Niagara to Boston

We headed off about 8am this morning for our long trip to Boston.  On one side of Niagara is USA - on the other side is Canada.  We needed to pass through US Customs and it only took us 1 hour 20 minutes, which was better than the 3 or 4 hours that is sometime takes when the bus queue is long.  And off we travelled into New York State ...

We stopped at Albany which is the capital of New York State.  There wasn't much happening at Albany - seems the whole city knocked off early.  We saw the Egg which is the centre for performing arts and the New York State Capitol building.  We also had the obligatory squirrel sightings - we love the squirrels and the guys love watching grown women with cameras chase them all over the place.

We took advantage of the long bus trip - we napped, read our books and some of us decided to open a mini bar at the back of the bus. Do you know how hard it is to pour scotch into a tiny little coke bottle when the bus is moving??   We paraded up and down the bus in our new masks (kindly provided by Rosalie) and played celebrity heads to pass the time.

We arrived at our hotel in Boston about 7pm, and made our way next door for dinner at the Rustic Kitchen Bistro and Bar.  Every Friday night they have a live cooking show with a live audience who eat the food as it is prepared.  We all got very excited and had to have our photos taken (photos to come).  We felt like we were Master Chef contestants, even though we were mixing in empty bowls and not actually cooking anything.

We are off for a city tour tomorrow - until then....

Goodbye Niagara Falls

Albany - The Egg

Albany - Capitol Building - look at all the people !!

On the buses - Elaine and Ellen

Celebrity heads

Cheers

Jo and Captain Snooze (isnt this one scary !!)

 

Caramel reads Élaine's fortune