as far north as we'll go - Quebec City!

We’ve been the furthest up north that we’re going to go… and yet no still snow! I think that’s a good thing but first let me start from the right place – the beginning. It was all sad goodbyes right before we left the Charlebois place. Then it was in the R.V and up the road to Canada. Have I ever told you how boring it is to have to travel all day? Well if I haven’t - keep reading. And if I have - still keep reading. It is so boring I’m not going to bother writing about it because you’ll fall asleep on your computer, and we don’t want that do we? There were only 4 interesting things that happened:
1)The crossing to Canada (not a bridge this time, just customs)
2) The stop for dinner at Sherbrook . We stopped by a river and had mashed potatoes, carrots, and sausages - yum
3) The French lesson dad gave us. We learnt things like :(a) bonjour, (b)bonsoir, (c)au revoir, (d)merci,(e) s’il vous plait,(f) je m’apelle Amy, and my favorite (g)parler vous anglais? Can you guess what they mean? The answers will be at the end.
4) The sleep.

I woke up wondering where on earth I was, because the last thing I remembered we were driving… it was 27F or -2C outside. We headed into Quebec City, luckily it was Sunday so hardly any traffic and plenty of carparks. All bundled up in our warmest cloths we headed up to the café for a hot chocolate. It was so rich and had whipped cream and chocolate on top - yum. Then we went back to the information centre were they suggested a walking tour. The walking tour was boring (for the kids at least) and I couldn’t concentrate. But there was one building in particular that I liked and that was a church that had been burnt down and rebuilt several times. We also saw the FIRST road and it was really small. My favourite part was when we went over the top of an old castle that had burnt down. The tour ended where a dude was setting up to be an angel because that’s how he earns money. We had a look around and had lunch by the docks. After that we went to see the cathedral in town, and even though we were told it was small compared to other ones, to us it was huge!!! There were candles every where and a huge organ set behind the chairs, on an upper level. After it was time to go we headed home but took a detour on the way…

The Citadelle where we walked all the way around but we were all getting tired by then and Deanna looked tiredest… but things aren’t always the way that they seem and we found out that later… Deanna was lagging behind but once we spotted the RV and she got the keys her speed hastened and she got there first. And that was when she brightened up while I could barely get up for dinner.

Answers : (a)hi, hello, good day etc. (b)good evening. (c)goodbye. (dthank you. (e)please. (f)my name is Amy. (g)can you speak English.

til next time... from Amy


OK, we need a PS from Dad… The old part of Quebec might be boring if you’re a kid but it’s amazing if you’re an adult! The walking tour talked about the original attempts to settle the area by the French in the early 17th century & the various attempts by the Poms to take it from them. And there were also military goings on involving the americans as well - all in all, loads of cannons, fortifications and ruins. This is the only walled city in North America north of Mexico! The lower city is so quaint and cool with lots of art galleries on the narrow cobbled streets, also heaps of really high quality murals ont the sides of some buildings. A large portion of the city was ruined by fighting on several occasions - check out the mystery cannonball at the bottom of the tree - no-one knows how it got there.