Blogs from Québec City, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 13

Part II - This is a photo recap of my 4 months in Quebec City during the fall of 2011. I was here doing an academic exchange at Université Laval for my last semester of law school.... read more

Day 48 Kayla and I left Grand Falls for Saint Anne. We had a really fun Medal Bearer meeting testing out the "French Version" of our briefing. All of our MB's were bilingual so they were very patient and helpful. After this we carried on to Edmunston. This is at the border of NB and QC. The weather was still fantastic! That evening we had another team Thanksgiving dinner at the hotel. Good friends, good food and good wine! Day 49 Kayla and I started our MB meeting at a public school. Hank is driving pace all week. Again we had 15 MB's who were bilingual. After this we headed for Cabano, QC. Ahh...la Belle Province! Our next meeting had MB's that did not speak any English or very little. Kayla is doing very well and ... read more

Gali came to visit me in Quebec City during my second week. It was a great way to start the semester since we were able to explore the city together and do some of the touristy stuff. She arrived mid-day and we quickly headed out towards Parc national Jacques-Cartier for a picnic and afternoon hike. After driving for just over an hour, we entered the provincial park and found a nice spot (around marker KM 12) for a picnic lunch. We took our time under the sun surrounded by the green scenery and rolling river. After the picnic we drove out to KM 16 where the trail "Les Loups" starts. On the way, we saw some cars pulled over and curious to see what the fuss was all about, we pulled over too and there was ... read more

On Sunday morning we made our way to Quebec City. Greyhound buses don't go north of Montreal and the train was quite expensive at $50 dollars each so luckily Marie told us about something called Amigo Express which is a lift sharing website, and basically people doing long drivers sell the spaces in their car. She helped us use it (entire website was in French) and we booked a ride to Quebec City with a friendly guy called Mathieu for only $15 each. Mathieu dropped us off and then we got a bus (after much struggling to find which bus, as the only other person at the bus stop responded Non! to our Parlez-vous Anglais?) into downtown to find our hostel. Quebec City is full of steep hills and after walking up about 4 different ones ... read more

Columbus (Ohio) --- Pennsylvanie --- New-York --- Ontario ---Québec (Maison) ========== 1510 km (Cumulatif = 16157) ========== Température: 30 degrés puis pluie intense pour les 300 derniers kilomètres ========== Résumé : ========== - Nous nous levons tôt (04 :45) pour tenter de parcourir le restant du trajet jusqu’à la maison; ========== - À l’exception d’environ 50 minutes sur l’heure du diner où la pluie tombe, la randonnée est belle et agréable jusqu’à Montréal; ========== - Entre Montréal et Québec, le ciel nous tombe sur la tête avec cette pluie intense et cette noirceur qui rend la conduite difficile; ========== - Nous rentrons finalement à la maison pour rejoindre nos douces moitiés; ========== - La distance parcourue en ce jour est de 1510 kilomètres. Un record personnel autant pour Alain que pour Michel. Il faut comprendre que ... read more