Conclusion

Just going to be writing my personal opinion! If I were to choose on which city is the best one that I went to, it would be…. *drum rolls*

Niagara Falls!

Why Niagara Falls? Because this place is just simply beautiful and astonishing. Not to mention we had a boat ride to feel the Falls’ ‘fragments’, which gives us an idea on how fast is the water rushing.

There are also other places of interest aside from the Falls, which is Clifton Street. This street is quite a good place – If only I can go inside the Guinness World Record museum to find out what’s inside…

Oh, and the place we had lunch! The place I mentioned where a restaurant is located on the top of the falls. We can see the Falls falling while eating delicious lunch. :9

Well, this is just my personal opinion – Others may disagree though.

That's the end of my trip in U.S! I hope you know more about places of interest in East Coast of U.S.A and part of Canada! :D

Extra: Woodbury Common Premium Outlets

Along the way from Boston to New York, there is a humongous factory outlet called Woodbury Factory Outlet. For those who love to shop, it’s recommended to visit there!

Map of Woodbury Premium Outlet

The descriptions

The descriptions - part 2

* sorry for the terrible image quality :( *

Shopping tip from the tour guide: It is also recommended to walk down through the outlet till the end first, then start to shop to the place nearest to where you park so that it won’t be too heavy.

[Inner voice: ...but where is the end of the outlet? Its not square like the factory outlets I used to visit...]

My personal favourite shops: GAP, G.H. Bass, Naturalizer, and Tommy Hilfiger :)

Enjoy shopping~!

Boston (?)

Before stopping to City of Boston, there is a city to stop by called Cambridge. This place is famous for two universities: Harvard University and MIT.

Harvard University

Harvard University's Main Gate 

Inside Harvard University's Area

This is the famous Harvard University. In my opinion, if it was not for John Harvard’s statue, I might just think of this place as a normal place because… I guess its because the students are having a holiday.

Statue of John Harvard

This statue is John Harvard’s statue. From what I got from the tour leader, he was the person that funded on building Harvard University, which was called Newtowne University before. Notice that his shoe was… Shining gold I might call it? It seems like it was the result of millions of people touching them.

MIT

MIT, the building close to a bridge that leads to Boston 

Next is MIT. Well, its huge. Too bad that I did not gain too much information about this place as again, the tour member’s had no enthusiasm to look around, not to mention that the research facilities was said to be a bit far as it is further away than the nearest intersection. There is a chance where a picture of the research facilities can be taken, but the bus’ windows were all wet and sadly, no picture of it.

[Inner voice: Come on! It’s MIT, people! Please, if anyone happens to be there, I really recommend on finding out more about MIT and their research facilities. It's a rare chance! (Unless if you live there)]

Sculpture of The Alchemist

*Clears throat* Anyway, forget my complaints. Across the building, there is an artwork or sculpture named The Alchemist that is made by stainless steel and white enamel pain, or so the sign says. It was mentioned by the tour leader that the artwork is made of numbers and signs, but I am not exactly sure if it includes all the signs used in calculations or not.

Due to the hard rain along the way to Boston, the tour ended right here as we arrived way later than expected. It was planned that the tour will see Freedom Trail and Quincy Market, but… yeah. So, that’s the end of the whole tour.

Oh wait, there is an extra. Its Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, a place for shoppers~ Will be posting an extra for this~

Montreal

Going through Montreal Bridge - Just a random shot : >

Going through the Montreal Bridge... And we are here! Welcome to Montreal! Well, this city is another city that is similar to France, as I mentioned before. Also, the places of interest here is also almost similar to Quebec, which is Old Montreal, Notre Dame and Place de Armes. I only passed by Court of Justice and I don’t think I need to say anything about China Town since… The name tells us everything.

Statue of Maisonneuve and City Hall at the back

Notre Dame in Montreal

Uhm… So, Place de Armes is a fountain in which there is a statue of Maisonneuve, the founder of Montreal. Behind Place de Armes is Old Montreal, which is the old City Hall of Montreal. Right across Place de Armes, there is Montreal’s Notre Dame, in which of course, Notre Dame is a church, just like the one in Ottawa and Quebec. Well, no longer there is not much to say – three of the places of interest are very nearby, not to mention that we can see China Town from here, in which is also close to Court of Justice and the new City Hall of Montreal.

The new City Hall

Here is the new City Hall of Montreal that is currently used. Again, nothing much to say about this place of interest as it is similar to the previous city.

Cour Municipale 

Because this place is using French as their main language, the name of the building is named as “Cour Municipale”, in which “Cour” means “court” and “Municipale” means justice. Hmm, a few new words are learnt! Too bad though, that we did not go down from the bus. :/

Random Tips: To be honest, in China Town, I bought and drank a bottle of green tea that is about to expire in one day! Side notes – It is made in Singapore, and in Singapore’s time… It’s expiry date. Be careful around there – Please check the dates before purchase!

Hmm, nothing else to say about Montreal then. Final stop: Boston :>

Quebec

Hngh..? Where am I? Am I in France? Wait, I’m in Quebec. Well, Quebec is a city that is really like French since many French people are here. Because of this, the tour guide mentioned that this, along with Montreal, is called ‘Mini Paris’.

Chateau Frontenac

First stop: Chateau Frontenac. This chateau is a hotel that is used as a fort before. This fort is the place where Churchill and Roosevelt got together and discussed strategies of winning the war.

Statue of Samuel de Champlain

Across the hotel is a statue of Samuel de Champlain, the person who found Quebec. There is a brief history of him under the statue. Hmm, this history used the letter ‘v’ instead of ‘u’…

Samuel de Champlain and close to it is Quebec's National Museum

Again, across the statue, there is Quebec’s national museum, in which the tour group did not enter as the tour guide figured we are not interested in such stuff. [Wrong!] All I can say about the national museum is that it has an underground, in which is the remnant of the fort that was used for war. (And also is that its under the wooden floor that we are stepping on.)

Notre Dame in Quebec

City Hall in Quebec, covered in trees

A close-up of the City Hall

The Notre Dame can be reached through the alleys around this… area? (That’s what I’d like to call it.) I did not enter this church because we just passed through. By the end of the road in which Notre Dame is situated, there is Quebec’s City Hall. Umm, nothing much to say about this place though.

The bridge

More walking, we went through a bridge that separates the area of the fort and the center of the town. (Not sure what it's called though) Close to that bridge, there is a statue of the face of Franklin D. Roosevelt by the fort side. By the side of the center of the town, there is a statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Last place to visit is the Parliament Building. Wait, no. I did not visit it – I saw it from a hill around the Citadel Bridge. This hill is a good place to take a picture, normal shot or panoramic view. It’s a good place to relax too, uphill or downhill, since there is an automatic fountain down the hill and a bench. It’s up to you to choose the view uphill or downhill.

Parliament Building sighted from the hill

The view of the down side of the hill

-- Extra! --

In some occasion, though I had no idea based on what occasion did they have this; Quebec has a parade on the historical people! It’s quite interesting to watch, but too bad I only had 15 minutes on this from… I’m not sure. What I’m sure of is that it must be long.

--- Extra no. 2! ---

In the back of Chateau Frontenac, there is a hill that has a cannon that is formerly used for war. This place, as I was informed, has a very good view of Quebec. However, I did not manage to go up there since there is no time and its very up high, so I had no picture how it looks like up there. If anyone goes there, you may try to do so.

[Sorry. I forgot to take a picture of it, so all I can do is to find other picture with a little sight of it.]

That’s it for Quebec! The next city I am visiting is four hours away, Montreal!