Niagara Falls

Had a great day trip from Toronto to Niagara Falls today, including going on the Maid of the Mist boat right up close to the foot of the falls, where you get soaked. My feet have only just dried out. It's definitely one of the 1001 things to do before you die.

Yesterday was a glorious sunny day in Toronto - they're having unusually warm weather - apparently this time last year it was freezing. I discovered the artificial beach they've made down by the docks, and sunbathed! In the morning I saw an exhibition featuring some of the chinese Terracotta army who are visiting the Royal Ontario Museum. So that's another of those 1001 things ticked off, saving me a trip to China.

It was Canadian Thanksgiving Day today - a public holiday. Yesterday the hostel laid on a special Thanksgiving Dinner - turkey and all the trimmings, including stuffing, cornbreads and sweet potato mash, followed by pumpkin pie. Today I was going to cook for myself but the shops were shut when we got back from the trip so I had the hostel dinner again - basically leftovers from yesterday - so it's been a bit like Boxing Day.

Tomorrow I start my great railway journey across Canada. Four nights and three days on a train watching the landscape go by. I might finally get round to doing some work on that novel I'm supposed to be writing!