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By YvesCaro
September 1st 2008

Burlington

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En route vers burlington
Nous navigons sur le Lac Champlain vers Burlington. Un très beau plan d'eau, agréable pour la baignade, beaucoup de point d'encrage, en eau douce et propre.

Voici quelques photos de notre départ vers Burlington. La navigation sur la Lac champlain est vraiment agéable. Un grand plan d'eau douce ou il fait bon vivre, un vent chaud ou la baignade est à l'ordre du jour. Beaucoup de sîte de mouillage, dans des baies à l'abri et des tangons gratuit. On pourrait y passer plusieurs semaines. On comprend pourquoi tant de gens y navigue. [View Full Entry]

By Ashley and Paggi
August 31st 2008

Quebec City

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Customs

Quebec City was truly amazing. It is the only walled city in North America and was celebrating it's 400th anniversary this summer. Ninety-five percent of it's inhabitants speak French as their first language and it seemed as though half spoke English too. Getting around was challenging because all the signs were in French. We stayed in a great Youth Hostel and walked everywhere. Inside the walled city there were street performances and great restaurants. Everything was made of stone and lit up at night. People were eating outside at night and we felt like we were in Europe. The next day [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Moni
August 25th 2008

Québec City und einige andere Aktivitäten

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Das Haus von François's Familie in St.-Adèle
In diesem Haus hat die Familie Dorais etwa zwei Jahre gewohnt

Meine lieben Freunde, erst einmal möchte ich mich für all die Nachrichten und Kommentare zu meinem Blog bedanken. Ich freue mich immer sehr, wenn ich etwas schreibe und dann ein wenig Rückmeldung bekomme. Again, it's been a while since my last blog entry .... in den Tagen nach meinem langen Eintrag ist nicht so viel Nennenswertes passiert; François und ich sassen an unseren Hausarbeiten und haben immer mal wieder eine kleine Fahrradtour gemacht, um ein wenig Bewegung zu haben. Danach waren meine Tage jedoch restlos ausgefüllt, und dann waren wir im Zeitraum vom 18. bis 23. August in Québec [View Full Entry]

Der See in der Nähe vom Haus in St.-Adèle

Der See in der Nähe vom Haus in St.-Adèle II

Während unserer Fahrradtour von St.-Adèle zurück nach St.-Jérôme

By Clau4UK
August 22nd 2008

Plus que 27 jours

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Ottawa - la ville des visas
C'était cet hiver mais je dus y retourner au mois d'août pour le fameux visa de teaching assistant.

C'est au mois de janvier dernier que je pris connaissance d'une annonce, par le biais du Service de Placement de l'Université Laval, dans laquelle il était écrit que l'on recherchait des étudiants désirant devenir des French teaching assistants. D'abord intriguée, puis ensuite franchement intéressée, je décidai de faire le saut et de postuler. S'en suivit une longue liste de documents à rassembler et de personnes à rencontrer. Quelques semaines plus tard, au cours du mois de février, je fus convoquée à une entrevue avec, entre autres, le responsable des French teaching assistants au [View Full Entry]

By YvesCaro
August 15th 2008

Depart du Saguenay

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Les aurevoirs
L'anse à Benjamin, jour du départ

Bonjour, nous sommes partis du saguenay il y aura environ deux semaines dimanches prochain. Notre famille et nos amis sont venues nous dire au revoir à L'anse à Benjamin. Ce fut beaucoup apprécié de notre part. Nous sommes partis la larmes à l'oeil en sachant qu'on allait vers un autre chemin et que l'on devait laisser une part de nous ici. Nous emportons dans notre coeur nos parents, familles et amis. Nous avons décidés de faire ce blogue, pour que nos proches puisse nous suivre dans notre voyage et avoir l'impresion d'être un peu avec nous. Premier jour du départ, nous [View Full Entry]

Première sortie sur le fleuve St laurent

By chinacanuck
August 13th 2008

The St. Lawrence and Quebec City

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Riding along the shore of the St. Lawrence

I still love Quebec! Of all the places I have lived over the last forty years, including my twenty years in British Columbia, this province still stirs something deep inside more than any of the others. Something must get in your blood when you are born and raised here. I can't explain it is but I can feel it every time I return to visit. The history, the countryside, the people, the art and culture, the signature architecture and even the countless dairy farms that dot the landscape with their characteristic old barns and silos. Vancouver and Quebec City are not [View Full Entry]

By kirsterellie
July 31st 2008

Quebec part 1

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The bus ride from Halifax to Quebec City was the worst yet. The first leg was alright, I got a seat to myself so managed to stretch out and get about an hour of sleep. Score. From there it got worse though. There were kids on there with their electronic toys. I understand that they need to be entertained, but really, do the rest of us need to hear their DVDs and computer games? Eff off and let me sleep. I sat next to a shy, awkward girl for the most part of the journey. She was alright, at first I [View Full Entry]

By kirsterellie
July 30th 2008

Ronery.. I am so ronery..

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Ugh. Not having a good day today. I arrived very early this morning and the guy at the front desk was a bit of a dick, but eventually he was OK. Then this morning another receptionist was a dick too, apparently they're all rude to the English speakers. Effers. I didn't get much sleep so I think that's the reason for how I'm feeling. I'm on the verge of tears as I write this, ugh. I'm kinda sick of being alone. I mean I find people to have conversations with for a few hours or days and that's nice, but I'm [View Full Entry]

By Gaztravels
July 18th 2008

Quebec, such a beautiful place

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The site from above
This is the view from the top of the waterfall

Quebec is one of those cities that impresses you from the time you arrive, which is a big call after a journey that's taken 27 hours door to door. Although our arrival in Toronto on the way is equally imprinted in my mind, but that was only because the pilot tried to leave a Zorro mark on the runway as he landed. There's nothing like a left turn, right turn, left turn as you touchdown! But the landing in Quebec was much less spooky. Today was the first time that the rest of the crew got a look at the site [View Full Entry]

By Liz and Paul
July 5th 2008

The end of our time in Canada

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Niagara Falls
View from near horseshoe falls

Well after leaving Winnipeg and jumping on a plane we headed to Hamilton (Hamilton being about halfway between Toronto and Niagara). We picked up our car and then proceeded to head off to Niagara Falls by what I like to describe as the most scenic way possible. Niagara Falls in really tacky especially around Clinton Hill (Think Cavill Ave gone mental). After we got over out initial shock we walked around to the falls which are amazing! The next day we headed up to Niagara on the lake. Talk about complete opposites, it was a beautiful little picture postcard town surrounded [View Full Entry]

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