Wednesday August 16, 2017 We had a good night’s sleep and best of all, we did not set an alarm so we take our time getting out of bed. The fridge is definitely not working right so we will call on that after 0900. Carol makes a nice breakfast of eggs, potatoes with onions, and […]
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Making Montreal
Tuesday August 15. 2017 We wake up and I go to work at mapping out our entry into Montreal. I also look at some alternate routes to sight see along the way. We also plan to stop in a suburb to do some food shopping as we have a studio apartment with a stove and […]
Lakes or Lacs
Monday August 14, 2017 We both slept well last night and are ready to begin our day. We sit down for our last breakfast prepared by Jacques and Diane. Diane is the chef and Jacques is the waiter. We begin with the fruit and yoghurt and the croissant. Our choice for today is egg and […]
Today, We’re Hunting Wabbits
Sunday August 13, 2017 We start our day like yesterday with a great breakfast. More fruit, more yogurt, another croissant with assorted jams, and then eggs benedict with more fresh fruit. Then we relax, sipping our cafĂ© and talking with Carmelo and Diane. We chat for well over an hour sharing stories of Italy, Sicily, […]
Fire and Thunder
Saturday August 12, 2017. Breakfast starts at 0800 and we are there promptly. Jacques explains that we start with fruit or yogurt or fruit with yogurt, then a croissant and there are like 12 different homemade jams and jellies plus homemade caramel on the table to put on the croissant. After that we have five […]
Quebec Bound
Friday August 11, 2017 We wake up early today as we want to get to Quebec City early enough to spend the afternoon there. It is a 3 and a half hour drive and a little further for us as we want to go see Montmorency Falls first which is just past the city. We […]
Beaubears Island
Thursday August 10, 2017 We are not in a big rush today and sleep in a little later than normal. This has us downstairs for breakfast at 0830. Today we are offered. eggs, bacon, blueberry muffins, and coffee. We start out with a granola and fruit parfait. We are being spoiled with the Bed and […]
Get Your Booze Here
Wednesday August 9, 2017 We wake up and the rain has gone. Our breakfast consists of muffin made by a local known as the muffin queen, toast, with different types of homemade jams, and herbed eggs in a croissant. Everything is excellent and we enjoy sharing stories with some of the other guests at our […]
The Fortress
Tuesday August 8, 2017 We are on the road by 0845 and drive to the Fortress of Louisbourg, our point of interest for today. What is the difference between a fortress and a fort? It looks like 4 letters to me. The real answer is a fortress has the civilian town inside the walls, a […]
Leaving Newfoundland
Monday August 7, 2017 We wake up after a pretty good night’s sleep. It would have been better except for the torrential downpour that we had last night. Carol got up to close the windows as some water was getting in the room. This woke me up and It took me a while to fall […]