Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Ontario, Canada -- July 2009


At my cousin Chris's house in Stoney Creek, ON. Left to right, back row: brother Kevin, cousin Stan, cousin Paul, and Gary. Left to right, second row: cousin Janet with her two sons; cousin Chris, sister-in-law Sara with her son Nathan, me, sister Luanne, and sister Carla. Sitting, front: Kevin's sons Mark and Brandon.


Tawse Winery in the Niagara region


The wine cellar at Tawse Winery. Wish ours was like this.


Laura giving us the tour at Tawse Winery


Gary, me, Luanne, Carla, Chris and her husband Stan in the wine cellar at Tawse Winery.



"The Great One's" (Wayne Gretsky's) winery


It rained so much on our second day that downtown Hamilton, where our hotel was, had flash floods.


View of downtown Toronto from Lake Ontario


The CN Tower in Toronto


The Steam Whistle Brewery in Toronto, located in an old train roundhouse


The bar at Steam Whistle. They make only one beer -- a pilsner. Pretty good.


Luanne (sister), Sara (sister-in-law), Carla (sister) and me at Steam Whistle.


The Canadian (Horseshoe) Falls in Niagara


The American Falls


Me and Gary at Niagara


View of Niagara River from the aero-car


View of Niagara Falls from the Blue Martini Lounge on top of the Niagara Hilton. Can you see the rainbow?


My cousins Chris and Stan's cottage in Stoney Creek, right off the lake.


My cousin's outdoor bar. Those are real grape-vines growing on the pergola.


The Canadians whupped the Americans' asses in this battle, and they're quite proud of themselves for it.


Carla and Gary at the Monument of the Battle of Stoney Creek


With the Ognibene cousins in Buffalo, New York