Underwhelmed....
Sep. 13th, 2011 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jebbypalSometimes, I wonder if I'm doomed to be underwhelmed by the things that everyone else says should be amazing. But then I remember, no, I enjoyed San Diego in my own way, and I still want to go back to Kiawah Islands when I have money to actually do stuff, and figure no, I just have a different scale of the world.
Niagara Falls (which apparently I always spell wrong), is nice, but way too touristy. And after the 1st 10 shots of the falls, I feel like "Is that all there is?" *cue the firewater*. If you go, skip the imax movie of fury of niagara. Waste of money and just a nice way to get dunked in water. Unimpressed by the "walk behind the falls" as I didn't realize it was manmade tunnels through to certain observatory looks (2 of which just show you water streaming down). One was pretty, but I was expecting something a little more rugged and awe inspiring. After getting wet for not much pay off, think I'm skipping the Maid of the Mist boat tour since it looks like just a down below view of the falls while packed on a boat with a bunch of people. I may still do the white water rapid walk -- May stop off and take a look to determine what the lines are like.
Of course, none of this is helped by the migraine that started when I was doing the walk behind the falls thing. Not sure if there was something spice wise on my burger, if it's weather/altitude combo, or what, but I'm ready for it to be gone.
Hotel is cute and functional, but next to a busy highway, and since there's no a/c, windows are open and it's noisy. Beds, while better than the boards I slept on in Barcelona, leave a lot to be desired. But it is clean, has a coffee pot, microwave, and mini-fridge, and the bathroom is actually cleaner/nicer than some upscale places I've stayed at.
so going to see if there's anything I'm interested in doing tonight as well as plan see what I'm doing tomorrow. If headache doesn't go away after this cup of coffee the night may just be another return trip to the Greek diner (souvlaki with pita that didn't make me sick!), maybe trying to figure out the tv channels here, and bed.
Also, I'm going to be very annoyed if I get home to large cell phone bill. I've turned off data roaming, but when I'm in downtown, my phone reverts to ATT and saying 3g, making me think we're close enough to the border to receive US cell signals. Fingers crossed.
Niagara Falls (which apparently I always spell wrong), is nice, but way too touristy. And after the 1st 10 shots of the falls, I feel like "Is that all there is?" *cue the firewater*. If you go, skip the imax movie of fury of niagara. Waste of money and just a nice way to get dunked in water. Unimpressed by the "walk behind the falls" as I didn't realize it was manmade tunnels through to certain observatory looks (2 of which just show you water streaming down). One was pretty, but I was expecting something a little more rugged and awe inspiring. After getting wet for not much pay off, think I'm skipping the Maid of the Mist boat tour since it looks like just a down below view of the falls while packed on a boat with a bunch of people. I may still do the white water rapid walk -- May stop off and take a look to determine what the lines are like.
Of course, none of this is helped by the migraine that started when I was doing the walk behind the falls thing. Not sure if there was something spice wise on my burger, if it's weather/altitude combo, or what, but I'm ready for it to be gone.
Hotel is cute and functional, but next to a busy highway, and since there's no a/c, windows are open and it's noisy. Beds, while better than the boards I slept on in Barcelona, leave a lot to be desired. But it is clean, has a coffee pot, microwave, and mini-fridge, and the bathroom is actually cleaner/nicer than some upscale places I've stayed at.
so going to see if there's anything I'm interested in doing tonight as well as plan see what I'm doing tomorrow. If headache doesn't go away after this cup of coffee the night may just be another return trip to the Greek diner (souvlaki with pita that didn't make me sick!), maybe trying to figure out the tv channels here, and bed.
Also, I'm going to be very annoyed if I get home to large cell phone bill. I've turned off data roaming, but when I'm in downtown, my phone reverts to ATT and saying 3g, making me think we're close enough to the border to receive US cell signals. Fingers crossed.