Exploring Montreal
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Ben is enjoying seeing places without snow this time. Last time he was here it was covered in snow and freezing
Steve found his bear
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Steve found his favourite shop and a couple of furry critters
Our lovely bnb
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Petite Auberge Les Bons Matins in Montreal
Through lake country to Lac-Megantic
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On the way through Ben shows us his Uni.
Traffic
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Cabin by the lake
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Auberge et Chalets sure le Lac (Inn and Cottages on Lake)
Tea with Maude and her mum at the restaurant there. We met them 2 years ago on our family Alice Springs camping trip and kept in touch sinceWeiterlesen
Heading north again via country roads
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Hotel Acadia
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A lovely hotel in Old Quebec. Valet parking. Bath in "penthouse" room. Very narrow, steep stairs. 52 steps to ours Steve counted. 1800's. Old merchants house. Sloping, uneven floors
Old Quebec City
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Just beautiful.
Hard to remember we are not in Europe but just over the border from America
Restaurant aux Anciens Canadiens
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A very nice authentic Canadian cuisine. Escargot in a dinky little pot with holes for the snails. Bison, elk, deer very yummily done. Our waiter had worked in Australia for a year. Trying to get usedWeiterlesen
Hop on hop off bus and boat cruise
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Best way to see a new city
Chute-Montmorency falls
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Very impressive. We rode up in a cable car, walked over suspension bridge, then down the wet steps. 30 metres taller than Niagara but not as wide.
Petite Plaisance
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La Malbaie tonight.
A lovely old BNB. Nice people not able to speak much English. We manage. They recommend our restaurant tonight which is lovely down by the jetty.
As it turns out they're gearingWeiterlesen
Along scenic routes to La Malbaie
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Lots of sweet little villages with houses right on the road. Did a bit of a mountain rode to get into a meteorite crater. A lot of it is covered by the St Lawrence River but the mountain ranges hereWeiterlesen
Along the Fjord Road then the Whale Road
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Went inland today to skirt Saguenay Fjord and back. It's not a deep steep one but very long, more like a river really but not. Lots of lakes and waterways. Pretty walks.
We book into a BNB whose hostWeiterlesen
Over the mighty St Lawrence River
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We said an awkward farewell to our lovely French 🇫🇷 host after she gave us a nice breakfast of her homemade croissants.
We had a drizzly drive up to Forestville and back filling in time untilWeiterlesen
Our lovely rooms at Three Pistols
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Well actually the town is Trois-Pistoles but Ben calls it Three Pistols 😅
Again we book a lovely old BNB House. This lady speaks good English and is a super host.
For tea we go to a cafe as allWeiterlesen
Atelier Éco-Art
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I found a lovely little gallery on our drive to Forestville. They make their art out of pigmented sand and sea glass. Loved it
You speak the English?
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Along the Navigators Road into Gaspespie region then down the 132 to New Brunswick. Along rivers up and over plateaus. They speak English here!!
It's amazing. 100m over the river and everythingWeiterlesen
More of today
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A nice find at Sainte-Luce
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Some lovely sculptures and a final resting place with the best outlook
We're staying with the Mckenzie's
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Tonight's BNB is McKenzie House in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Beautifully decorated and memorabilia since 1910.
The 93 year old grandma here has been to Australia, loved it and now loves to shake anWeiterlesen
My non-alcoholic beer tour
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They've all been really good too. Most of them are German brews
Nice little chats with 2 border controls
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Woops, wrong turn. What a rigmarole just to turn a corner! Over the US border by mistake but not allowed back until gone through border control, then up the road to Canadian border control to get backWeiterlesen
Moving south to Fredericton
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