Monday, July 2, 2012

The Beginning of Quebec City, Quebec Canada

To get to Quebec city would be 4 long hours driving in the Rain.   Have I mentioned that it has rained the whole time we were in Canada.  OK, it did not rain in PEI until we were leaving!  I didn't have much sleep the night before, so during the ride I went to the couch and slept.  Yep, slept for 2 hours!  When I woke up to loud French music, it was still raining!  Rae said there was a lot of fog on the highway and it was a good thing I was sleeping because I would have been a nervous wreck.  God is good.  He knows how I am.  There was such a great anticipation for Quebec City but at the same time wonderment about the language barrier. 
We finally found our campground which was very large!  We had a corner lot so got to see who was coming and who was leaving.  Due to being late in the day, we grabbed a quick hamburger at the "restaurant" on the grounds and then headed to do our laundry.  Very old machines and it took forever!  When we were done, we drove to Walmart.  There were 2 within a 15 mile radius of our campground.  It was extrememly weird hearing the lady talking in French over the intercom. And this one was like our "old" Walmarts with food in different places around the store.  It seemed very compact and hardly any room to move around.  We got our stuff and got out of there.  Too crowded and confined for me!  When we got back to the campground, we fell asleep quickly.
The next day we were going to Saint Jean Port Joli, which is the town Rachels parents met and married.  Her mother and grandmothers were all baptized in the same church there. 
We took the scenic route to Saint Jean Port Joli, which means we followed the St. Lawrence River all the way.  It is very large! 

Throughout this entire day, it poured!  We were so wet!  We took Route 132 N so we could see all the little villages and the beautiufl churches.  We stopped at a restaurant that made their own cheese and bakery goods. 

Rachel and I bought cheeses to go with our wine and crackers.  Burl bought us a blueberry muffin.  That muffin's blueberries were so juicy and sweet, it must have taken 15-20 minutes to eat it.  It was that good! 
   Burl and meThen we stopped at a rest stop to have a pottie break.  There was a path that brought us right to the St. Lawrence River edge.  We took pictures of course.



                                                                  Rachel

It was cold, windy and rainy, but we still enjoyed ourselves.  Rae, because she was seeing the places her parents grew up.  Us because its an area we have always wanted to see.  We were all happy. 

                                        We stopped at a wood carving place.  Oh.. there are SO MANY wood carving places.  This was one of the carvinWe gs outside one store.  A Duck with a Rifle!  Adorable! 

Rae bought some presents at some of the shops here.  I wanted to, but remembered that we will be in New Mexico during Christmas! 
We saw inside the church, and it was so beautiful.  Rachel was so happy to be there even though the rain continued to pour down.  I was happy for her.  It was a very good day!

On the  next day we decided to check out Quebec City, on our own.  We left for the city and mind you, it has rained every day since we've been in Canada.  We drove to a downtown market where they have food, wines, flowers, jewelry, donuts, materials, cutlery, etc.  Rachel bought some great wine and a couple pretty rings.  Then we decided to find the "old" Quebec.  With our GPS we found it!  We parked and walked to the Visitors Center.  A very nice young man showed us tours available.  He spoke really good English too.  After looking, listening and chatting we decided on an 8 hour tour to many of the great sites to see in Quecbec and around the area.  The SUN finally came out!!!  But the rain followed, once again!  Rachel made beef stroganoff and it was great!  The sun cmae out again, so Rae and I walked around the park.  No Internet as the camp blocks the internet unless you buys it from them.  We were not going to get facebook the whole time we were here.  Oh well, we'll stay busy and I'll write in my journal.  Thats how I remember all this stuff.  It was a great day but tomorrow would be even better!!






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