hockey in the living room and we went to bed because the next day we were going to Niagara!
Saturday,
The 6 of us piled into the van and we were off to Niagara Falls. Made the hour and a half trip go by fast by playing catch phrase in the car. If you have never heard of it, here is the description "Think fast! The SCRABBLE Electronic CATCHPHRASE game challenges you to come up with words and then pass the game fast so you don’t get caught holding the bag! Give your teammates clues so they can guess the word or phrase on the game unit’s screen. But no rhyming, first letters or parts of the word, or the other team gets a point! Once your team has guessed it, pass the unit fast to the other team. When the buzzer goes off, whoever has the unit loses a point to the other side, so move fast! When your team gets to 7 points, you win!" Important information for later on. We got to Niagara Falls, and it was beautiful, it wasnt to stupidly cold outside so we all got to enjoy looking at all of the scenery. From there we drove a little under an hour to Niagara on the Lake a adorable wine town. We got some snacks at a place that had crepes and flatbread pizzas which were amazing. Did a small wine tasting at a shop. Found a fancy pub and had a few drinks and then on our walk back to the car found a cute shop full of jellys, jams, sauses, dips etc. Everything there was delicious. Aubry and I made a kitty friend, and then we drove back to Niagara to see it lit up, which was beautiful, then back to toronto, playing catch phrase the whole way.
It was early enough in the night that we went to find dinner. Jordan had had his heart set on going to this restraunt owned by an Iron Chef called Lee. Well the only problem was when we got there the power was out. Which worked out because people werent showing up to their reservations because of it, so were were able to get a table at 11:30. While we waited though, we found a neat pub that had guiness, jenga, and the best steamers i've ever eaten. Lee was interesting, it was asian fusion and tapas style.
Sunday, our last day in Canada.
We spent some time driving around, and then eventually parked and did a lot of walking around, again on the quest for food. We stopped at a place for a small lunch and then it all ended with Caleb, Laura and Jordan eating at a smelly Vietnamese sandwich place and Zach, Aubrey and I having shots and a beer back at Elephant & Castle before we had to bring them to their hotel. One last round of catch phrase and we said our goodbyes, and the rest of us were off to Buffalo,NY, on the hunt for the orignal buffalo wings. We stopped first at Anchor Bar, where the wings were invented, super sketchy place but decent wings. The boys ordered wings at their rival bar, whose name i cannot rememeber and we back on the road, destination Cleveland. We arrived at our hotel around 2am, and quickly made friends with the valet and receptionist, and then finally made it to bed.
Monday,
We were up and out the door in search for coffee found a cute little hipster coffee shop and walked around some more and ended up at a pub (surprise surprise) the boys were happy to finally have affordable whiskey again.
Side note, in Canada they only give you one ounce pours. So if you are a whiskey drinker it'll cost you a lot of money to get a decent drink.
From there we walked to the rock and roll hall of fame which was the highlight of celevland for me. I'm huge into music so this place was amazing for me. If you ever are in Ohio check it out. After we finished there we made our way to a little place for some more poutine to hold is over till dinner. Then we went back to the hotel and got dressed for another fancy dinner at a top chef restraunt named Lola. My aunt and a coworker met us there and we had an amazing dinner. We all shared a few dishes and it was not disappointing. That night we toon out bottle of ciroc and catch phrase down to the lobby and ended up playing the game with the valet and receptionist from the night before. If you can just imagine that all of us jumping around and yelling in a ghost town lobby of a hotel at 1:30 am. It was amazing. It was 2 when we finally made it to bed.
Tuesday,
Again we found a little spot for coffee and a bagel and then drove around the surrounding area looking for a cute town that I don't think existed and then we went to a place called Melt. It's a restaurant that specializes in grilled cheese sandwhiches. It was SUPER good. Then we brought Laura and Jordan to the airport and said our goodbyes, and Caleb and I were off to Canton, Ohio to the football hall of fame. I've never seen my hubby so happy. I really enjoyed myself as well. When we closed the place we headed down to Wooster, Ohio to have dinner with my aunt and uncle, two of my favorite people in this world. We ate a cute little place with great pasta! We said our goodbyes around 8 and we decided to drive through the night back home. It takes just about 12 hours to get from Wooster, Ohio to Webster, MA, and while the first 5 hours went by fairly quickly the last 7 were rough. The roads were so painfully foggy you could barely see anything and the only other drivers on the road were truckers. But at 8 am we had safely made it back to my parents house to drop off the van and pick up our cat. When we finally made it back to our aparetment we were zombies and all I wanted to do was crawl into bed the only problem was there was a large bump in my bed. When we got brave enough to pull back the covers we descovered a giant teddy bear.
Later we found out it was my husbands sister and brother in law who did it.
Finally after packing and shipping all my eBay items I passed out and so did the hubby. Vacation was over, and while we were sad we were too tired to notice.
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