Welcome back to Part 2 of my Niagara Falls, New York vacation.  If this is your first time visiting this post about my Niagara Falls trip, then you can to read all about the start of our vacation Part 1.

We arrived at Niagara Falls in the early evening after a long train ride from New York City.  The Amtrak train - Maple Leaf - took us about 10 hours due to some train troubles.  The train should of taken about 8 1/2 hours without delays, but it was worth it.

We were able to see pretty views along the way and we did not have to worry about driving our car.  I liked that we could relax and be able to read, walk around, there were restrooms, and also available were various drinks and snacks to purchase, and free wifi.

To read more about Niagara Falls you can click the link HERE.  We had dinner and then decided to take a short walk from the restaurant to the Falls.

Below you can see it was getting dark.  Across the falls you can see the Skyline Tower, which is an observation tower, all lit up in green because it was St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2017.


The beautiful Niagara Falls at night time, and across the falls is Canada.


I really love the way the falls looked all lit up in red.  Below the falls there was a boat that had a huge light that showed up a red color that lit up the falls.  It made the water falls look so pretty.



That night when we arrived back at our hotel room after our walk to the falls, we saw an awesome fire works display right outside our hotel window.  The show lasted for about 25 minutes and it was so nice to watch and see the fire works light up the sky.

The next morning we could see that it was snowing out and this was our view outside our hotel room, Wingate by Wyndham.

You can see one of Niagara Falls oldest churches, called St. Mary of the Cataract, and you can see the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in the distance.


Another view below looking outside our hotel window to the left.  That large building was also where we walked for our awesome St. Patrick's Day dinner at the Third Street Retreat Eatery and Pub.  We had an awesome dinner and green beer to celebrate the occassion.


After we had our breakfast in the lobby, and we were happy that it was included in our stay, we took a 15 minute walk down to the falls.

The view was not too clear due to the snow that was falling, but it still looked beautiful.  If you look right across the falls you can see the clouds covering part of the Skylon Tower.


Below is the view looking across the falls into Canada.


Even though parts of the falls were covered in snow it looked so beautiful.  I thought that we were going to get soaked from the water but we were lucky that it wasn't windy out.


The weather was cold but we were bundled up.  It was kind of nice to be sightseeing during off season and not be hot and sweating in the summertime.

We had plenty of room to go right up to the rails and look at the falls without large crowds blocking our view.

1)  The Wingate Hotel                               2)  The Lobby
3)  The bedroom                                        4)  The Lobby


We arrived in the early evening on Friday March 17, 2017 - St. Patrick's Day!  ☘☘

We took a short walk to the Third Street Retreat restaurant for an Irish Dinner.



Here are a few photos of the restaurant.  We both had green beer with our meal, which was a first for me and very festive!  There I am in the bottom left photo, standing outside of the restaurant.  There was a lot of snow on the ground and I was so happy to be bundled up with my warm coat and Timberland boots.  



Here is a closeup of the green beer.  I think our waiter had a fun time making our drinks!



I decided to have a rueben sandwich which consisted of rye bread, thousand island dressing, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut.  I also had a healthy house salad on the side.  Boy was my meal delicious!



My husband decide to have fish and chips, which I sampled.  It was the perfect choice for St. Patrick's Day!


Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Julie

I love Spaghetti Pie and I have this easy to make recipe to share with you.  This recipe brings back memories of my husband, daughter, and I going to visit at my husband's Italian Aunt and Uncle during Easter week for lunch.

My husband's Aunt would be in the kitchen making so many of these pies for family and friends, but she always made time for us to visit.



My husband's Aunt would serve us slices of this warm pie for lunch, and then give us the rest of the pie to bring home!

At home if I make this spaghetti pie I serve it with a salad on the side.  I love this pie so much that I decide to share the recipe with you.

I hope you enjoy this spaghetti pie as much as we do!  😀

Hello blog friends.  I am so happy to be back from my blog break!  I totally enjoyed my time away and missed you all!

I recently had a meeting to go to on the upper east side of Manhattan, in New York City.  When my meeting was over, I decided to take a stroll right near Central Park.  The day was brisk and cold, but taking in the sights and taking these photos made the walk worthwhile!

Please sit back and enjoy the walk with me!  😀


These trees looked so barren and cold, but you can see the beautiful clouds in the sky just peeking through.

As I was walking, I loved seeing this lady sitting on the bench with her dog, just laying right on the ground besides her.  You can see right after that hug tree the buildings in the background.


What I found very strange was that this walk was so refreshing and very quiet.  I kept looking behind me to see if there was anyone walking and there weren't any people.  There were no huge crowds of people and no loud honks from the cars and taxi cabs.  It's so hard to believe that the city can be very quiet at times.

One the left of me is the Church of the Heavenly Rest, and it's located at 2 East 90th Street.  It's an Episcopal church.  It's also located right across the street from Central Park and the Carnegie Mansion; also know as the Cooper Hewitt Museum.



The Cooper Hewitt Museum is a design museum, located on the upper east side of Manhattan, at 2 East 91st Street.  The link for this museum can be found HERE.

If you look at the tree branches in this photo, you can see that the trees are starting to bud with little leaves.



Below this granite and bronze monument is know well to runners and walkers who enter it's terrace stairway to the Reservoir at Fifth Avenue and 90th Street.



This view of the Reservoir I found to be so beautiful, with those white clouds that reminded me of cotton candy.



I just loved this photo of the water, the tree branches sweeping across the sky, and the manhattan skyline.



I loved this photo so much that I made a watercolor scene using the Waterlouge app!  Using this app makes your photos look like watercolor and sketched photos.





I just love this huge old tree with the museums in the background.  Soon spring will be here and this tree will be blooming full of leaves.  Is anyone excited about spring as much as me?



This is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum which is located at 1071 5th Avenue.  Fifth Avenue is also known as Museum Mile.  The link to this museum can be found HERE.