Kathy and Ian New York, Eastern US, Canada and Caribbean

Train to Harlem and spent a couple of hours wandering around. Today there is a very big police presence in NYC. Police on horse back, heavily armed police and many patrol police. At  3 o'clock we caught the underground and then the Air Train to JFK.

Walked to see Carrie Bradshaws Sex and the City steps, Magnolia Bakery, Hudson River and then up Canal St where they sell fake handbags etc. At sunset we went to Top of the Rock to view Sunset over New York City.

Walked to Grand Central Station, Chrysler Building, Macys, Empire State Building and back up 7th Ave to our hotel. Dinner at Ellens Stardust where the waiters take it in turn to sing.  Very Entertaining. Rained most of the day.

Visited Independence Hall then back to New York. Walked down to 9th Ave and visited a food festival. 9th avenue was closed for 10 blocks and there were 100s of stalls.

Visited Arlington Cemetery where JFK is buried and toured the cities war memorials. Vietnam Memorial is particularly moving as they have listed names of all the soldiers killed in action. Did a tour Capitol building and then went through the underground tunnel to the Library of Congress.

Very hot over 90. Visited Smithsonian Air and Space Museum then returned to hotel. At night walked around White House and Washington Monument.

Walked around Lancaster which seems a bit rundown. Houses from $40000. Hotel looks lovely as it was converted from a cork factory but unfortunately they neglected to put  insulation between  the  floors. Dinner was with an Amish family þhat also told us about their lifestyle.

Travelled from Toronto to Niagra Falls on the Canadian side. We had a short ride in a helicopter to view the falls and surrounding area. Next we visited Table Rock to view both sets of falls. Maid of the Mist was our next stop. The ferry is now called Hornblower on the Canadian side. It was a very wet ride up to under the falls. At night we had the opportunity to take control of the floodlights and change the colours on the falls. Hotel was called Double Tree.

Bus tour of city in the morning. Baseball game at Rogers Centre. Lovely city with beautiful harbour.

Left Ottawa after a tour of Parliament House. The building is amazing and the library quite spectacular. Had lunch in Kingston where the water level is higher than it has ever been before and still rising. Arrived in Toronto at 6:00 and are staying right on the waterfront a few minutes from CN Tower. While the weather is good we decided to go to the top of the tower.  Our hotel can be seen in the picture below. It has a round section on the top. About 400km travelled.

Two hours on the bus saw us in Ottawa where we are staying at the Lord Elgin. We did a city tour and viewed all the local highlights. Had lunch in some local markets including a beavers tail which is a local delicacy.

About 3hrs on the bus to Montreal. Did a city walking and bus tour. Temp about 16 degrees.

Spent most of the morning on guided tour of Old Quebec then caught the funicular up the hill and wandered back to our hotel. For dinner we went to Moulin St Laurent. On our trip to the restaurant  we viewed the Montmorency Falls. Stayed at the Delta Hotel about 500m from old part of town.