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And Now, The Rest of the Story…

Yes, it’s time for the rest of the news from our trip.  I’ve been struggling with this.  Its hard for me to write this.  We (and by that, I mean me, Jeff), had a bit of a scare while in Quebec City for…

Aurevoir Canada

We ended 2025 by visiting our 12th country this year…what a year for JEllens excellent adventures. We’re already planning our getaways for 2026 and 2027, that’s what retirement is all about. We heard an earful from our UBER driver about…

Day at the Biodome

The facility allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas: All the exhibits are housed inside the former velodrome that was used for the cycling and judo events of the 1976 Summer Olympics, with each of…

New Years in Montreal

We had a nice brunch and a morning walk in the fresh snowfall that fell overnight. A dashing looking English man, holding his pug, is giving a superior stare at Notre-Dame Basilica, symbol of the religious influence on French Canadians.…

Montreal Basilica de Notre Dame and L’Express

The Notre-Dame Basilica is Montréal’s mother church and was the first Gothic Revival style church in Canada. Its history has been marked by the Sulpicians since its foundation and is inseparable from that of Montréal. It speaks to its Catholic roots and…

Colder then…

It was 10 below with 30+ mph winds now that’s cold 🥶 bone chilling, extremities were numb. Our local wall art walking tour was still on so we walked to the meeting place. Chris was fantastic and even gave us…

Icy in Montreal

Last night the temps rose and the rain and sleet started at 4am. We watched the weather and made a break out around 11;00. We slid to the entrance of the RESO which is Montreals underground city. It wasn’t well…

Montreal 🇨🇦

Always good to have an uneventful travel day. Uber pickup on time 💥 Gare di Palais Terrific business class waiting room lounge. On time departure and we’re facing the same way as the journey 💥. Train travel in Canada is…

Last fullday in Quebec

We decided to try a local cafe for breakfast and it was excellent. At noon we slid back uphill to meet our tour bus for a half-day trip to Montmorency Falls and Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré from Quebec City. First ARRÊT – Chocolate!!!…

Merry Christmas

We filled our day reading & saved our energy for our Christmas meal at Le Clan a Michelin starred restaurant. Jeff is a foodie I’m along for the ride and if something isn’t to my liking he’ll finish it for…

Christmas Eve Quebec

The city is buzzing with tourists & locals treading the newly fallen snow. ❄️ Today is 100% chance of ❄️ which means it’s a bit warmer than yesterday. We saw a sign yesterday telling us that there are Isaac Cordal…

Jeff’s Family History

The ‘raison principale‘ for our trip to Quebec City was to visit the site where Jeff’s family ancestors first came over from France. The ‘Furnia’ name is the anglicized version of the original French ‘Fournier’. It turns out that one…

Baby it’s cold outside

Train travel is the bomb. We arrived around 9pm, stepped off the train and the Arctic blast hit us The lil freezing train that could Woke up with a strong desire for a latte & crescent at a local cafe.…

Montreal to Quebec

Air Canada was awesome. We loaded quickly flew fast and arrived on time. In case there’s a line going through customs. We went through customs quickly & jumped in a taxi (tariffs included) to Gard Central train stain. French is…

On our way

Easy squeezy to check in at Air Canada not sure Montreal/Quebec at Christmas is #1 travel destination The lines were longer at Starbucks where we paid $18.55 for 2 baby lattes. Affordability is a thing no matter what “they” say…

Elbows UP, We’re Off Again!

That’s right, after spending 6 months on the road in 2025 (May-Oct), we’ve already got itchy feet. It’s time to get our ‘go-in drawers’ on and get outta town!!! We’re not even waiting for the new year to show up…