Monday, August 27, 2007

Travelling in la belle province

Only a couple of days after our weekend, my inlaws arrived. So the first week T. showed them around MTL, we left to Magog in the Eastern Townships for the weekend, then they went to Quebec City whilst I was working (freedom, yihaa) and the next week I had some holidays as well, so we all went for the full tour on the Gaspé peninsula.

It's about the size of Belgium, has some of the highest peaks of QC (around 1200m) surrounded by water and its population is about 160,000 humans, a great number of moose (most Canadians don't know the plural of moose ... maybe coz you never see more than one at the time), some black bears, lots of birdies and whales, seals, dolphins and other mammals on sea and land. After La Gaspésie they came back to Montréal before finally taking the Iron Air Transat Bird home.

Some indigenous tribes believe that their soul is taken away when someone takes a picture of them ... Luckily Belgians are less superstitious ...



MTL, tall building on the right, 39th floor, that's where I work


Don't have 2 go to Madison County to see these covered bridges ... (Estrie)


Chateau Frontenac in QC City


Jardin des Métis (Métis-sur-mer)


On top of Mt. Jacques Cartier. (Parc de la Gaspésie - secteur ChicChoc)


No bears ... no moose ... (Parc de la Gaspésie)


But ssssssssssssnakes! (Parc de la Gaspésie)


Baby humpback whale doing acrobatics. (Parc National Forillon)


Not one but 2 whales! (Parc National Forillon)


Where are those whales? (Parc National Forillon)


Gannets ('Jan Van Gent') -> very smelly animals (Ile-Bonaventure)


The magical Parc du Bic.


Rivière-du-Loup falls.

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