Driving through northern Maine was quite the treat. Pot holes the size of my car. Mailboxes on chains (bringing that style down to Florida. ) and trailers in the middle of nowhere that have piles of junk in front of them. We should call American pickers. They would probably find a small fortune. Not saying there were not nice houses. However, you couldn't pay me to live in that part of Maine. No stores for an half hour at least. It was terrible. I also killed a bird. It literally flew right in front of my car. It was awful. I almost cried. Feathers were flying everywhere!
It finally came time to cross into Canada. The guy asked us some basic questions as be scanned our passports. Best part--no stamp! And all I could think was are you kidding me? I have driven into two different countries in the last two summers and no one wants to stamp my damn passport! Why do we have them then? He said we could go into immigration but it could take a half hour and they do a full background check. Yea I wasn't getting out of the car or waiting for a stamp. So I am still stamp less in my passport. Effers.
We officially have no Internet access while in Canada unless we are on wifi. So of course I set my phone up immediately. (Right now I am typing and waiting for a time to upload) I didn't realize how much we appreciated google maps until this moment either.
We checked into the hotel and found out it was Canada Day! After getting situated we headed downtown (aka a nice steep UPHILL) which was quite the brutal hike. Our first stop was all the way by the st Lawrence river where the walls from old Quebec City are still up. It was quite awesome. Luckily we had a seat next to a nice couple who could
1. Speak English
2. Tell us everything about the city. The wife used to be a tour guide! Hey bonus.
We also stopped inside the tourist info place to get a map. This was great. They give u a number like you are waiting at a deli counter and when your number is called you go to a person. But she did give us a great explanation on where things were. So it was quite beneficial. Which led us to our lunch place. Hello two for one pints and buffet style lunch which was delicious.
After this we went and had a drink here and there. And I love that Canada doesn't even mess around with pints. They do imperial pints for their "pint". For those who don't know what that means-- a regular pint is 16oz. An imperial pint is 20. This we were a fan of. We also hit up there market and wanted to buy beer but didn't want to lug it back.
Since it was a holiday the observation tower was closed. So instead we went to the hotel with the observatory restaurant. We just got a beer and took pictures. About 5 mins in we realized it was a rotating floor so that was cool too. We got to see different angles. On our way back to the hotel we stopped at one more place called Le Hobbit (I told Aaron it was named for him!)
We hit a beer store on the way back to the hotel. We also hit a dive bar where Aaron played pool with a nice French guy. We finished with getting food at the Thai place across from our hotel. Not our first choice but limits options around. The first thing the host said to us was we close at 10. It was 9:15. He was an ahole.
Now we are on our way to Montreal for two days!
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