Visiting family in Canada

Over Memorial Day weekend, I flew to Toronto, Canada to see family. My mom and brother Chris also came into town for the weekend along with my Uncle Jack, Aunt Linda, and cousin Nick from Chicago. It was like a mini-family reunion! I hadn't seen most of my family since our wedding, so it was great seeing everyone...and we had great Chinese food in the process!

Yum! My mom and I walked to Chinatown (about a 30 min. walk from my grandma's house)and enjoyed some congee and some noodle wrapped "you tiao" - a Chinese oil stick.


For dinner, we met up with my Uncle Jack, Aunt Linda and her sister's family, Nick, and my Aunt Cecilia. Yet again, yummy Chinese food!


Lychees are in season - we found some plump, juicy lychees from one of the markets in Chinatown along with some dragon fruits and star fruits. It makes me wish we had a big Chinatown here in Portland.


My Aunt Cecilia and Uncle Henry treated us to a little getaway to Niagara Falls. The family traveled down to Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and had a great Chinese (surprise, surprise!) dinner together.


This pic is a view of Horseshoe Falls from our hotel room! My Aunt Cecilia and Uncle Henry are platinum status at the casino, so they get comped rooms (like this) and free meals (like our dinner).


After dinner, we went for a walk by the falls. It was phenomenal how big the natural falls were in person. I had been to Niagara Falls when I was a lot younger, but I was on the Buffalo, NY side. The Canadian side is much prettier!


This is the view from our other hotel room of Bridal Veil Falls, which is on the Buffalo, NY side. If you really check out the pic, you can see the bridge that connects Canada to the US (and is also telling of how long the line is to cross the border when you see cars lined up along the bridge...).