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Discovering the Gaspésie
Mary's Impressions:
In my continual search to upgrade my French skills, I had heard of a program affiliated with the University of Western Ontario where for 6 weeks, I would live with a French-Canadian family in Trois Pistoles, Québec while taking French classes. This appealed to me as I had never been to Québec. Plus the costs to enroll in the course were covered off by a bursury that I applied for. I was all set to go!! I took a ...
Beautiful Gaspe
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At Mont-St-Pierre where we camped last night, the cliffs go straight up and we noticed small landslides with lots of rubble at the bottom. It is a glacial valley, with rock formations millions of years old. Then on to Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Riviere-Madelein e with its magnificent lighthouse. We stopped at a Belvedere (I learned that it means lookout) in Grande-Vallee for pictures of another village nestled in a bay. ...
Quebec City to Perce Rock
On the road by 830 we worked our way up the Gaspe Peninsula.
We stopped in Riviere de Loup for coffee and a pee break and then continued on. It was very hot again today and we had the air pumping in the mini van.
Stopped for a picnic lunch in Baie de Sables and again it was very hot. We clambered along the rocky beach marveling at the layered rocks and the little ...
Breathless in Gaspe
We had an early start at 7:00 and rode East on 132 for about an hour then stopped for breakfast at a quaint small canteen. The food was excellent, the place was clean and our waitress sang !! Very entertaining place full of locals who speak with very strong accents. It is extremely difficult to understand what is being said. We hugged the shoreline as we passed through many small villages located at the ends of the bays off the ocean. There were many hills to be climbed ...
Bienvenue en Gaspésie!
... d`ici (ou plutot quebecois!) la peninsule de la gaspésie fait partie de la province du québec, et c est un tres bel endroit : villages de pêcheurs, les montagnes appalaches et les falaises vertigineuses qui dominent sur le golf du st laurent, ou le fleuve du meme nom se jette dans l`atlantique...c`est charmant, c`est la gaspésie!
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