May 2017
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Costa Rica – Drive to Selva Bananito
Read More: Costa Rica – Drive to Selva BananitoWe left Los Quetzals park this morning, drove north to Cartago and headed for the province of Limon. Being Valentine’s Day, when we saw a sign at a roadside house offering local chocolate we had to stop to buy some to give each other! The self-described “cacao lady” made amazing truffles which a fellow tourist…
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Costa Rica – Talamanca Mountain bird watching
Read More: Costa Rica – Talamanca Mountain bird watchingWe expected to get a decent sleep but a pair of rare Olingo had a party on our metal roof at 1am. Apparently there is a nice fig tree right by our room and they were fighting over the fresh fruit. Dave managed to get a glimpse of cute paws and fluffy tail through the…
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Costa Rica – Los Quetzales
Read More: Costa Rica – Los QuetzalesWe have come to Los Quetzales National Park to find the Resplendent Quetzal, despite them being endangered and hard to find! When we were in Monteverde in 2008, a tour group in front of us said they saw the bird, but we never did. The Quetzal is actually the national bird of Guatemala, but there…
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Costa Rica – Drive to Los Quetzales National Park & Savegre Hotel
Read More: Costa Rica – Drive to Los Quetzales National Park & Savegre HotelAfter a barely adequate amount of sleep, we returned to the airport to pick up our rental car from the Avis desk. Dave had reserved a 4×4, as we expect some of the roads ahead to be a bit sketchy. We got “upgraded” to a standard pickup – probably more robust than we need but…
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Costa Rica
Read More: Costa RicaWe are on our way to Costa Rica for a blend of rainforest adventure and poolside relaxation! Not wanting to stop over in the US, we flew instead to Toronto and then on to San Jose. We arrived late, around 1am, caught a taxi to the hotel and are hoping for a decent sleep before…
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Montreal
Read More: MontrealWe said a final Au Revoir to Eric and headed back to Montreal for a quick city tour before flying home. Lunch was at the famous Schwartz’s Deli for Montreal smoked meat sandwiches, salade de choux & cornichons. They claim to have been ‘serving the best smoked meat sandwich since 1928”! Due to our lack of…
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Sherbrooke & Cheese
Read More: Sherbrooke & CheeseWe left the Gaspe Peninsula for the last time this morning and made our way back toward ‘mainland’ Quebec. Our first stop was at the Fromagerie des Basques. Then we stopped at the Chutes de la Chaudiere for a picnic lunch and a view of the waterfall from the suspension bridge. The Estrimont is a…
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Bic National Park
Read More: Bic National ParkWe bid au revoir to New Brunswick this morning and drove back across the Gaspe Peninsula for one more stop at Bic National Park. We stopped for a quick pub lunch in Amqui where Kris got to sample the local microbrews. The Auberge du Mange Grenouille in Le Bic is a large B&B in a…
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Mount Carleton Provincial Park
Read More: Mount Carleton Provincial ParkToday we completed our circuit of the Gaspe Peninsula and followed La Riviere Restigouche, which forms the border between Quebec and New Brunswick. At Matapedia, we crossed the Pont Mercier, moved our watches ahead an hour and crossed into New Brunswick. The town of Saint Quentin calls itself the Atlantic Maple Capital and boasts production…
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Forillon National Park
Read More: Forillon National ParkWe have spent the last few days exploring and hiking in Forillon National Park at the tip of the Gaspe Peninsula. Cap des Rosiers was named for the plethora of wild roses growing here. We hiked the Cap Gaspe Loop at the end of Forillon Park, ending up at Le Bout du Monde (the end…
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Versailles
We took the train outside of Paris today to visit the Palace of Versailles. The palace was originally a modest hunting lodge built by King Louis XIII in 1623. Now it is a Baroque palace and a symbol of royal excess! Louis XIV, who called himself the Sun King, was the King of France from…
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We Have Arrived in Paris
After an overnight flight from Montreal, we have landed in Paris. We caught the train into town, switched to the metro for one stop and found our accommodation without too much hassle. Our Air B&B is in the 4th arrondissement, also called Marais/Hotel de Ville. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a full kitchen and some hanging…
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We are off to France
Eric is doing his first semester of teacher training at the University of Tours, an hour south of Paris. We have decided to take a quick family trip in Paris, then take him to Tours to get settled. After that, Ryan will head north into Switzerland to visit a friend and Dave and Kris will…
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