Leaving Niagra
Friday, July 5, 2013, 06:00 PM
This morning we had the continental buffet at the Hyatt. It was $42 for
breakfast with tip. Not sure if this is worth it. Tomorrow we'll do the coffee
shop or Starbucks or something else. It was raining pretty constantly this
morning so we mostly stayed in. When it briefly stopped we walked down to the St
Andrew Station where I bought a book of tickets and we took the subway to
College Ave. We walked to the Pierce Arboretum which was an old Victorian Glass
house built in 1909. The tropical display house was quite good and well cared
for. The admission is free. After our visit we had lunch at Tim hortons near the
College Subway. Got on the train home then took a transfer and got on the light
rail running down King. It went pretty smoothly to the Hyatt. We were about 15
minutes late for lecture on pollinators by John L Clark. This was an interesting
talk on how insects and bees pollinate various genera of gesneriads. Very
interesting. Next we watched a presentation of the Montreal Botabicall Gardens
and their Gesneriad collections. Before dinner we walked to the corner LCBO stor
where hundreds of young people were standing in line 10 deep, all buying bottles
of wine for dinner. We bought our wine and found a whole foods type restaurant
across the street where we bought swiss cheese. We made a dinner reservationat
Pease Italian Restaurant across from the hotel for 7:15 PM. They were having
the first night of a summer Prix Fixe menu where we had a three course meal for
$35. The bottom line with drinks and tip was $120. I had the first course of
crab, tomato and smoked watermelon. Second course was a lobster saffron with
fresh peas and the desert was pound cakee with cheese and fresh smashed fruit
which included strawberries and blue berris in a ricotta cheese over an Olive
Oil cake. Wow, was this good. We went away very satiated.
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