Blogs from Québec City, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 12

Sometimes when things don’t go exactly according to plan it actually works out for the best. We had planned to leave during the week, but didn’t get away until late on Friday. That meant we passed through both Toronto and Montreal on the weekend. Traffic was heavy and there was assorted construction, but it was better than during the week. We arrived Sunday night and are camped in St Vallier at Camping le Domaine Champetre. We are southeast of Quebec City. This is a campground that gives Escapees a discount, which is always welcomed. We were able to stay here for $20.12 per night but it had to be paid in cash. There is less of a discount on the weekends, so again our delayed departure from home worked to our advantage. George is doing much ... read more

Lévis, 1er juillet Le départ est prévu pour mardi et nous trépignons d'impatience... Ce périple dans l'ouest canadien sera aussi une sorte de retour aux sources pour moi, ayant travaillé un été à Jasper en 1981 et visité Vancouver en 1990. Depuis Calgary où nous atterirons, nous explorerons les rocheuses (Banff et Jasper, entre autres), la vallée du Fraser, l'île de Vancouver, Victoria et Vancouver, le nord-ouest de l'État de Washington, Seattle, la vallée de l'Okanagan et les badlands albertains. Bel été en vue... Tourlou!... read more

With an 8 AM assembly time on the pier for our first tour of this cruise, we had little choice but to grab a quick breakfast in the Lido… A mozzarella omelet for me with a glass of HAL’s fresh squeezed orange juice, and pancakes for Sharon with country potatoes and of course her chocolate croissant (which one of the waiters went to the other section of the line to get for her). Surprisingly there was not a crowd at the Lido as we expected so we were done and off the ship in plenty of time. We grabbed one of HAL’s hand bags and camera, bought a Coke and large bottle of water, and were directed to bus number three. Evidently there were two busses covering our tour today, as some who had boarded our ... read more

OK, so finally traveled to Quebec city. Good Friday I left Montréal early morning with a friend and his acquintances by car. First we drove north to a place called Mirabel. Here a large cargo airport which also serves as a place of assembly for the canadian Bombardier planes sits largely untouched, be it for the cargo planes. This airport, build for the 1976 Olympic games was intended to be the worlds largest airport in terms of surface area but never gained the popularity it had hoped due to its distance from Montréal. (55 km from downtown) The old Dorval airport was therefore rebuild into the current Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, gaining the name of the then Canadian Prime Minister who was responsible for the initial Mirabel airport project. Near the airport we stopped at ... read more

A long weekend in Quebec City was like stepping back into France.... read more