Sep 16, 2019 - Quebec City

We left muggy and humid Florida on Air Canada, landing first in Montreal. The airport is huge! We walked over a mile to get through customs and to the gate for Quebec City. Every sign is in French and English and everyone is bilingual. Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas is very nice and our cabin is great with lots of storage but, alas only 2 plugs, 2 glasses and no robes. However our cabin stewards, Sahil and Marix, took care of those problems. At the Duck and the Dog bar (which turned out to be our favorite watering hole on the...

Aug 7, 2019 - Quebec City

Aug. 7, 2019 - Drove from Bainville, Ont. to Quebec City. Got to KOA in Quebec, City around 4:00. Had a good driving day, but I messed up at the end and we went closer to downtown Quebec City in rush hour traffic, than we needed to. Good thing Alvin is easy going and doesn't get rattled easily. The traffic got a little crazy and it could have been avoided. I better smarten up or he may look for a new navigator!! Met a couple staying in the rv park from Timothy Lake. Started raining when we went to bed. Aug. 8, 2019 - Was raining fairly...

Jul 7, 2019 - Départ

Justin enchanté de voir le coucher du soleil par le hublot. Courte nuit. La classe club pas beaucoup mieux qu’Économie... Justin fait un bout par terre et daddy aussi !! Ça prend une éternité pour les ascenseurs et la location d’auto à l’aéroport. Au secours pour le siège d’auto mais on y arrive.

Jun 24, 2019 - Tour of Quebec City

June 24, Monday Wow!  What an awesome day.  The weather was sunny and warm (probably about 75, but felt warm when in the sun), with a slight breeze.  We took a shuttle (nice air conditioner double decker bus) from the campground to catch the Hop on Hop Off  bus in Quebec City. It stopped a few places along the way to pick up other people. The narrated hop on hop off bus tour was fabulous.  There were 14 stops and it took about 2 hours. The architecture is so beautiful. It was a mix of old and new, with some beautiful old buildings.  We...

Jun 23, 2019 - Edmondson, NB to Quebec City, Quebec

Sunday, June 23 We awoke to a bright, sunny day, about 50 degrees.  We gained back the hour we had lost, so left about 7:30 am Quebec time as we only had to drive a little over 4 hours today. We are spending 2 nights in Quebec City, and touring the city tomorrow.  The views were beautiful. From the top of a hill, we could see the huge, gorgeous Grand Lac Squatec. We filled up in New Brunswick at 1.16 per liter and the next gas in Quebec was 1.25. Winds were moderate today, not nearly as bad as yesterday, and sometimes there was no wind....

Jun 7, 2019 - Hic, hic

On the road again! A rather early start today - especially after the more relaxed ones of the last few days - with all of us on the bus and away by just after 8am. There were quite a few weary, bleary eyed people as our dinner the previous night, while delicious, ran rather late with us not getting back to the hotel until about 10.30. However, in true trooper style, we soldiered on. :) Under ever increasing clear blue skies, we headed back towards Montreal and then finally to our overnight destination- Ottawa, the capital city of Canada....

Jun 6, 2019 - Olde worlde charm

The wonderfulness continued today. Under beautiful blue skies and with deliciously warm weather, we explored Quebec at our leisure. I started off, before breakfast, by walking the whole 5 minutes to the parliament building. I wanted to have a look at it and capture some photos - not only of the imposing building but also the stunning displays of tulips - before the crowds turned up and got in my way. As it was only 7.30 am, I was pretty much alone and able to get my happy snaps. After breakfast, Cheryl and I walked down into the old city....

Jun 5, 2019 - With all these hills, I might just come back as a mountain goat!

After not getting to bed until about 11.30 last night, following the wonderful Cirque du Soleil, I appreciated having another later start to the day. While Cheryl was up early, I stayed in bed and relaxed. We don’t get too many of these types of mornings so I wasn’t going to waste this one. By 9.45, we were all on the bus, following the picturesque St Lawrence River and heading towards Quebec. The sun was again with us and all was right with the world. As we drove along the countryside was lush and green; the St Lawrence River looked...

Jun 4, 2019 - Ooh-la-la

The day started in the usual way but just a bit later. Awake at 7, showered, dressed and at breakfast by 7.45. The Montreal Grand Prix is on here this coming weekend and, at least two teams, Haas and Williams, are staying here and were at breakfast. The city is awash with black and white checked flags and memorabilia. Only just up the street from here, lots of cars will be on display. The group met up at 9.45, hopped on the bus and left on a guided tour of the city. For this, we had a local guide, Celine (not Dion). She was very funny and...

Jun 3, 2019 - Bonsoir - that’s a little bit of French, you know!

A long drive today from Boston to Montreal with break stops at Franconia Notch, New Hampshire and Newport, Vermont. I have to say that our new tour director (TD), Peggy, seems to really be on the ball. (A pleasant change from the last one who, while nice, was rather disorganised). We had only been on the bus for a short while and lunch menus were passed around for us to make our selections so that she could pre-order for us. As Peggy explained, with 50 of us (48 passengers, our driver - Malik and her) all needing lunch, we would be at the...

May 31, 2019 - Quebec City to Montreal

Today is our last day and we are meeting this morning at Chez Paillard Cafe on St-Jean Street for Coffee and Croissants at 7:30am. Some are flying out but we are taking the train back to Montreal. Our train doesn’t leave til 3:00pm so we have a lot of time to finish packing and do some shopping. Checking out of our hotel at noon we head to have pizza at Mille et un Pizza which is located across from the train station. The pizza there was delicious! We are on #39 train to Montreal Dorval Station and just before we get to Montreal they...

May 30, 2019 - Quebec City

Our excursion today is by motor coach to Orleans Island and was led by local expert Judith. Orleans Island is situated in the middle of the St Lawrence River, has a population of 7,000 with farming such as grapes, root vegetables, apples and pare trees the main source of income . Arriving at the village of Sainte-Petronille we took a 45 minute walk down one of the streets with Judith telling us about the area. We then boarded the bus again and our next stop was Chocolaterie de.l’ile d’Orleans where we stopped for a snack. I had a vanilla...