Hotel-Motel Mingan Sept Iles

Our ship again has travelled all night while we enjoyed the excellent food and entertainment aboard ship.  We have arrived at Sept Isles and must wait for our turn to go ashore on the 2 tenders that have been dispatched to carry the many passenger planning on touring the city.  This is a small place but the local people are eager to greet the ...

I just woke up! So exited! I'm going to the Parc Aquarium today. It is one of the first Aquariums built in Quebec City. It's a very old Aquarium, but it still is a beautiful place. I have figured out my money now. i originally had $5,500 USD(starting money)-481.24 USD(for the round-trip flight)-925.16USD(for hotel)=4143.60USD Since I am now in Canada ...

I Finally landed! It's now 9:06pm and I'm officially stepping on Canadian grounds! I'm so exited to begin my journey, but first i must tell you about the trip. lets see...it took me about 25 minutes to get all my luggage and to get to my hotel, which is very surprising because usually it would take about 25 minutes to just get ...

... we were on TV with him whilst he advertised his evening parade! Oh yeh! We then sampled the famous Canadian delicacy of Beaver Tails (not actually as terrifying as it sounds, just pastry in the shape of a tail! Doesn't quite match the French standards of snails and frogs' legs!) which were sooo good I think I ended up having a least 3 over the Carnaval period! It was then time to head home for some apperetifs ...

... at a shop owned by a bangalorean but run by two beautiful blonde girls. After lunch, i said goodbye to my hosts and took a bus to Petro Canada at bay laurel. The driver was nice enough to let me know where to get off. I met my driver Jean Michel who was going to montreal to meet his gf for valentines day. My other passengers were a political science student, a writer and a dj. Back in ...

... reached the top, i had an awesome view of the city and finally saw some civilization. I was close to Abraham plains, where the main event of the carnival was taking place. So i walked to the carnival, and saw some of the most amazing ice sculptures i have ever seen in my life. I wonder how ppl managed to create such things. Then i wandered back into the city, trying to find food. I have a big problem ...

... people. By this time we were pretty tired. We had been walking for about 5 hours up and down hills (which is what all of Quebec is made up of). We rode the bus back to the B&B, took a nap and watched some curling. They have a show on CBC called something like "The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives" that will be on on Tuesday so I will def watch. Its really great up here for me because everything revolves around ice, snow, and hockey. For dinner we went to Casse Crepe Bretton and ...

... sponsored area had a lot of carnival activities - we toured some of the snow sculptures, drank caribou out of an ice shot glass, and took a quick ride down a hill in a raft. Caribou and Amarula were everywhere - the first is a semi-medicinal tasting mix of brandy, port and maple syrup (served warm - its saving grace). The second is some ?tropical? liqueur - I never tried it so I'm not sure how it tastes, looks creamy kinda like ...

... we went. Drinks at the Rock soon followed and another G-unit evening drew to an end! Sunday saw Viki venture downtown St-Georges (quite a scene!) and then off for a wonderful Mondo meal - bloody starvin! Then it was back up to the 11630 for a chill-out :-) Monday I was at work PAH! But with Tuesday off me, Joe and of course Vik hit the St-G town for a bit of Dooley's action and then Au Vieux ...

Le 18 décembre 1997, sur l'heure du dîner, nous embarquons dans l'autocar, Patrick et moi. Direction Sept-Îles ; moi qui n'ai jamais été sur la Côte-Nord, je n'y vais pas de main morte. En voiture, c'est peut-être seulement sept heures trente, huit heures de Québec, mais en autocar, en plein hiver, c'est neuf heures trente au bas mot. Nul besoin de vous dire qu'il faisait noir depuis belle lurette lorsque nous atteignons enfin la ville, après un bref arrêt à Baie ...