Au Revoir, Quebec - How ya doin' Maritimes?

HuH???

Once again, I was going to blog about the difficulty of travelling in Quebec as an Anglophone.  How many English speaking tourists miss some of the best adventures because they cannot read the signs or directions.  The tourist information kiosks have lots of colourful pamphlets and maps - all in French only and all road signs, including those around construction zones have no English on them at all.  They might be telling me to turn left at the next junction, while I carry on and drive off a cliff.  I was going to write about all that, and then today we into a restaurant for breakfast.  The young man at the door heard our English "Hello" and immediately went rummaging through the front desk to find us some English menus.  Finally, after an excellent meal and great service, we thanked him for the great job he was doing and it was then we realized he spoke about 5 English words - and was a wonderful ambassador for Quebec.

So tonight, we are in Madawaska, New Brunswick.  Our drive today, up the Gaspe was incredibly beautiful.  We followed the St. Lawrence up as far as Riviere du Loup and enjoyed the Kamaraska region where Shane's French Ancestors lived for many generations. The highway was twinned and new most of the way and past Quebec City, the traffic light.  It was a perfect day for driving - a little overcast but warm.



Things we use our laptops for while travelling:

1. Blogging
2. Keeping in touch with family
3. Watching (and crying over) the hockey series.
4. Planning our travel days.
5. Listening to music
6. Looking up places we want to visit
7. Checking the news and weather
8. Listening to audio books.
9. Play games (Bejewelled)
10. Listen to Stuart McLean "Dave and Morley" stories

OK, so tomorrow we are going zip lining at the Grand Falls Gorge so this may or may not be continued.....