Québec
Travel Adventures to Québec
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Barb and Baden’s Québec Winter Adventure
Around this time of year, many people that we know was planning trips down to sunny destinations. Places like Mexico and the Bahamas were being mentioned. Where were Barb and I planning on going? Well, let’s just say that when we arrived on Thursday it was 28 degrees colder than when we left Vancouver. Do we know something that everyone…
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Our Excellent Eastern Canada Pictures
It’s now been a week since we’ve been home from our Excellent Eastern Canada Adventure and as usual, normal life has long since taken over. The return home from this particular vacation was a lot easier because of the relatively short flying time from Montreal and also the similarly small number of hours difference in time zones. Under normal circumstances…
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Our Excellent Eastern Canada Adventure – Final
This weekend marks the final stretch of our Excellent Eastern Canada Adventure as today (day 16) is technically a long weekend for most everyone but of course a long weekend has little meaning when you are on vacation. We left Quebec City this morning and have moved on to the town of Knowlton which is located on the south tip…
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Our Excellent Eastern Canada Adventure – Part 5
When I last wrote we were about to leave Rimouski and continue to head east to our next destination of Montmagny (pronounced: mo-ma-nee). We had spent a few hours in Rimouski after dinner (which we happened to have that night at a Quebec dining institution called St. Hubert BBQ) walking along the boardwalk which runs along the St. Lawrence river.…
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Our Excellent Eastern Canada Adventure – Part 4
Skipping New Brunswick With the decision made to skip St. Andrews and removing several hundred kilometers from our trip, we headed north on highway 11 to ultimately cross the bridge into Quebec at the town of Cambellton, New Brunswick. On our way north through New Brunswick, we had made a detour through what is called the Acadian Peninsula onto Miscou…
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Barb and Baden’s Excellent Québec Adventure – Final
Golden Breakfast Since breakfast has been included with our package at the Manoir des Erables where we have been staying, we’ve had a chance to be treated to some really great meals to start out our days. Barb will tell you that one of my favourite breakfasts is French toast so it isn’t much of a surprise that I’ve had…
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Barb and Baden’s Excellent Québec Adventure – Part 6
Country Bound As today is Wednesday and the half way point of our Quebec Adventure, we’re going to be picking up our rental car and driving to the second phase of our trip going to the Quebec region of Chaudière-Appalaches. Chaudière-Appalaches is the region of Quebec just south of Quebec City and below the St. Lawrence river – stretching all…
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Barb and Baden’s Excellent Québec Adventure – Part 5
Putting the Winter Back Into Winter Carnival There’s got to be a better word for freezing because as we’ve discovered today, there are so many nuances to it. First, there’s the classic definition of just being really, really cold. But you have to factor in the other facets of freezing like the cold wind whipping through every crevice of your…
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Barb and Baden’s Excellent Québec Adventure – Part 4
A Bonhomme Good Time We arrived in Quebec City at about 9AM yesterday and flagged a taxi to deliver us to our hotel: the Hotel Sainte-Anne, right in the heart of Vieux Québec or old Quebec. I had booked our room at the Ste-Anne about 3-4 weeks ago and was one of the very first things that I accomplished when…
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Barb and Baden’s Excellent Québec Adventure – Part 3
Yes, our Excellent Mystery Adventure is now our Barb and Baden’s Excellent Quebec Adventure. Barb and I arrived in Quebec City early this morning after taking the late night flight out of Vancouver and connected through Montreal. Less of a Mystery than Planned Those of you who have been reading the previous two installments of our “Mystery Adventure” will know…