Toronto - En route to Niagara Falls

I have no idea which company I booked my trip to Niagara Falls with. There are multiple options.

I can tell you that it is worth going, but we will get more into that next week. Today I want to focus on the trip there.

Despite not remembering the group, I do remember some details. It was a van that did hotel pickups. I believe it was a ten-passenger van. I was with an older couple who were Canadian, but I think from Alberta, and a group of Dutch men.

We had three stops on the way to the Falls. One was a winery. That is a fairly common side trip among current booking options. There's really nothing in that for me.

We also stopped at Niagara-on-the-Lake, which is also pretty standard:

https://www.niagaraonthelake.com/

The lake is Lake Ontario, and this is where it meets the Niagara River, so there is some geographical significance, and there is some history there, as well as a George Bernard Shaw festival. However, if you are just stopping there on a tour, you are stopping there because it is "the loveliest town in Canada."

It is quite lovely, though the first word I tend to think of is charming. It just felt like all it did was stay there being lovely. You can walk up and down the main street, which doesn't take very long, or you could explore a little further, but mainly what you are going to find is a lot of shops with fairly expensive handicrafts, though there are also several bed and breakfasts.

Looking at some of their tourism material I believe you can have a more interesting stay there, but with a short stay it is mainly shopping. You quickly realize that the most sensible thing to do is get an ice cream cone, so that's what I did.

The best thing we did was the airfield. You could take a helicopter ride or a plane ride over the Falls. The Dutch men filled up the helicopter, and the husband in the couple took the plane ride. I had not been planning on doing it, because there was an extra fee, but it was such an opportunity! I took the plane ride and I don't regret it. The Falls are breathtaking from the front, but I am glad to have also seen them from the air.