Are you looking for a new kind of tour company? TheMobTours.com is something that will educate and entertain you about the history of the Mob families and activities in and around the Niagara Falls area.

I was in Niagara Falls not too long ago, but since it wasn’t tourist season most everything was closed and wasn’t able to partake of this experience. I think this might be more of an activity for men since it’s the sort of thing we are into; I can’t help it, this stuff is really fascinating.

The tours are 90 minutes long and cost $20.

From their website:

If you think Luciano, Gotti, or Capone was the biggest mobster in America, you’re wrong. Stefano “The Undertaker” Magaddino was more powerful, had a bigger territory and was deadlier than all of them. Magaddino was unlike many mob bosses, yet born of the same mold. Smart, conniving, deceitful, rich, yet he took care of many people in the Niagara Falls area.

Painstakingly researched by author and historian Mike Rizzo, only on The Mob Tours^TM, a 90-minute guided bus tour in Niagara Falls, will you learn the truth about his life, his legacy, and the F.B.I.’s determined effort to take him out.

When I make it back to Niagara Falls, this will be something I will do. Here is their FAQ, well worth a look over for more info. http://www.themobtours.com/index.php/about-us.html

WHAT A WEEK!

This is not a trip for the faint of heart or anyone looking to chill out, eat regularly or turn in early. But for adventurous travelers looking for something different, this be the trip. 

 Arriving in Europe, we all were buzzed with excitement for the competition.  Not knowing where we would be going the next day also kept our adrenalin high. 

The challenges were….challenging, the locations interesting (Brugge was a highlight for us ) and our fearless leader Steve was friendly, helpful, always available and always unruffled in the face of his own challenges.  But our favorite part of the trip were our fellow Competitourers. It’s interesting what happens when you travel for a week with a bunch of people who start out as strangers. Verrrrrry interesting – and very rewarding as wonderful new friendships form.

Would we recommend Competitours? Already have.  

Well, the first annual Competitours round is over with and scores have been released. Following along for the one week adventure made me really excited to try something like this, I hope I get my chance!

The first round there was a lot of learning and changing to the game. All for the better of course. Competiters don’t have to worry about uploading media themselves from now on. All they have to do is hand it off on a flash drive or something to a Competitours official and that’s its.

If we get the opportunity to compete, we will definitly be uploading video of our own, and hopefully much more frequent that what was uploaded this time around. Video coverage of these events is really awesome to watch from places around Europe.

We’re still recovering from the trip. As David from Team Goldtroni, said, it’s not a vacation, it’s a trip.

I posted a day 4 video and post on Gadling. I doubt if my wife and I had found ourselves in Brussels on a vacation we would have ventured into the town of Gent, but that’s one of the things that makes Competitours so exciting. You never know where you’ll be going next.

And Gent was well worth the visit!

Here are a few scenes of some of the competitourists on Thursday:

Friday’s post is coming soon. We should have some final scores for both the Monday to Wednesday and the Thursday and Friday competition by then.

A special thanks to Flyertalk for sponsoring some of the nicest people around to participate in this competition. We really enjoyed them all!

Kent and Linda