Exploring Montreal
May 22, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
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
May 22, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Steve found his favourite shop and a couple of furry critters
Our lovely bnb
May 22, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Petite Auberge Les Bons Matins in Montreal
Through lake country to Lac-Megantic
May 23, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
On the way through Ben shows us his Uni.
Traffic
May 23, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Cabin by the lake
May 23, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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 sinceRead more
Heading north again via country roads
May 24, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Hotel Acadia
May 24, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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
May 24, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Just beautiful.
Hard to remember we are not in Europe but just over the border from America
Restaurant aux Anciens Canadiens
May 24, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
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 usedRead more
Hop on hop off bus and boat cruise
May 25, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Best way to see a new city
Chute-Montmorency falls
May 26, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
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
May 26, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
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 gearingRead more
Along scenic routes to La Malbaie
May 27, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
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 hereRead more
Along the Fjord Road then the Whale Road
May 27, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
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 hostRead more
Over the mighty St Lawrence River
May 28, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
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 untilRead more
Our lovely rooms at Three Pistols
May 28, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
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 allRead more
Atelier Éco-Art
May 28, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
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?
May 29, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
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 everythingRead more
More of today
May 29, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
A nice find at Sainte-Luce
May 29, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Some lovely sculptures and a final resting place with the best outlook
We're staying with the Mckenzie's
May 29, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
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 anRead more
My non-alcoholic beer tour
May 29, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
They've all been really good too. Most of them are German brews
Nice little chats with 2 border controls
May 30, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
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 backRead more
Moving south to Fredericton
May 30, 2018 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 14 °C