After a meeting yesterday, headed down to the beach for a little amble before heading out to meet up with one of my sons after school. Vanier Park and environs is a lovely place to kill some time on a sunny day.
During August we traveled from Ottawa east to the Gaspe peninsula, spending most of our time in vieux Quebec and circumnavigating Gaspe followed by a mad dash home through New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, spending less than twenty-four hours in the three states.
As a young man I always loved travelling in Quebec, meeting the people and torturing their ears with my high school French. As an older dad now I'm so happy we spent our holiday in Quebec. My french is rusty to be sure, but I did try - not always successfully - to avoid folding when attempting to speak the language. Our bilingual kids had little problem keeping up and seemed to delight in having an edge over their parents.
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| Parliament Hill light show at night - From Travel |
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| Old and new in Montreal - From Travel |
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| At the "cabane a sucre" - From Travel |
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| Old Quebec, a funky plaza just outside our hotel - From Travel |
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| Everywhere you turn, a cannon, dans la vieux Quebec - From Travel |
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| Beautiful stone buildings at every turn, and not just in Quebec city - From Travel |
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| Rabbit, eat them up, yum! From Travel |
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| Cap des Rosiers, eastern Gaspe - From Travel |
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| Forillion National Park - From Travel |
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| Forillon National Park - From Travel |
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| Perce cemetery, perched on a knoll - From Travel |
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| Perce Rock sur la droit - From Travel |
We loved Quebec, loved the scenery, the weather, the food, and of course the people. Notre plus jeune fils sera de retour au printemps avec sa classe, et je suis jaloux!
It looks as if summer may have finally broken out here. Yay.
Captured here; Fujifilm X100, a little clean up in Lightroom.
