Comfort Inn Beauport

There was little life on the empty streets of the Old Town which became old probably hundreds of years ago and never came back to life again. Sleepy cafes with strangely impotent coffee, bored prostitute on the stairs of the Museum of American Civilization, an ice rink with cheerful French music from municipal loud speakers but few skaters around - hardly a better place to spend another hundred years in lethargic oblivion.

... br>Danach konnten wir auch noch feststellen, dass das Wasser im Camper gefroren war!
Zum Glück haben wir im Motelzimmer übernachtet, dass war wohl ein Wink des Schicksals. Denn die Innentemperatur im Camper zeigte -2 Grad an.

Heute fuhren am St. Lorenz-Strom entlang nach Levis. Am Abend gönnten wir uns ein feines Schweizer Käsefondue. Mahlzeit!

... the Citadel, a fortified military base that is still in use today. We venture into the Chateau Frontenac overlooking the harbour and there at the dock is our ship. We brave the cold as long as we dare and decide to end the tour and board our ship early.

We depart mid afternoon to Toronto and catch a delayed connection to Quebec City to arrive very late Thursday evening. Our stay is at a the Hotel Chateau Laurier, a mid range full service hotel adjacent to the Military Armoury. The room is small but the price is just right. There is a St Hubert Chicken in the Hotel - this place also serves breakfast.

... By fortuitous circumstance we happened to be standing beside the noon gun when it went off with a terrific bang, causing two young Chinese girls to fall down and perhaps soil themselves.

By now it was pouring down with a cold rain so we decided to take a caleche tour of Old Quebec. Because of the rain the caleche was covered over by heavy tarpaulins so the only view we had was down and I am thus able to report that the streets in Old Quebec are cobbled and ...

... 4 fois l'eau de mon corps

- j'ai été klaxonné par un type qui m'a fait signe que j'étais fou! haha je l'ai bien ris! Moment prodond: je regardais son gros truck polluant rempli d'air climatisé en me disant qu'il n'avait rien compris, c'est lui le fou qui tue la terre! Cette idée me donna des ailes, je continuai donc de polluer la terre de ma sueur, de ma bave et autres déchets toxiques.

- je suis arrêté voir monsieur Ricard à sa fromagerie de Grondines et ...

... beers were more than enjoyed, though with my banana-scented bouquet I did get a few funny looks from my fellow drinkers. Suitably re-energised I had time for a quick wander around the town, not looking its best on a grey February afternoon but nevertheless pleasantly tranquil, before heading back to the school to meet Marina.

Marina arrived back positively glowing with her sense of achievement, a buzz which was infectious as she shared with me her highlights of the ...

... in a hot hot hot sauna. I wash it off, and then I am supposed to go into the warm water for one minute, and then the cool water for 30 seconds, FIVE TIMES. "OK, no," I think. I only make it about three times, and then she comes back and has me lay back down in the sauna. Just as it is about to feel extremely nice, out of the blue, she starts smacking me with what can only be described as BUSHES OF SEAWEED. OK, whatever, this is fine, I ...

... After the nightclub I was exhausted mentally and physically (getting home quite late/early) I sent most of the day in bed, which was good for a change. And for supper I had a BBQ at a friends place (more French interaction and conversation was difficult, although my language skills are improving!) The following day was supposed to be hot and sunny and after not having seen a lot of it in previous weeks I was easily talked ...

... custom even my beloved Gouda! (14th) The Internet at home has broke down at home after some first use I was glad to have my thing and finally to be able to move out of home. My mother left me her car and I went to university, where I met with some old colleague and also did my subscription... I used some time on the net to write in here, be busy with email and HC task and then looked for ...