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A long drive, with an interval at McDonalds, first we've had since we got to Canada isn't bad. (Although we also had one that night after the bar too!) Also stopped for a walk by a waterfall which was pretty, with a good view over Quebec City. Arrival in HI Quebec didn't quite go as planned. With 13 in the group, and an absolutely huge hostel, I end up separated from the group. All the other girls in their own room and me with randomers whi git yo at 6am and made lots of noise. Reception staff not helpful at all. Then went for dinner, which was expensive and they forgot Ronjas food. Then Kenny realised that he had left behind at the last hostel, the first aid kit with all the prescription meds etc that me, my mum and his mum had spent a lot of time, effort and money putting together!! Not one bit impressed.
So lets cheer us up... They had festivals on throughout our stay, so we climbed up ontop of the city walls with a few beverages to watch. After we'd finished, we went to a bar for some live music, lots of shots and a good laugh. Having had Kenny try to suck up, he said 'your hairs really nice tonight'; Steff on the other hand, preceded to tell me I looked like a poodle. Gotta love the humidity and the lack of hair straighteners. The walk home consisted if being taught bad words in German by the lovely Nancy, Kevin and Steff. My vocabulary now consists of 8 words; 6 of which are bad!! Lol
The next morning, we had quite a good breakfast and just had a walk around the city; old and new part. Very pretty. Eventually got our ViaRail tickets sorted so we'll be able to get the train from Vancouver through the Rockies to Edmonton, to see Malcolm. A bit more expensive that Greyhound bus, but it'll be worth it for one last glimpse if the beautiful scenery; plus the train goes where cars can't, so ill be discovering new places :)
As suggested by Caleb, we got a Poutine lunch, this time with real cheese curds. Still not convinced of the big deal with cheesy gravy chips, but its an easy lunch and the locals seem to like it. Had a walk along the boardwalk, saw some churches, then had a tour of the parliament building; definitely know more about Canadian parliament that my own country.
After a lovely supernoodle dinner (or itchiban as its known here), we went to a FREE Cirque du Soliel concert. I have never seen anything like it in my life; it was amazing and completely fascinating. At times, I just had to close my eyes when I remembered that they are doing these stunts without safety equipment!! It's absolutely crazy but they are obviously very talented. For anyone who doesn't know what it is, look it up. Ours was a free 45 min show, as a taster, so that hopefully you will buy tickets to see them at a later date. Will def have to look into it when we hit Vegas. Ended the evening with a lights show, but it was a tribute to this famous Canadian that we'd never heard of. So saw it out for half an hour, good lights, but not so much the story
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