Ok we have been in Canada for a while now and I have been slack in not updating... QUEBEC CITY So we did the big drive up from Boston to Quebec city on Wednesday... Except we made it bigger by getting lost getting out of Boston! We drove up via Maine which was absolutely gorgeous! The road followed the river for the most part which was really lovely and made a long drive better. Just out of portsmouth in Maine we had a stop to visit the life size chocolate moose, Lenny. He is made of solid chocolate and had some [View Full Entry]

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Amazing Ice Hotel Visit [View Full Entry]

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I got to Quebec yesterday and it is AMAZING! I am still couchsurfing, but the girl I am staying with is like gonna be one of my friends here. She's really awesome and our age. There is also another couchsurfer staying here who just so happens to be in my program- so I've already made a friend in my program- he's not from OU, and I think he is a little better at french so we probably won't be in the same class, but I will see him alot I think- because the program is kinda small. I went to [View Full Entry]

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This may be another quick post here as we are enjoying a day off and a resupply in Glover, VT (home of the Bread and Puppet festivals) with Uncle Bob Townsend (Brett's Uncle). The day of rest in Plattsburgh went well and we actually missed some very nasty weather on the lake that sadly claimed the life of a young canoeist celebrating his 21st birthday. The following day we took the ferry across from Plattsburgh to Grand Island and started paddling north up to the top of North Hero Island. We stayed at the North Hero State Park (mosquito headquarters of [View Full Entry]

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19 juin Et voilà ! C’est ici que ce termine notre aventure. Ce rêve tant désiré depuis plusieurs années qui prend fin. Nos trois ingrédients ont été nécessaires pour réussir ce rêve : espérer, croire et oser. Et c’est avec fierté que nous le crierons haut et fort dans notre cœur. Mon amour nous l’avons fait! Ce voyage nous aura appris que la vie est tellement belle et qu’elle mérite d’être vécue à merveille. Ne t’en fait pas, Born Free, ce n’est que partie remise. Nous t’emmènerons un peu plus au sud dans quelques années afin de poursuivre ce rêve que [View Full Entry]

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26 May - It’s Steve’s first time in Montreal in the summer so he’s very excited. The weather changes quite a bit from being cloudy but warm to hot and sunny with high humidity some days Highlights: - Driving to Tillsonburg, Ontario to meet the cousins and uncle. - Museums and lunches with Valerie’s Dad and Jacqueline - Karaoke at the Dollar cinema with Rebecca, Isabel, MJ and Wendy - Family gathering at Isabel’s house in St Hubert - The Monster and Golliath rides at la Ronde fairground with MJ, Isabel, Rebecca, Alex and Rachael - The slide show at Valerie’s [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, We are in beautiful Quebec city but the weather is not so beautiful. Still we are getting out and about and enjoying what we can. We got here yesterday afternoon and did some wandering about. We were fortunate to get a B&B for the night - we got a cancellation! Anyways it is very eclectic shall we say. Paul took some pics so we'll post them later. Very nice though. Anyways, sorry it is so short but we are about to head out and enjoy some of the sights - and hopefully stay somewhat dry. All for now. LPS [View Full Entry]

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June 18 - Montréal We got in Montréal around 6h00 PM and went directly to the world famous Schwartz’s restaurant, which they are known for their famous Montreal smoked meat. Nigel was in heaven. It is definitely worth it to stop here, even though there are often line ups to get in. Afterwards, we headed towards Dominic’s place, one of Nigel’s friends. We were a little bit early, so we stopped at a look out point, which had a beautiful seen of whole city. After that, we met up with Dominic and head downtown. We went to a bar that had [View Full Entry]

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The drive to Québec was pretty boring. Along the way, we stopped for a poutine soup (tip: don’t ask for extra gravy and cheese in the province of Québec because they will give you lots!) at a restauraut at Trois Pistoles. Afterwards, our GPS took us to Levis, where we took a ferry that took us across the St-Laurence river straight to Québec city. It is funny because, it rained during the whole drive, but as soon as we got on the boat, it stopped raining. We were quite lucky for that part! The boat ride was really nice because we [View Full Entry]

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As hard as it was to leave the beautiful Forillon National Park, we packed our things and left for Gaspésie National Park. We drove along the coast and mountains of the Gaspé Peninsula. That was an incredible drive. There was alot of super high hlls, clffs with water falls coming out of them and the gorgeous St-Laurence beside us all the time. Once we got into the park, we tried to find the place where we were suppose to pay for the camping and the entrance fee, but there was no one there. We had to take a 7 km dirt [View Full Entry]

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