[Magdalen] Where to go?

[Ann Markle]

Roger, I scanned the many posts on this thread before I replied, and I
didn't see a mention, so -- Buffalo is 15 minutes from Niagara Falls, if
you haven't seen that.  The city itself sits right on Lake Erie, which is
striking now, with all the lovely waterfront development.  And Lake Ontario
is also 1/2 hour from here.  A lovely drive is Niagara Falls, then along
the lakeshore to Lake Ontario and then on to Lockport to catch the locks on
the Erie Canal (there is also a lock right here in Buffalo, a 5-minute
drive or 15 minute bicycle ride from either downtown or my house.  Lots and
lots of other fascinating sights in Buffalo, including Forest Lawn
Cemetery, burial ground to at least 2 US Presidents, if I'm not mistaken,
the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural site, Delaware Park (designed by
Olmstead), the Albright Knox Art Gallery (judged to be one of the best
collections of contemporary art in the US, and also home to a decent
collection of Impressionist paintings), and several Frank Lloyd
Wright-designed homes.  We're also right on the Amtrak line between Albany
and Chicago, and 1.5 hour drive from Toronto.  I think we're definitely a
must-see.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:
>
> Friends,
>
> I know I have mentioned this before but I am still undecided about my
> projected 2015 trip.  I had thought about it being to the Southern USA in
> November but frost in Florida in November has put me off that idea so I
> wondered about the states bordering Canada in June.  The question then is
> what would I do?  I admit I am not a great one for museums and art
> galleries, particularly now I am on my own.  As somebody said to me the
> other day, you want somebody to talk with as you go round such places.  (A
> real expert might want to make a detailed study on their own but that is
> not me.)
>
> Somebody suggested Quebec and Montreal as being worth visiting, but I
> don't think I would want to spend a week in each.  Perhaps I could take a
> trip across to Halifax, skirting round Maine as I doubt the rental car
> agreement would let me "cut the corner" and my map doesn't show a main road
> across there anyway.
>
> Any concrete suggestions so I can make some bookings?
>
> Roger
>