A la Bonne Heure
Travel Blogs from Montreal
What I Carried
... ninety-four pounds of home to bring with me. Thanks to my parents and the good people at Magic-Seel Vaccum Bags INC. I managed to keep it to just under eighty-six pounds and fit everything into three bags...celebrate the little victories. The most important things I take with me, though, weren't stuffed into bags. The memories that my friends and family have given me strengthen me and embolden me to attempt adventures like the one ...
Quebec before Spring arrives
... it. About 4 PM, we have had enough tourism, and head across to the motorway and make good time to Quebec City and our accommodation, Auberge le Vincent, with the Satnav performing perfectly.
After dropping Dianne at the hotel, Adam and Murray go looking for parking, find there is a one-way system with no obvious escape, and end up in the old town, in narrow streets with road works, but, fortunately, with the help of the Satnav, find the ...
Ice Skating - Lesson 2
We got away pretty much on time from work at about 5:15. We walked down to the "Atrium" through the snow which was fun. I had a nearly overwhelming urge to make a snow angel in the undisturbed piles of snow in Dorchester square!
If you arrive early before your lesson they let you skate for free before hand, so we put on our skates and had a practice. Even with our lesson last week, I still felt pretty awkward on the ice to start ...
The city to chill on a Sunday.....and everyday!
... of a student house. The smell was awful, and the washing up was piled high in the sink! Seeing as the girls were going to cook, lentils, corn and mash all baked together, I offered to wash up. It was either wash up or throw up!
We spent the evening cooking good food, drinking some local beer and chatting the night away. There was also a trip out to an ice cream shop, ...
The idea for a journey...
... those issues are pretty minor compared to the overall experience we were given. The country itself was beautiful and the locals were warm and friendly. The other Canadians, as well as the 5 Israeli IDF soldiers who joined us, were all great people as well.
While I was there I had somewhat of a spiritual revelation. I think it was first triggered by our group’s visit to Yad Vashem, one of the biggest Holocaust museums in the world. We a had ...