Quebecois Christmas
Arrived back from almost 2 weeks in the French speaking province yesterday.
People who went:
Me 2 3 4
Jessie (Scottish)
Paul (English) 2 3
Sam (Welsh, though included in "The English") 2
Rich (English)
Amy (English) 2
Lawrence (English, not one of "The English") 2 3 4
Chris (Swiss) 2 3
Beatrice (Swiss) 2
Thomas (Swiss) 2
Fabio (Swiss) 2
Sven (German) 2 3
Sascha (German) 2
Jutta (German) 2
Daniela (German)
Matthias (German)
Stephanie (German, only stayed for first week)
Christoph (German)
Vanessa (German)
Nicholas (French, only stayed for first week)
David (Swedish) 2
William (Swedish)
Phil (Australian)
Alison (Australian)
The first week we stayed in a chalet in Lac Carre, near Mont Tremblant and went skiing/snowboarding. I was among the snowboarders, it was my first time and after the snow was ruined by a downpour of rain I didn't really enjoy it - falling on ice was painful and frequent - though I did enjoy taking pictures from the top of the hill, Mont Blanc.
For Christmas Eve we went out to the Mont Tremblant resort for dinner.
Christmas Day was spent on the slopes which were rather busy. On Boxing day Jessie, one of the other Heriot-Watt exchange students was taken to hospital after she lost control skiing and hit a tree, she broke her leg in 2 places. She is still there with her parents who flew out to see her.
The rest of us moved on to Quebec City on the 28th of December where we stayed for 3 nights. It's a beautiful city. I took my ice skates so I was able to go skating on the small outdoor rink for an hour with Lawrence, Fabio and Jutta.
Ice floating down the St. Lawrence River; Le Chateau Frontenac
Paul skiing down a snow drift at the citadel; Sam snowboarding a small hill in the city
Stayed in Montreal for 2 nights from Hogmanay until the 2nd of January. I can't say I was too impressed with it. Saying that, I did have a good time at the rock club we went to to bring in the new year (though wherever we were we were going to have a good time with the number of us) and it was quite a nice view from the top of Mont Royal, the hill in the city.
(that bottle was empty)....clearly other people's weren't
These signs were all over the place in the province
It took a while to find out what it meant until I saw it on a building which also said what it was. Kind of ruined the whole mysteriousness behind it though, to find out clicky.
And some photo album links
Lac Carre (area around the chalet)
Quebec City
Montreal
Skiing/Snowboarding in Quebec City
Mont Tremblant
Mont Blanc
People who went:
Me 2 3 4
Jessie (Scottish)
Paul (English) 2 3
Sam (Welsh, though included in "The English") 2
Rich (English)
Amy (English) 2
Lawrence (English, not one of "The English") 2 3 4
Chris (Swiss) 2 3
Beatrice (Swiss) 2
Thomas (Swiss) 2
Fabio (Swiss) 2
Sven (German) 2 3
Sascha (German) 2
Jutta (German) 2
Daniela (German)
Matthias (German)
Stephanie (German, only stayed for first week)
Christoph (German)
Vanessa (German)
Nicholas (French, only stayed for first week)
David (Swedish) 2
William (Swedish)
Phil (Australian)
Alison (Australian)
The first week we stayed in a chalet in Lac Carre, near Mont Tremblant and went skiing/snowboarding. I was among the snowboarders, it was my first time and after the snow was ruined by a downpour of rain I didn't really enjoy it - falling on ice was painful and frequent - though I did enjoy taking pictures from the top of the hill, Mont Blanc.
For Christmas Eve we went out to the Mont Tremblant resort for dinner.
Christmas Day was spent on the slopes which were rather busy. On Boxing day Jessie, one of the other Heriot-Watt exchange students was taken to hospital after she lost control skiing and hit a tree, she broke her leg in 2 places. She is still there with her parents who flew out to see her.
The rest of us moved on to Quebec City on the 28th of December where we stayed for 3 nights. It's a beautiful city. I took my ice skates so I was able to go skating on the small outdoor rink for an hour with Lawrence, Fabio and Jutta.
Ice floating down the St. Lawrence River; Le Chateau Frontenac
Paul skiing down a snow drift at the citadel; Sam snowboarding a small hill in the city
Stayed in Montreal for 2 nights from Hogmanay until the 2nd of January. I can't say I was too impressed with it. Saying that, I did have a good time at the rock club we went to to bring in the new year (though wherever we were we were going to have a good time with the number of us) and it was quite a nice view from the top of Mont Royal, the hill in the city.
(that bottle was empty)....clearly other people's weren't
These signs were all over the place in the province
It took a while to find out what it meant until I saw it on a building which also said what it was. Kind of ruined the whole mysteriousness behind it though, to find out clicky.
And some photo album links
Lac Carre (area around the chalet)
Quebec City
Montreal
Skiing/Snowboarding in Quebec City
Mont Tremblant
Mont Blanc
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