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Niagara Falls
The Niagara Falls are situated on the Niagara River in North America, divided between the twin cities of Niagara Falls in the province of Ontario, Canada, and Niagara Falls in the state of New York, in the United States of America.
Tchaikovsky arrived at the Hotel Kaltenbach on the American side of the border at 10 p.m. on 29 April/11 May 1891, and visited the waterfalls the following day, before returning to New York City. "I cannot describe the beauty of the waterfall...", he wrote in his diary, "because such a thing is difficult to express in words. The beauty and majesty of the spectacle is indeed remarkable. On the Canadian side I decided that I must not allow myself to be afraid, with the changing into very ugly clothes, the descent by lift under the waterfall, walking through a tunnel and, finally, standing under the very falls themselves, which was very interesting, if slightly awful" [1].
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- Diary entry for 30 April/12 May 1891 [back]