Blogs from Quebec, Canada, North America - page 159

Our darling little baby girl Megna was born on June 14th 2005. We were very happy parents enjoying her sweet little face, chubby little fingers and cuddly little body. But we somehow felt that we needed a break from parenthood; not that we spent sleepless nights each day. We just felt that we needed some time to ourselves, like a mini honeymoon. So we planned a trip to Quebec City during the Labor Day weekend in September. We got a really good deal at the Hilton and the hotel was located in an excellent spot, within walking distance to old town as well as new town. The Hotel was right adjacent to the Parliament building of Quebec. We had driven in our Nissan Quest watching movies throughout the 7 hour car ride. But once we got ... read more

Bonjour!!! Our week in Montreal has been great.... Just out of camp where days and nights off are limited and it's difficult to coordinate to have these days with your friends, we're now altogether in this beautiful city. Eight of us left New Hampshire on Sunday (28/8), four of the girls, Jenny, Katie B., Katie D. and me in Jenny's car, and the 4 boys; Andy, Ali, Irek (only came up for the first night!) and Mark by bus. Lee and Jess M. came in another car on Tuesday as did Rowan, Remy and Doughty in Doughty's car. Then Jess B. joined us on Thursday and there is Emma who studies in Montreal so in total we had 15 staff members there at some point during the week!!! It was hectic and noisy, which was much ... read more

La Gaspésie est magnifique --- En construction --- Après Cap Chat, la route borde la mer d'un côté, et le bas des falaises escarpées de l'autre. La voiture sillonne à un maximum de 90 km/h au milieu d’un paysage grandiose, ou à chaque côte on prépare l’appareil photo en pensant au magnifique point de vu que nous aurons lors de la descente. S’en est étourdissant tellement les paysages sont d’une beauté sauvage et grandiose. Les villages que l’on traverse sont souvent bâtis au fond d’une anse ou d’une petite baie, Ruisseau Castor, Ruisseau à Rebours, Mont Saint Pierre : Ici c’est le vol libre qui prend possession des airs. Le village bordé de chaque côté par les montagnes aux falaises abruptes, abrite une colonie multicolore de Fous non pas de Bassant mais de Parapente… Un spot ... read more

"Welcome to Quebec, the Nation's Capital" read the sign from the bus. Well this was news to us; here we were thinking Ottawa was the nation's capital. It turns out that the Quebecoise don't like being a part of Canada much. You can kind of understand the logic behind this though. Journeying through the province of Quebec would be the equivalent to stepping onto a plane and travelling to France, but much cheaper. Montreal and Quebec are amazing cities, so if they choose to cross out the 'Canada' on 'Canada Post', let them we say. Montreal The downtown area is split into two halves: 'Ye Olde Towne' and 'Ye Neked Dancing Girly Towne'. Both had their merits we suppose, but the Olde Towne offered us a bit more. Dave learnt the hard way that rollerblading should ... read more

August 14 Montreal We have the car until this evening so decide to explore some of Montreal. Drive through town to Isle ...... to the Olympic basin and the Gilles Viilleneuve Grand Prix circuit. For a modest fee of 10 dollars you can drive round the circuit. Despite the speed limit of 30 kph it's still exciting. We provide the sound effects of squealing round corners ourselves. Stop at the basin and park the car. From there you can walk up the starting straight and through the pit lane. Boys not as impressed as I am. Back in the car and we do some more of the circuit. It's not very wide and some of the barriers look as if they have seen better days. Stop again and walk to the large framework sphere that was ... read more

Hey all, So we are trekkin around at the moment. We crossed Canada, at least 5000k's in 2 and a half days. Fun huh? All this on a Greyhound bus.......... So Canada is a lot like Australia, lots and lots of flat, flat, flat farmland. The biggest difference is the colour. It is all so green out here, green, water and swamp. On the bus we went past a Bison reserve and I saw a herd of wild bison, Bec was asleep. We stayed at a really hippie hostel last night. Groovy man (but how do you say that in French?) We are in Quebec at the moment. All the roads signs and tourist info and everything is in French. In the rest of Canada everything is bilingual - but not in Quebec, only french here. ... read more