I finally got time to post about our trip to New York state. We had to go to Lana's relatives wedding.
Here is the setup: the ceremony is in Rochester, NY and the reception is in Buffalo, NY. They are about 1 hour apart.
Since the wedding was on Saturday, we had to travel on Friday to Buffalo and on Sunday back to Chicago. So, we figured we would go visit Niagara Falls, since it's next to Buffalo. That meant we had to fly in the morning, which was no problem.
The interesting conversation happened with the parking lot attendant by Midway airport. I reserved parking few weeks in advanced and paid for it. The attendant had my information but thought that we only paid deposit. It was interesting that my "deposit" was about the same amount as I would have to pay for 3 days of parking. But he said he would drive us to airport and will find out what's going on by the time we get back. When we got back he did say that we were good. :)
Back to Niagara Falls. We got to Buffalo without any problems. Got our rental and were on our way pretty quickly.
We decided to go to the Canadian side. We got really lucky with the weather: sunny and warm! Took a ride on a boat to the falls. It was fun. The water was warm (we had ponchos, but still got water on face and hands). After that, we went for lunch. Brian got excited because he could legally drink a beer! We all ended up getting beer, except Lana (she had to be different), who had red wine. Here are the pictures: "https://secure.flickr.com/photos/123780721@N05/sets/72157645289808134/"
After a few hours in Canada, back to USA.
Hotel was nice (Double Tree). Double Tree is part Hilton. Being a member in HH reward program, we all got warm chocolate chip and macadamia nuts cookies!!! Plus for hotel. Free WiFi, another plus. Nice beds, one more plus!!!
Wedding: some of the pics: "https://secure.flickr.com/photos/123780721@N05/sets/72157645025296479/"
It started in Rochester in a Catholic church. The church was very pretty inside. The ceremony was different. Jewish ceremony usually includes some singing. The ceremony lasted about an hour. Then there was a big time gap so we ended up going back to our hotel. The party was about 10 mins away from the hotel, which was good. Food was nice, music was loud. New Jersey Rangers were playing and lost to LA Kings. And we all know what happened to that series. But I digress. The wedding ended at midnight.
The next day featured another drive from Buffalo To Rochester and back for family BBQ. It was fun, very good food featured Italian sausages and Italian pasta.
On the drive back, Shana and Lana did not feel good, but we made it home! Next trip is Seattle.
Here is the setup: the ceremony is in Rochester, NY and the reception is in Buffalo, NY. They are about 1 hour apart.
Since the wedding was on Saturday, we had to travel on Friday to Buffalo and on Sunday back to Chicago. So, we figured we would go visit Niagara Falls, since it's next to Buffalo. That meant we had to fly in the morning, which was no problem.
The interesting conversation happened with the parking lot attendant by Midway airport. I reserved parking few weeks in advanced and paid for it. The attendant had my information but thought that we only paid deposit. It was interesting that my "deposit" was about the same amount as I would have to pay for 3 days of parking. But he said he would drive us to airport and will find out what's going on by the time we get back. When we got back he did say that we were good. :)
Back to Niagara Falls. We got to Buffalo without any problems. Got our rental and were on our way pretty quickly.
We decided to go to the Canadian side. We got really lucky with the weather: sunny and warm! Took a ride on a boat to the falls. It was fun. The water was warm (we had ponchos, but still got water on face and hands). After that, we went for lunch. Brian got excited because he could legally drink a beer! We all ended up getting beer, except Lana (she had to be different), who had red wine. Here are the pictures: "https://secure.flickr.com/photos/123780721@N05/sets/72157645289808134/"
After a few hours in Canada, back to USA.
Hotel was nice (Double Tree). Double Tree is part Hilton. Being a member in HH reward program, we all got warm chocolate chip and macadamia nuts cookies!!! Plus for hotel. Free WiFi, another plus. Nice beds, one more plus!!!
Wedding: some of the pics: "https://secure.flickr.com/photos/123780721@N05/sets/72157645025296479/"
It started in Rochester in a Catholic church. The church was very pretty inside. The ceremony was different. Jewish ceremony usually includes some singing. The ceremony lasted about an hour. Then there was a big time gap so we ended up going back to our hotel. The party was about 10 mins away from the hotel, which was good. Food was nice, music was loud. New Jersey Rangers were playing and lost to LA Kings. And we all know what happened to that series. But I digress. The wedding ended at midnight.
The next day featured another drive from Buffalo To Rochester and back for family BBQ. It was fun, very good food featured Italian sausages and Italian pasta.
On the drive back, Shana and Lana did not feel good, but we made it home! Next trip is Seattle.
