It’s been a while already….but how unforgettable!
We’ve been quite mellow these last weeks, but one of the main highlight of our summer was to have Rene & Carmela with us for 2 weeks. We were extra excited driving up to Montreal to pick them up at the airport! Time always flies when you’re having fun, so the 14 days went by as quick as lightning, but we did enjoy them as most we could.
We took them for a stroll in old Quebec city, went to a fireworks show, to a nearby park to go down a river in canoes. Then we left for a little trip: 2 days in a chalet by a lake lost in the woods where we saw a black bear and her 2 cute cubs, camping in a national park where a moose and her calf said hello, then up the St-Lawrence river to observe belugas and whales. Met a deer, then found a super camping place right by the river where we beached for a couple days before taking the ferry across to another park to see the local seals. Never seen so many wild animals in so little time here, they really did coordinate super for the swiss!
We came back home to wash our clothes and so our friends could do some shopping (only food stuff, the gluttons). And then the highlight of their visit: we went 3 days canoe-camping. Ah, the undescribable feeling of being alone on the lake with only the loons as neighbours…. Roasting marshmallows on the fire at night and going for a dip in the cool water when you wake up…. Now THAT`s life!
Hard for us to believe, but we’ve already been in Canada for 2 months now. Time does fly….
After the US immigration and 39-hour journey episode we landed in Toronto kaput and disoriented. We stayed at my sister’s place for a week, sort of softening our final landing. Feeling tired of being on the go all the time doesn’t mean it is easy to arrive after a year of travelling and discovery…. It’s kind of freaky actually.
While still in Australia we used to talk of all the things we could do here during the summer which we normally never get to because we’re not here long enough; there were talks of camping, of visits, of falls, of people to see, of local travels, landscapes, etc. Well guess what? We haven’t done one of them. And it suits us just fine. We’re beached here in our home and I can’t really tell what we spend our days doing but somehow we’re never bored, we just live and it’s enough to keep us happy for now. Needed rest maybe??
One important event must be mentionned though: Valerie & Stephane got married!
Valerie is my best friend in the whole wide world since I’m 11, so I was more then happy to be back to attend her wedding. And since they’re already done with popping kids (5 between the two of them) they didn’t go on a standard honeymoon: they rented a chalet for 4 days for the whole extended family! So we got to run around in the grass with the small one, eat Val’s brother-in-law’s BBQ cooking, have evening drinks with opa, go on the lake in kayaks with the big kids…. Now that was a change from the both of us alone travelling in our van in Australia!
Now we are very excited because for the 1st time ever our friends from Zurich are coming over to visit us in our Canadian home. Only 4 more sleeps before we pick Rene & Carmela up at the airport. Hourra!
Banc de neige. Glace. Froid. Popsicle. Glacon. Congelateur. Hiver. Vent d’est. Slush.
Sti qui fait chaud.
Je fais rien pis je sue. L’eau de la piscine est chaude. Dans la douche il faut laisser l’eau couler avant de se mettre dessous pcq l’eau dans les tuyaux est comme celle du robinet chaud, ca brule. Pis je me suis pas trompee j’ai essaye les deux robinets. Pis apres 5 minutes a laisser couler ca sort tiede.
Sti qui fait chaud.
