Tripping around New Brunswick with Ozzie friends

As we mentioned in our last update we would be meeting up with our friends Trish and Murray from Australia who spend 6 months of the year travelling in the USA in their motor home. After staying one night with us and meeting some of our friends they travelled to Nova Scotia to spend time with Trish's daughter before she departed for Denmark.

We met up with them at Shediac which is about a 2 hour drive from where we live. We enjoyed a great lunch at a local restaurant in Shediac where most of the group tried the lobster roll. We then followed them as we continued our travels and we had the best time. We ate great food which included lovely lobster and a variety of other sea food which was accompanied by nice wines.

Trish has most eloquently described our trip together in her blog so we will not repeat it so we are directing you to Trish and Murray's blog which is http://warwarekrvusa.blogspot.com/ . You will get the gist of what we did plus the photos as well.

On our way home we took the opportunity to take a few photos which we have previously placed on our blog during the winter months and we thought that you would like to see what this lovely area looks like in the spring. We are sure you will agree this is indeed a most picturesque place.

Until next time. Stay happy, safe and well. Love Bev and Ross

Quebec City

Hello again and welcome to the continuing story of the White/Wright household.

Yes, we have been on the road again and this time we ventured back to the province of Quebec. Previously we had only travelled far enough into Quebec to identify the St Lawrence Seaway and that was earlier in the year when the St Lawrence River was blanketed in snow. This time we took the opportunity to stay in Quebec for a couple of days and we had a great time. To get to Quebec we travelled via Riviere-du-Loup where we stayed the night before travelling onto Quebec City.

While in Quebec we took the opportunity to spend the day in old Quebec City which was wonderful. Old Quebec City is a walled city. We spent a great deal of the day walking around and enjoying the atmosphere of the city. It is certainly reminescent of some of the smaller towns in France with narrow,cobbled streets, lots of cafe's and a real feel of being in France.

We walked up the 300 stairs to view Abraham's Plain and the Citadel. The photo below is from our view of the boardwalk as we were ascending the 300 steps.

We walked down to the Place Royal and you will see from the two photos below one of the of the great murals they have on their buildings in this area.
After such strenuous exercise we caught the funicular (lift) back to the city centre. The funicular has been in existance since 1927 and for the fair of 75 cents it was the best ride in town.

After all this sightseeing we enjoyed a lovely lunch at a very old restaurant called the Restaurant aux Anciens Canadians which was established in 1676. Please note the photo below.

We found the French Canadians most hospitable and friendly and while neither of us can speak any french we had no difficulty in communicating with the locals who could not do enough for us.

On our way home we spent a couple of nights in Bangor Maine which is in the USA and about a 3 hour drive from where we live. We took the opportunity to visit the city centre of Bangor which is rather pretty as you can see from the photo below.

Well until our next trip stay safe, happy and well. Love Ross and Bev.