Niagara Falls vlog 🫶🏼 Exploring the American side and hiking in Watkins Glen State Park
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This vlog is about my first road trip in the USA! A few weeks ago, my university friends and I went to Upstate New York to see the fantastic Niagara Falls. On the way, we visited several charming towns, Syracuse city, and Watkins Glen State Park. Check out this video to see our adventure!
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Cider in the US is non-alcoholic. Hard Cider has alcohol. So you were safe.
I live in Syracuse and my family and I were literally at Niagara Falls on September 30th! It's great that you got to go on Maid of the Mists. Watkins Glen is one of my favorite state parks. New York has many more parks that you should visit. I recommend Letchworth State Park, which is somewhere in between Ithaca and Niagara Falls.
Thank uuu! Next time 😊
I came here to mention the same thing, Letchworth is worth a trip on its own. Thousand Islands, Lake George and Lake Placid are all great road trips as well.
From the Canadian side its spectacular! The rotating tower in the background of Niagara Falls, Ontario is the Skylon Toser. You get a panoramic 360 view of the city and the falls while you’re eating your dinner! Toronto is 2 hours away on the 427 Queens Highway but its an expensive city so a week’s stay there would cost $700 Canadian. Not worth the money! You’re better of touring it on YT and not have to worry about watching your budget! What a classic road trip. Happy my country is growing on you. Looking forward to your next video. Take care and remain blessed. 😊
700$ is not expensive at all for a week's stay anywhere! It's more like $250 a night Downtown T.O unfortunately.
I’ll visit Canada one day ✨
@@DariStep As a US permanent resident, it can be done with a driver licence. Under your current circumstances, you’d need a visa to travel there.
@@NormanF62 Not anymore. Adults need a passport unless they have an enhanced license. I don't think the international license would allow you to cross the border.
keep studying and having fun Dari!
Lovely video, glad that you are enjoying yourself.
It's great to see you and your friends Dari, having such a great time visiting upstate New York.
Another fantastic video, Dari! It's great to see your amazing drone shots again. 😊 Niagara is a great first road trip (it is cooler from the Canadian side), and it looks like you really made the most out of your weekend!
I do hope you get the chance to visit all 50 states, as they're all quite unique in their own ways. And I hope you get to see all the national parks too! They are all so different, from Hot Springs, which is inside a small town with a lot of history, to Yellowstone and all of its natural wonders. I just saw North Cascades recently as well and loved it.
Looking forward to more adventures from you! They are a bright spot each week. 😁
That’s the goal to visit all the states 🙌🏼
When you start exploring the rest of the USA, be sure to block off a lot of time to explore the South. Each state is different and it is a totally different experience from New York, although the scenery in New York is very similar to my home in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains.
Congrats on the first road trip. You look like a natural behind the wheel! I'm glad you enjoyed the falls (When I was there, our family spend all of our time on the Canadian side). Never had a boat ride, but it look enjoyably fun! Scenery in that State Park reminded me of somewhere else I visited that looked very similar, but it escapes my mind. Its so nice to see that everyone in your group is digging the small town America vibe. What a trip your having with your friends, I have never seen so many Russian women smiling! 😂😂. Sunday in America: Back in the day, it was traditional that there's not too much open on Sunday, except for Church, grocery stores, and Gas Stations. It's a day off! It's time to spend it with your family. As the towns turn into cities, you start to see less of those old traditions. With most small towns, your luck to see anything open past 8pm!
Yes, once you visited NYC, the huge builds, the vibes kind of make Syracuse quite and boring (And not in the sense that its boring, its just a different vibe--- Maybe it should be Plain and Simple versus crazy-wild)! Great video again! Keep up the Hard work! 👍👍👍👍
Thank youu 😃
Thank you for sharing the beautiful sights you experienced on your road trip. You are really doing great with your driving!
Thank you so much!
My first time at the falls I went to the Canadian side and had a mountie tell me I was parked in the wrong spot, as advice for next time I come. I was overwhelmed with the hospitality in the border towns as well. I slid off the road in the snow once and a crew of Canadians appeared out of nowhere and pulled my car out of the ditch in seconds then disappeared waving just as quick. Canada is SO CLEAN compared to the US in general. The Great White North is a fun place to visit. Hope you get there soon.
I want to visit Canada 😍
I assume you would only travel further during summer months, - but my daughter ~a former college ESL teacher~ has a rental: Casa Mirabella Guest House in Wooster Ohio (Central Ohio) .It is flawless and just opened! Six locking bedrooms available ~each with their own bath~ and common areas! English/Spanish, and in a pinch, German speakers.
You are near me now. I was going to go to Niagara Falls today, actually, but changed my mind and stayed home at the last minute because of the rain. I guess I should have gone.
Road trips are a tradition in the US culture due to our highway system. You will find countless places to visit. We have rest areas and petrol stations carry maps so people can explore with greater ease
Dari, I'd really recommend visiting the Catskills and Minnewaska state park. I'm from the UK but visited NYC & upstate NY recently, and they were two of the best places we went! Also, we hired a car from Budget Car Rental in New Haven for just over $250 for 7 days. It's about an hour train ride from Grand Central, so you can definitely get a better deal on car rental close to NYC.
Thanks for sharing!
Dari, this was a real good video, giving me impressions how you are spending free days, this is the right way to do that. I have seen the falls from the Canadian side, I was very surprised about my feelings, staying just few meters in front of the horse-shoe falls, with this special sound of thunder. Best regards from Germany
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Great video Dari. Can't wait for the next one. Take care!
Thanks! You too!
Loved the video, & Yes, it is true the Canadian side of Niagara Falls is more impressive, but at least you saw the American side of Niagara Falls, & had fun travelling around NewYork state with friends. You will forever have those great memories in your brain. Am enjoying your channel. Keep studying hard but take some time to have fun. 👍👍❗️
Will do :)
Wow, Dari! That’s absolutely cool. You’re inspiring me!
Thank uuu
You have a U.S driver’s license in such a short time that’s incredible achievement.
I’m using my Russian one for now :)
Dari has an international driver licence and if she ever becomes a permanent resident, she can get a driver licence in whatever state she might choose to live.
My aunt used to live in New York and was in the Metropolitan Opera. I loved visiting. I probably wouldn't want to live in such a big city, but I enjoyed living there for a short time and seeing everything-- the Met museum of art was so amazing I could have spent many more hours there. I lived there 3 weeks taking care of her cats. So fun to just do whatever I wanted. I visited upstate as well,saw Niagara (actually when I came down thru Canada my 1st trip when I was a kid... went in the top of the twin towers too....). Upstate NY reminds me a bit of my own state w small towns and farmland and woods. We don't have as big waterfalls but I did visit a pretty large and cool one this weekend. I hope you make it over to Wisconsin some time too!
I took my wife in July 4 this year and it was spectacular. I love Niagara Falls
Good to see how you adapted to the new surroundings and enjoyed what you did. I think as a big city girl you're also best placed in NYC. Many large universities like Penn State are out in the countryside with bears on your porch for visits 😉😍 Others, like Stanford are out of the way that doing anything involves always long car rides.
Yeah that’s the thing I don’t like the most in the states …
That was a great trip Dari. I've been to the Canadian side and sailed the Maid of the Mist from there. You are right that everyone should experience it!! Also loved that some of your friends have never seen a waterfall before. Glad they got to experience this with you. And great work on the driving, hope you kept your concentration on the road!
Thank you ☺️
The Canadian side is much wealthier than the American side, too.(I'm an American)
I have been to Niagara Falls and Watkins Glen just this past year and yes it is as you described. Please visit New Hampshire and Vermont The Flume Gorge and Quechee Gorge, and the Kacamangus Highway, plus the cog railway on Mt Washington. Bar Harbor, Cape Cod/Boston, Newport, and Long Island, Please also visit the Corning Glass Museum and Eastman Kodak Museum while in the Syracuse area. It is all such a great experience.
Alejandra 😍😍😍
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Nicely done video, Dari! I’ve only been to the Finger Lakes region once, but I really liked the pleasant scenery.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This looked like a good trip, I hope you visit the Statue of Liberty. I will buy you some coffee to try and help because these trips are great you must keep them up. Do you have any plans to go to the Halloween parade? One last thing, It would be easier to make donations if you had a PayPal account......Pat W
Thanks a lot Pat 🙏🏼
I’ll probably have an accounting exam on Halloween😭😭
Interesting that you point out that Syracuse and the small towns were not crowed. Generally the US is not crowded like EU cities (except for older cities on the Eastern seaboard like NYC, Boston). Young people go out Friday and Saturday nights to party. Sunday is either a family day, a church day, usually professional football on the TV, or many times a day people will go outside of the cities to parks, lazy day at the beach, etc. Every part of the country is a little different based on the weather and favorite activities of that area, In big football towns, the men area all usually watching Professional NFL Football on Sunday with their buddies from Noon to the evening. Drives their wives and girlfriends crazy! Syracuse is a beautiful city and area, University of Syracuse is a great school, but the winters are very snowy and so people get trapped at home or in their dorms and just drink a lot. I don't think you would enjoy these heavy drinking parties as you like most sophisticated big city activities. So you made a good choice. I think you would like Chicago too. It a cleaner, less expensive and more manageable major city (called the "Second City" with NYC being considered the number one city . Very sophisticated as well with great food and entertainment with beautiful beaches in the middle of the town. Dave in Boston
Interesting! I’ll definitely check out Chicago 😍
Been there... On Canadian side! Congrats!
Syracuse is a college town. All the kids are sleeping on Sunday because of partying on Friday & Saturday night. Once they wake up, they study and do all their homework 😂
Maybe if you let your subscribers know where you and your friends want to travel, they might offer a stay at their home, or an RV, or take you out to lunch/dinner. It would be a fun experience for everyone. Sending loving and peace-filled thoughts to all.
Good idea!
DO THIS TRIP THIS WEEKEND! Mohonk Preserve and Mountain House, New Paltz, NY. 70 miles north of NYC. It will probably be busy leaf weekend if it does not rain. You can either drive up to Mohonk Mountain House, pay your money, and explore the top of the mountain. Or you can park on Rt. 299 and hike up the mountain, about a 2.5 mile hike. Yesterday, the guy at the parking lot on 299 said it costs $15 per person to park and for a day pass. It is truely a unique place. Nothing else like it on the East Coast. ua-cam.com/video/xuXhNbwJhJw/v-deo.html There are more videos which you should watch. I earned my MFA degree at SUNY New Paltz many years ago, and lived in New Paltz three years after that. I live in the Hudson Valley.
im glad that u are seeing real america not only awful new york....
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Great video Dari! As an American that's watched your videos for some time now, it makes me happy to see you finally get to come here and experience our country for yourself, especially knowing how long it had been a dream of yours. Hope you find time between your studies to go on more road trips with your friends, and explore the US further. Plenty of cool cities/towns that I think would peak your interest.
That’s the plan 😃
Make sure you can get back for your next class. University comes first.@@DariStep
Been in USA all my life never been to Niagara Falls. You are a very lovely young lady with lots of personality and love to see your videos . Take good care !
Omg you should visit!
I have also lived in the USA all of my life, been to Niagara Falls several times but never been to NYC! It is fun to see these travels through fresh eyes
You visited my hometown of Ithaca and Apple Harvest weekend. Two kinds of "cider". Sweet non alcohol and hard cider or with alcohol. There were both there. You must have drove at least 800 miles.
Ahahah I think more 😅
That looks so fun and brings back fun memories of the time I went to Niagara falls a bunch of years ago! P.s. By the way, apple cider in the USA is normally non-alcoholic.
I'm going to a cosplay Halloween event in Montréal with my BFF in 2 weeks!!! 3 hour roadtrip, it's going to be so much fun ❤
Good luck!!
St.john's is an excellent school and you'd made wonderful friends there but Syracuse is a top school also and you can always transfer there go where your heart tells you you're only going to get this one chance
In my first trip through the US, on a Greyhound bus from NY to Oregon, after arriving from South Africa, I thought I would see the countryside. Yup. The entire country was covered in snow. Even Oregon. Crater Lake in Oregon is awesome. To travel by train through the country is beyond fantastic, albeit a bit spendy unless one books well in advance. Just not in Winter!
Dari! It’s so amazing to see you visiting the places in NY where I grew up.
What an amazing road trip. The falls are incredible but the places you went to during the trip are just as interesting.
Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm so happy for you to get to explore NY State; you were not far from me!!!!
Hi! Thanks to you and your friends for sharing your unique perspectives of the U.S. American Falls, Watkins Glen, Ithaca Commons, and Syracuse University are wonderful destinations; and you got to see leaves changing colors - a quintessential New England experience. This is only the beginning of your road experiences - there is SO much more to see - America by the road is a unique experience and I'm glad it is part of your journey!
Can’t wait to explore more of America!
Keep coming east,before all the color has fallen from the trees here in Maine!!!
I wanted to go there! But don’t have time to visit this state this year :((
@@DariStep We'll be here waiting Dari Dear,Ayuh 👋🤗
You've probably walked through the Marcellus Shale formation which contains much *"tight"* natural gas of the U.S.A.
This was another delightful video, Dari! It was nice to see you and your friends discovering America and having a good time. If you ever want to visit a town that is very busy on Sunday, visit Spring Valley New York, which is not that far from NYC. The older part of Spring Valley has a huge Hasidic Jew community, and our Sunday is their Monday. All the stores are open, school buses are running, and people wearing convervative clothing walk up and down the streets. Friendly people! There's a Holocaust Museum there (and Center for Tolerance and Education.) It's normally open Monday through Thursday, but you can visit on Sunday if you make an appointment ahead of time.
Thanks for the recommendation ✨
😊 addarondak County up in New Palze New York, Mowhonk MountainHouse. Definitely a New York must see. ❤
You should go north to New England and see Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine - you can also go along the coast of Rhode Island or Massachusetts or even out to the end of Long Island near you there in NYC - definitely go to Amish country in Lancaster , Pennsylvania
What a great video Dari! Glad you have good friends. I'll have to watch this again.
I grew up near by Syracuse and graduated from SU. I’m sorry the university didn’t have a chance to have u as a student. The city stinks though and has deteriorated as did the economy. It has its places though and Central NY is beautiful.
Wow, that is a great video. So happy to see you and your friends having a good time. 🙂
Next month is Thanksgiving, which is a huge holiday in the USA. People travel home to see family, with a traditional dinner with turkey. Keep in mind the airports might be packed for the weekend during Thanksgiving. It is the busiest travel time in the USA 🙂
Ithaca is the setting of several films from the 80s. Great choice for breakfast, local cafes like that have some of the best food.
A road trip with some friends is such fun thing for young people to do. This looks like fun. Good review and nice to see you’re having a good time.
We would welcome you with open arms in Canada. I really enjoy your blog.
Oh wow! There you are! Lol Glad you are having s great time. Ive heard the falls are very nice! Ive never seen them
It was nice to see Ithaca again, my short term home time for wonderful years at Cornell. You obviously took the long scenic route (versus flying) as NYC and Niagara Falls are 420 miles and 7 hours apart. Most people don't appreciate "the real New York" which is what we Update natives always term it.
Awesome. Glad you are getting away from the city.
I love seeing where I grew up in your videos. Thank you.
It looked like a wonderful Trip Dari... As you said it was not cheap but you have to do it once... Good to see you with a Smile.... Take care Sweet Lady.. :-))) xxxxx
Fantastic that you are going outside the city. There are so many sites and places to visit on your weekend trips. Enjoy!
Will do ☺️
Did someone say Halloween?
nice video Dari ,take care
Thank you! You too!
ohhh.. drone footage! nice
Dari, I'm glad you enjoyed your first road trip in USA and that you did well driving. As for Sundays, it really depends on what city you're in as for how lively it is. Long story short, a lot of the older industrial cities haven't had much going on in their downtowns on the weekends for decades. And a lot of cities have neighborhoods and suburbs away from downtown that are actually the popular places for younger adults to gather to hang out on the weekends and it is busy for brunch, day-drinking, watching American football at bars, farmers markets, etc.
Road Trip to Busch Gardens in Virginia would be Impressive.
I'm curious if your Russian drivers license was okay or whether you had to present a New York drivers license when you rented the car. At any rate, although the rains looked pretty serious, I'm glad to see your trip wasn't rained out...seems like you had a lot of fun. Love the way you capture interesting spots whether indoors or outdoors. And I like the debriefing with your friends at the end. Definitely look forward to seeing more road trips with you and the Dream Team. 👍
Actually my Russian license was fine, they even didn’t ask for the international one ☺️
, I enjoyed this video very much. I 've never been to Niagara Falls so that was interesting. Beautiful time of the year as it was the beginning of fall. Glad you enjoyed yourself with friends Dari.
Thank you very much!
I am so happy for you.
If you do ever make a road trip across the country to see other big sites like the Grand Canyon, be sure and add to that list the Columbia River Gorge that separates Oregon and Washington, world class wind surfing on the gorge at The Dalles, Oregon.
That's one hell of a lineup at the STATE THEATRE. Robert Cray AND Rubblebucket!! I forget they're from N.Y. I miss them out west on NCAL.
Hi Daria, I've just written a comment about the video you posted with your friend Natasha when you both spoke about Russia and what you would like to change.. I suspect you're not likely to be reading comments on old videos so I'm attaching my comments here in the hope that they may be of interest to you both. Best of luck with your life in the USA.
Hi guys, thanks a bunch, I found this video interesting and informative. I'm learning Russian and intend to travel across Russia in 2024. Hopefully, I will also make it to Japan. Unfortunately, something that really stood out for me in an otherwise excellent video was the ignorance both of you display about the conflict in Ukraine, a country I have visited twice in the past, prior Maidan coup and post Maidan coup. It was these visits which inspired me to begin learning Russian because I intended to return and travel widely in Ukraine, but that was in the days when Ukraine hadn't been turned into an abattoir and it's population so tragically used by the US, NATO, and the EU.
I sincerely hope that in the future, before painting your own country in such a negative light with respect to the SMO, you might consider doing a bit of research into the origins of the current conflict in Ukraine. A good place to begin is on May 5th 2014. Please google this article 'Ukrainian rightists burn alive 39 at Odessa union building' The people killed were ethnic Russians and their Ukrainian supporters, men women and children. The demonstration was peaceful until the people were violently attacked by Ukrainian Rightists / Nazis. From 2014 until the beginning of the SMO 14,OOO ethnic Russians were beaten, raped and murdered in the Donbas. I taught English to groups of refugees from that area when I lived in Warsaw, Poland. I also lived in one of those grey blocks of flats, I think the Poles call them Kaminista, in Krakow for three years and to be honest it wasn't so bad, except when I had to go down to the cellar for coal. :(
Have neither of you heard of the Minsk Agreement? Are neither of you aware of the fact that in 1991 a promise was made by the US that there would be no expansion of NATO into the former countries of the USSR? There is a record of this in the US government archives. Have you never looked on Odysee, Rumble, Rokfin, or other social media platforms at the videos of young, wounded, Russian soldiers being beaten, tormented and shot in the head by laughing Ukrainian Nazis? Are neither of you aware of the twenty plus Biological-Warfare Facilities that the US was operating in Ukraine prior to the SMO? Do you both really have no idea of the government-orchestrated sacking and looting of Christian Orthodox Churches that has been going on for over a year in the Ukraine?
I really like your travel programs guys, but sadly you both seem to be blinkered by your dislike of your own homeland and at the same time you're starry-eyed adolescents over-awed by 'The West'.
I'm British, I've backpacked in many countries all over the world and worked on animal-conservation programs in Namibia and South Africa. I served in the UK armed forces but my main career was in the Fire Service. I now live permanently in the UK and I can assure you both that most cities, towns, even villages here, are not the fluffy, warm, welcoming places Daria describes them as. I really do wish they were. Instead, they are mostly run-down, dirty, often violent, plagued with drug-dealers and to a large extent populated by people who are grossly-overweight and who survive their gloomy, hopeless lives only with the aid of fast-food, alcohol, and crap, mind-numbing TV programs. For many of these people, physical-exercise consists of going out in a car to buy cigarettes.
Yes, of course, I take your point about the densely-packed flats and horrible blocks. It was the same in Poland when I lived there but no government of any political persuasion or nationality can change such a huge issue as national accommodation overnight.
I'm pretty sure it will surprise you both to learn that millions of us here in the UK admire Russia for it's traditional family values, patriotism, religion and rich cultural heritage. These are all things that we have had stolen from us by our own treacherous Zionist-owned governments. It really is such a shame to see two intelligent young women with a huge audience of supporters displaying such ignorance while at the same time demeaning their own country with respect to it's fight for existence. Best of luck to you both, David
I'm from Niagara Falls NY. Lived in the UK been to Europe live in LA now, yeah the Canadian side is better.
You've seen the source of the *hydroelectric power* driving the U. S. A. to become *electrified* . Niagara Falls generated the electric power and New York consumed it.
The U.S.A. was enamored of electricity, having experienced using it with the telegraph of the American Civil War. "Connect to Moscow" but it stopped far short and ended up with the gigantic icebox, Alaska.
It occurs to me to wonder why I've never wanted to go to Niagara falls. Because I love waterfalls. Maybe it's just that it's sort of an old-fashioned place where people went for honeymoon. Of course my honeymoon was practically in Worcester and we went to the Auburn Mall. So obviously it was brief. And then we took another more honeymoon and we went to Montreal. I don't know if you can get a visa for Canada but Montreal was pretty cool even though most of what we saw was in the subway. Because it was February and above ground it was pretty cold. And then on the way home the car died in Vermont. And then we didn't leave from Vermont until like 2:00 in the morning or maybe 4:00 in the morning. And my husband was never happy when the car broke down. And I wasn't driving so he can't stay awake as long as my roommate who can Drive a very long way like 14 hours before he needs to go to sleep. And my husband he was seeing a fork in the road. Not the hypothetical fork. He saw an actual fork. And then he saw a man under a bridge. But there wasn't any man and there wasn't any bridge and there wasn't any fork either. But it was nice to go to Montreal again even if I don't think I ever saw any part of it above ground. Maybe the hotel room :-)
If my roommate were here and he had suggestions he would suggest going to the Delaware water Gap and I think that is the place where he went white water rafting with his friends. That's something I wouldn't do. But you would probably like it. And I think that's the place. I'm sure there are other places as well. I've just spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania... And a would always see signs for the Delaware water Gap. Also Amish country is interesting. I have only been to the park in Pennsylvania. Lancaster and around there.
When you said boat ride let's see how much it costs: I thought hmm let me guess. $28. Wow. I've never been to Niagara falls I've never wanted to go to Niagara falls. I have been to the Grand canyon but the part we stayed at for 2 hours was very gray and the Red rocks were on the other side. We had been up for like 14 hours we got up at 3:00 a.m. It's not that long a trip from where we were in Tucson it's only 8 hours but for some reason it took us 14. And I fell asleep in the car on the way back finally everyone else had already slept on the way up. But along the way to the Grand canyon from Tucson there are red rocks and it is just so gorgeous. And I like road trips anyway. I don't know why I've never wanted to go to the Grand canyon but back in the '60s we took a ferry boat I think it was across Lake Champlain and I discovered that I really like ferries. Also one night we stayed in a log cabin. That was really cool. Most of the time when we went anywhere and we really didn't go places, we went camping and stayed in tents. This may be why I don't remember having vacations as a kid. I hated camping so much. I didn't know it was a vacation. But that log cabin was really cool. I don't think it was very big. Maybe it was just four walls and a couple of beds. But nobody took any pictures. And then we also did the ferry boat and we went to Canada to see expo 67 except for it was 1968. I don't think it was any cheaper. We have a television with a remote control. It's a really really old before televisions had remote controls. But it's from 1956. As it turns out it's a 1955 model. Which makes total sense because it was probably on closeout, on sale because There was going to be a new model. And that is definitely the kind of thing my father would have done. He was very thrifty. When I grew up and I have my own apartment I liked to make sure that the things in my rooms matched. I was picky with the colors and all my plates were the same color and my sheets and I really liked decorating my apartment even if I had to make a duvet cover out of sheets because the quilt comforter bedspread whatever was way too expensive so I made a gigantic pillow case with a sheet of the same fabric and I put it over my quilt. And then I made pillowcases out of parts of the sheets. I should find out that I really can't sew a straight line and also I got a lot of pin scratches in my hands from trying to get it flat but at least when I got through with everything and my husband painted some of the things, our apartment was really pretty and all the colors matched. Because when I was a little kid our living room was brown and green and red and black and pink. And my roommate wants to get a new recliner because the old one is really falling apart and I told him he could but no leather and it had to be blue like the rest of the furniture. Because when my father moved down here, he actually bought a matching set of furniture. And we still have it. Except for that recliner which is breaking. And we still have that also. So mostly in the living room it is blue and white and in the dining room it is blue and peach.
Anyway little New England towns or Little New York towns don't really excite me but taking a road trip in the car with friends That sounds like a lot of fun :-) I wonder if you know why it is that Zack the Russian wasn't allowed to get a driver's license for a car until 180 days but you can drive in New York. Maybe it is a state thing. I remember we tried to rent a car when we were wanting to drive across the country but we had to be 25 years old and we weren't that age yet. But that had nothing to do with driver's license or being from another country. And we never did do it. It's something I still would like to do. Especially considering I have seen that the middle of the country is very flat and the roads look pretty empty on the highway and even though I'm not the world's best driver I could still do it. And since then I've actually driven in LA but I wouldn't want to do it these days. After a couple of times doing it and going through downtown on the highway I decided even though it was longer, it was easier for me to take the circular route around the city on the 405 and the 101. That way I didn't keep falling off the highway and having to get back on. Or having to change lanes a whole lot in order to avoid doing that. I did try a little bit of the way between Phoenix and Flagstaff. But when we got near the city we pulled over and I let somebody else drive. That was back in 1984.
The city streets may be empty in Syracuse on a Sunday but not in Boston. And by the way, The Boston public garden in spring when the trees are pink - so gorgeous! And it's a public park so it's free. Also there is a cemetery in Waltham or Newton somewhere between the two cities It's on Walnut Street that's all I remember probably Newton. It's totally gorgeous in the spring the pink trees all of the flowering bushes and two ponds full of ducks and geese with a stone bridge in between. My husband called them in advance to see if We could take our wedding pictures there and they said it was fine as long as we didn't take pictures of the graves. So apparently lots of people do that there, take wedding pictures
Very good video. Plan a long cross-country trip thoroughly. Know what you want to see and get your camping reservations at ReserveAmerica.
Great trip. Dari.
Driving the back roads is the only way to drive, especially to see the fall colors. Perhaps you & your friends could go back to the falls, this time walking under the falls. Actually, it's walking between the cliff and the waterfall. Maybe you have already seen this on youtube. Many christmas movies were made in small towns of western new york. Btw, that area has the best apples anywhere. There's a reason why cider donuts line is so long.
Should see Grand Canyon. It’s like being in a different planet‼️
Awesome! I loved this video :-)
Yay! Thank you!
You did parallel parking! That's really hard. I was so bad at it that I didn't do it very often. I was in Pasadena once and I was so excited because they got a Target and it had a parking lot so I would put the car there and then I would just walk through the places that were downtown and I didn't have to parallel park. There isn't any other place to park downtown in Pasadena. Pasadena is a really cool city and I love LA. Los Angeles not Louisiana. :-)
Hi Dari, that's the video I was looking for. I'll be visiting New York in February and I'm thinking of going to Niagara Falls but I've hear that they're closed during winter, do you know if is that true?
No idea tbh 🙌🏼
The park is open all year. Cave of the Winds is open in winter, but Maid of the Mist isn't.
Come on out here 😊 I'll take ya cliff n waterfall jumping on the river... or lake
Wish I could give you two likes on this one. I'm on the Canada in side. If you come this way some time, we can do a Niagara winery tour complete with a chauffer to drive us from winery to winery as we taste.
Dari, the Canadian side of Niagara Falls is much nicer than New York side!
I'm so glad you were able to get out of the city and check out some suburbs! You'll find for the price of the Rental car, you can actually fly to some other close cities to check them out. Like $99 flights. Also, yes everything is MUCH cheaper once you get out of the Center of Manhattan. New York is super cool, but just so terribly expensive compared to the suburbs. But this is great seeing you visit all these American Places! You're a very good and experienced Tour Guide :) (also, drive up to Vermont & Connecticut to see some fall leaves. OMG. Franconia Notch State Park, you take a ride up the mountain.
Ohh I do want to visit these places!
I always love getting to experience the US through your eyes - Thanks for sharing!
I know it's a bit (*a lot*) more out of the way but if you ever find yourself in the SouthWest you definitely have to visit the Grand Canyon! It's similar to Niagara in that photos/videos don't come close to what it's like to experience in person.
Also at 9:36 - The bigger cities tend to be 2x - 3x the price for things like that 😅Supply & Demand at work lol
Anyways thanks for sharing and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your Sunday! 😄
Grand Canyon is on my list!
Niagara is a very expensive attraction, but everyone who visits America goes there.
Wow, Dari! 😀I'm speechless beyond words. My first "foreign" trip ever was a family vacation to Niagara Falls (on the Canadian side) when I was 11 years old. Seeing you there and riding the "Maid of the Mist" brought back so many wonderful memories. I grew up and live in far northern New Jersey near New York State and actually recognized some of the very places and even streets you filmed on your way there. I have been following you since 2022 through your travels to Greece, Spain, Turkey, Dubai, Uzbekistan and more; seeing you now behind the wheel of a car, visiting all these places that are practically in my backyard, feels almost funny like a cartoon and not quite real. :) I first "found" you in early 2022 hoping to find a few Russians like you, Natasha, Slava, and Zack who represented the best side of human nature. I love the fact that you are all friends with each other, and have loved every minute of seeing Slava and now you give your take on the USA and American culture (good and bad). It makes me appreciate the good things we have and also allows me to laugh at some of the things you find unusual, different or just plain weird. 😃Btw, that was a really nice touch showing the Ukrainian flag at Syracuse University. Little things like that tell me where your heart is and that you're a good person.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙌🏼
Yes, please come to Canada, Dari. ❤️🇨🇦