Parting, Departing and Moving On

Breakfast this morning was a FEAST, Yogurt with mango, strawberries, and granola.  and a chocolate croissant, even smaller then I make.  It was good though.  The main course was scrambled eggs with spinach, sausage, toast and potatoes fried with brie.  Pretty good!   Elisabeth left Jodi some fruit and yogurt, OJ and the croissannt.  Elisabeth ate Jodi's eggs and of course the potatoes, (who could pass those up?) And we visited a bit more.   While we were packing Elisabeth played the piano, it was so pleasant.  I noticed this cute little door as I was lugging our suitcases out.

How did I walk by it for the last five days without noticing it?  It felt like leaving a friend after all the chatting we had done over the week.

Elisabeth suggested we return the bad wine from last night so we drove off in that direction.  Firstly we verified the name of the lovely grocery store we went to,

then noticed that the seagulls were lined up for Tim Hortons,

I had wondered who actually ate there.   And then I returned the wine with no hassles.

The same lady we purchased it from was there.

The drive was o.k. I am a bit concerned about a toll road that we took, we never paid, there as no place to do so.  I wonder if that will nip us in the derrière? We arrived too early to check in, so we we to into Niagara on the Lake, and it is truly a beautiful little town. First coffee (pumpkin for me) at Balzacs,

a butter tart with raisins (Cranberry was better) and a powder room.

I coveted the furniture here!

We wandered in and out of shops looking at menus and being pushed around by the Asian people swarming there. We saw some lovely stuff, Jodi particularly liked the leather animals in this store.

There is Maple coffee, Maple Tea, more butter tarts,

expensive hats, clothing,  and the list goes on.  

We came back  to the Brass Bell and checked in.  It is cute, and the owners seem nice.

 I asked for dining recommendations and we were offered several  options.  Back into the town to see about reservations at the golf club which is on lake Ontario. We got reservations for 6:30 and then went to the park where Jodi played Squirrel paparazzi, and I knitted some.

There is a lovely view of Ft. Niagara, in the good old USA from here. 

Then we took a walk down by the water on a  paved a walkway, and played in the rocks.  I figured out the name of those  little "totums"  -  Inukshuk.  They are stone landmarks,  often made shaped like people.  

So we made a couple of them just for fun.  

Wonder if they will be there if and when we go back?

Dinner was a shared ceaser salad, Vegetable Lasagna for (Jackson-Triggs - Cab. Franc, Cab. Sauvignon) Jodi and Honey pecan Chicken with a Dijon sauce, mashed potatoes and vegetables (Chardonnay Peller Estates Family Select) for me.

Jodi was happy to have bread and butter at last.   It was all very good and we shared a creme brûlée for dessert.