What a great week off!
We took the family, including Kayla and her two boys to Quebec for 5 days. What an adventure!
It started out Sunday, July 25th at our house...we were getting ready to leave, the boys were so excited!! Brandon..the 3 year old was getting his shoes together and had an important question..."is the plane picking us up at the front door, or the back door?" Hilarious!!
Later, on the plane, the boys were seated and ready to go...more hilarity when the boys started their countdown to the blastoff! Then, when were up in the air, still climbing..Garrett, the two year old hollered out.."I'm in space!"...gotta love kids!
We arrived at Hotel St. Paul...which was in the lower part of Old Quebec City near the waterfront...we had booked a simple room, large with two murphy beds and cots...well, they upgraded us. Something was wrong with the room..something about the plumbing. They sent us up the hill to another place, a bed and breakfast! So...off we went...7 travellers..all our belongings dragging behind...(cause we did not realize we would have to climb that big of a hill!) and found la Montagne....this place was great!!! It's about 300 years old! After the three flights of stairs to get up to the place...we found it to be so beautiful...some stone walls...kitchen...living room with pull out couches...a loft bedrrom and a deck outside. Here's the thing about la Montagne...it is right smack dab in between the Old Port of Quebec and the Frontenac Castle. It was a bed and breakfast...located at the top of the famous Break Neck stairs....
The deck was overlooking the an incredible panorama on the St-Lawrence River and looking up...the Chateau Frontenac.
We did a lot of sightseeing...One stop was The Citadel for the changing of the Guard...now you know what their uniforms look like...red with the bear fur hats...well..to the kids...these look like life sized...Christmas Decorations! Garret...he's two...saw them and the first thing out of his mouth..."Nutcracker"!! We did not expect this...we watched them march on...the band followed..and Garrett wanted to follow too! After the Changing of the Guard, we toured the Citadel. Garrett fell asleep during the tour...he didn't wake up when one of the cannons was fired off...but he did wake up so he could have his picture taken with the nutcracker at the gate!
We had so many adventures and so many laughs!! On the Plains of Abraham where we had a picnic, the many green spaces we found for the boys to let out some energy..the shops, the Ghost Tour, the restaurants...just walking together was so much fun!
WATER COOLER CONVERSATIONS....
Classic college comedy "Animal House" opened 32 years ago this week (1978). At the time, actor Donald Sutherland refused to accept 15% of the box office gross for his 2days' work on the film, demanding $50,000 instead. The decision is estimated to have cost him $20 million.
Only 7 out of every 1,000 people will live to be 100 years old!
Family Circle magazine survey 2,500 adults – and asked them "should a couple stay together for the children"? 51% of Men say ‘yes’ // 35% of Women said ‘yes’.
The president of Iran picked a fight with a new ENEMY . . . Paul the octopus. That would be the octopus in Germany who predicted World Cup games. No joke! During a recent speech, the President of Iran REPEATEDLY mentioned Paul the Octopus and called him, quote, "an example of methods of propaganda and superstitions of the West.". There's more, quote, "Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values."
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