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