O Canada!

I went to Mississauga ONT for a few days for work. I flew into the Buffalo, NY airport, as it was less than half the price of a ticket to go to Toronto and only a short 1.5 hour drive. When I realized I was going really close by the Niagara Falls, I decided to get off the Interstate and have a look.

At first I parked stateside and walked a couple hundred yards to a lookout directly by the falls (not the fancy bridge looking one). I made the mistake of leaving my gloves in the car, as it didn't feel cold at all where I parked, just a bit windy. When I finally had made it to the falls, I realized that all the mist was blowing my direction, all the grass, trees and walkways were completely frozen and right in that spot it was BITTER cold! Oh my hands hurt so bad! Even my digital camera gave out and wouldn't take any pictures.

I decided to drive to the Canadian side. Much nicer, the sun came out, no mist, not a lot of wind and I was able to take a snapshot with my phone at least!

Some of the other things I enjoyed while staying in Canada:

• Poutine
  French fries with cheese curds and gravy, unusual but tasty. Just don't eat it every day. I also had a delicious burger at the same place, C & Dubbs Hamurgers. Probably one of the best burgers I've ever had on a delicious toasted (!) bun.
• "Real" Snow
  Not a lot, but enough to stay on the ground for longer than 24 hours. Of course my morning commute went from less than 10 minutes to just over 30 minutes, one accident after another. Seems even in Canada people don't know how to drive in the snow.
• People
  Everybody was super nice, friendly and helpful. They just don't say "Y'all" or call you "Honey".
  
• Special Candy
  Brought back several good candy bars for the kids and even some Kindereier! I also got a small bag of Ketchup chips, but luckily nobody my house likes them, so they are all mine! For those of you who don't know, I'm a full fledged member of Ketchup Anonymous, but that's a whole other story.
  

So thanks to Erin for giving me some last minute tips on what to check out food-wise! Unfortunately I didn't find any Big Turk Bars, although I went to about 5 different stores... Sorry Lorna, I tried, I really did!