We decided to go on vacation. We met cousins in Boston's Chinatown and wandered around, got yelled at for taking pictures inside the stores, and found food to eat. Duck and green bean buns and cake that looked like rubbery, yellow dish sponge. We ate too much at The Gourmet Dumpling House and then made our way to Little Italy for gelato.
And then we drove to Maine in search of lighthouses, and we found the most fabulous mossy wall ever and had to take a picture of it, and Jesse amused himself by constructing miniature rock formations.
And then we got in the car and drove to Quebec City.
Upon arriving, we discovered that Canadians produce inferior hamburgers. But they make up for this in their architecture. Friendly beavers live in Canada (we saw a total of two while out running). And our preconceived notions about uppity French-speakers were very incorrect. Jesse's favorite part of QC: the scientology building. Sarita's favorite: the chocolate museum.
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| This is a "hamburger." It looks like a school cafeteria pancake. |
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| Goodbye QC! |
Montreal felt less European and more like New York to us. Nobody spoke French. But that's ok. We went to botanical gardens and wandered around McGill University campus. And then walked around in Old Montreal.
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| Wall o' bugs at the botanical garden's insectarium. |
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| You can only look at so many churches before they all start to look the same and before you start to feel like this. |
10 comments:
Your trip looks like fun, and I know the feeling on the churches I saw a ton in Brazil. Glad you guys were able to go on a trip this summer
Good job photoshopping us into the Canadian countryside in the main photo. I thought we were getting large fries when we went to Deso Burger and ended up with a box of fries. Good thing Sarita like fries. Also, I'm not sure what happened to the other 2 falls but when we got to Les Sept Chutes we only found Les Cinq Chutes!
I love the lighthouses! This made me laugh: "Montreal felt less European and more like New York to us. Nobody spoke French." A friend of mine just posted the opposite on facebook. He said he thought Montreal would be half English-speaking, half French, but they only found French speakers. Maybe you and Jesse were friendlier so people spoke the language you would know.
NOT ALL CANADIAN HAMBURGERS ARE LIKE THAT. only the weird Quebecians burgers are like that. HA
Wow, you guys saw some beautiful places on your vacation! I'm jealous of the waterfalls, even if there were only cinq!
So fun! Looks like a good time!
Um, I so want to come visit you guys. Your trip looked way fun...gorgeous pictures.
Looks like a great trip. It reminds me of when I spent time in Maine and Montreal. Great border!
I didn't notice at first how you used Megan's picture as your background! It looks really good!
We are going to Montreal in December. You'll have to give us a must see list :). Looks like you had a fun trip!
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