From Toronto to Niagara Falls it's a drive of about 1.5 hours and from there to Buffalo in the State of New York it is another 30 to 45 minutes. Seeing such proximity it is surprising that in over 50 years of my life in Toronto I had never visited this City until day before yesterday.
Buffalo is situated on the eastern end of Lake Erie and as the second largest City in the State of New York, it houses just short of 260,000 inhabitants. It is famous for its interesting architecture and its well developed waterfront, where sail- and motor boats of all possible sizes abound. The park areas invite you to relax and sit in the sun. Another claim to fame are the "Buffalo Chicken Wings".
Although Buffalo is not one of the most economically thriving cities it is absolutely clean and in all the time we walked about throughout the downtown area and then down to the waterfront, we saw one single solitary beggar.sitting on a park bench. He wore a striped T-shirt, short khaki pants and on his lap he supported a sign, saying:
" I am broke! Can you help me ?"
Buffalo has a large Afro-American population. The friendliness of the people we encountered, without exception, was real and cordial.
Although we were only there from about 10 AM to approximately 4 PM I can state unequivocally that Buffalo has more to offer than the Buffalo Sabers and the Buffalo Bills.
Bertstravels
was impressed.
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