okay canada
we stayed in quebec city at le chateau frontenac. which is like the nicest hotel i’ve ever been in, none the less stayed at. on the first day we just walked around the lower city. quebec city is really old and is in two layers…upper and lower. you can take this huge set of stairs to get from one to the other. or you can take this elevator type thing called the funiclaire.we only went to the lower city once so we took the funiclaire. my mom and dad went up the breakneck stairs though one day when my brother and i weren’t with them. the next day we hung out around the upper town and took a horse and buggy ride. it was so cool. he gives you all the history. and in the city, there’s a lot of historic preservation rules, so it’s really gorgeous. the fast food places can’t have ugly yellow or red signs. and the city was built so long ago that all the power lines are underground. not to mention, it’s extremely clean. most people speak french there, if you didn’t know. but, pretty much everywhere we went was touristy so people working in stores knew enough english. the next day we went and took the tour of parliament, which is amazingly gorgeous. they have these sort of twin rooms with huge paintings that were mesmerizing. the next day we went to see the changing of the guard at the citadelle. that was really fun. my mom and i also took a tour of the hotel. the guide was all dressed up and acted like the magic of the hotel had kept her alive all those years. she took us to the ballroom and told us about the conferences of quebec. which winston churchill came to and the conferences were held to try to figure out how to win the war. that room was pretty awesome. we also rented a car one day and went to mount monterncy (sp?) falls. so gorgeous. and we went to st. anne’s cathedral. my dad and i got in the paper while we there! it’s in french though so all we recognize is our names.the cathedral was so beautiful. it was decorated with so much detail i was a little overwhelmed. it was really peaceful and calming in there. we also went to a mall that was supposedly a good one but bleck. but how can a mall be any good when you just went to falls and a cathedral anyway? so, that’s the big stuff of my trip. oh! the foooood. everything we ate was so good. we did eat fast food once at the mall and it was miserable. we became very spoiled by the good food. crepes were my favorite. we’re going to find a recipe and make them at home. so whoever wants to come over, we can have a crepe party! i hope i didn’t bore you to death with all the details. we haven’t gotten the pictures yet, but i’ll repost them on this entry when we get them. so check back if you want to see them.
since i’ve been home not much has happened. i worked last night. went to jaime’s. we took some pictures. jaime didn’t really seem that into though. got a rubber band in my teeth (ouch!) . went to guitar this morning. i did go see charlie and the chocolate factory with jaime, her grandma,brother, and cousins. the movie was okay. about how i expected it to be though. it was like a high trippy kid’s movie. i think my dad’s taking me and my brother shoeshopping today. and we might go hiking. leave some comments