.
Now sleep...
Location:Boulevard Monseigneur de Laval,Baie-Saint-Paul,Kanada
måndag 27 juni 2011
Dinner day 6
What a wonderful four course dinner we just finished! Lots of beautiful flavours and great conversation...The view from the hotells restaurant was beautiful, eventhough the mist kept on rolling in and contrictibg the view.
Lots of pictures taken but none wuth my iPhone, which is kind of amature, but I was so busy enjoing the food and the great company to notice .
Now sleep...
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Now sleep...
söndag 26 juni 2011
Drink date
We were invited to a pre-dinner date in the In-Laws room. 
Location:Boulevard Monseigneur de Laval,Baie-Saint-Paul,Kanada
Quebec
Bumper-to-bumper outside Quebec. No shopping in Quebec today because of the louzy weather.
Location:48e Rue Ouest,Québec,Kanada
Good morning day 6
Good morning!
We had a lovely evening yesterday at Andy's Dad's colleugue M and his wife T. They had made lovely food and a beatiful appartment overlooking Old Montreal, China Town and Port/Bridge Cartier. The firework display by the Chinese team(in the International Fireworks Contest), With theme Kung Fu, was spectacular.
Today we're off on another adventure to Baie St Paul, 400 km northwest of Montreal, on the northern shoreline of the St Lawerence River.
This time it's an overnight trip, so that will be nice. Laters!
We had a lovely evening yesterday at Andy's Dad's colleugue M and his wife T. They had made lovely food and a beatiful appartment overlooking Old Montreal, China Town and Port/Bridge Cartier. The firework display by the Chinese team(in the International Fireworks Contest), With theme Kung Fu, was spectacular.
Today we're off on another adventure to Baie St Paul, 400 km northwest of Montreal, on the northern shoreline of the St Lawerence River.
This time it's an overnight trip, so that will be nice. Laters!
Location:Rue de la Vigne,Verdun,Kanada
Canada day 5
Another early morning and I even let Andy sleep for an extra hour. We were supposed to go to Baie St Paul / Bay St Paul today, but since the weather is really quite horrible we decided to postpone the trip till tomorrow and Monday. Which feels like the right decision when it's raining cats and dogs and it's cold.
Andy and I had a pre-breakfast at around 7 a.m. I ate my favorites Poptarts and that is nostalgia for me. We used to eat PopTarts in Egypt. I don't always want to toast them though, sometimes I love them cold and "un-toasted". Poptarts are a simple pie dough pocket with some kind of filling and a frosting on top, that when toasted in the (bread) toaster become warm and crispy. There are pretty much a million and one flavors but my favorites are Strawberry or Raspberry with Vanilla Frosting or Brown Sugar Cinnamon. So good!
When the In-laws woke up we made breakfast and decided to make our way to the Quartier Dix30, or the 10-30 shopping area, named by it's location in the crossing of Road 10 and Road 30. It is a huge area with 100's of shops in the categories of Fashion, Electronics, House & Home, Entertainments, Big Box Chains, Real Estates, Other and then there are restaurants galore.
Then we went on to Pier 1 Imports, one of my favorite as well as my Mother-in-Laws favorite store. They have some really awesome things. It is a House & Home store that have everything from candles to furniture and Taste-sets and other really wacky things. The boys, Andy and his Dad went to FurtureShop to check out the Electronics. I found lots of things that I really want, but at the same time, that is the feeling that I've had in every shop that I have been to here in Canada, so it's starting to scare me some...
We decided not to buy anything today, but think about it and come back another day if we wanted to buy things.
Around 6 p.m. we made our way into town and into the area just "above" Vieux Montreal and ChinaTown, to where my Father-In-Law's colleague M and his wife T live in an penthouse apartment with a beautiful view of the city. The weather had cleared up, there was no longer any rain but at the same time, it sure didn't look like it would be too long before we got very wet standing on their penthouse balcony. The St Lawrence River looked grim...
Then the sky started to darken with dark clouds but we kept dry with only a few drops of rain. We stayed out on the balcony the whole time, eating beautiful food, interesting conversation and great views.
The winners are selected by a 12-persons jury, that are recruited from the general public, of different ages and a love for fireworks. That can give out the Gold Jupiter, Silver Jupiter and Brons Jupiter. The competing countries are China, Czech Republic, England, Italy, Australia, United States, Canada, France and lastly a Beatles Tribute. It was a fantastic show and lots of fun - Andy took 400 pictures and I filmed the whole thing with my camera. I'll put up more pictues and the video at a later date.
It was a wonderful evening with great food, great company and a lovely show!
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| Andy's picture. |
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lördag 25 juni 2011
Lunch day 5
After a couple of hours of shopping at the eminsly large Dix30 shopping area we're back home for lunch.
Pan seared salmon, asparagus and home made holandaise sauce. My mother-in-law make some beautiful food! Yummy!
And strawberries and vanilla whip cream for desert. Nice huh?
Pan seared salmon, asparagus and home made holandaise sauce. My mother-in-law make some beautiful food! Yummy!
And strawberries and vanilla whip cream for desert. Nice huh?
Location:Rue de la Grande Allée,Verdun,Kanada
Canada day 4
Another great night sleep, although I did have a hard time falling asleep. Which means that I have had time to start my new book The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell. And it has started good, so I'm very pleased, but I love me my British crime novels.
Since today is a holiday both in Canada, Jean Baptist Day or National Holiday of Quebec and Midsummer's Eve in Sweden. So were a merry band of four today, Andy's Dad is off from work and since the rain is pouring down in Montreal we decided to take a little trip to the US, where the weather is supposed to be a lot better. The weather in Montreal has become worse, but at the same time it has changed quite a bit from ALL sunshine, before we came to ALL rain. But it doesn't really matter if one is spending a lot of time inside, I mean a little rain never killed anyone, right?
We ate breakfast inside for the first time this trip. The rain has always come after breakfast. Nice to just sit and talk and plan the days adventures. And all together is going to be fun. Last time we were here, during Christmas 2009, all of us, Andy' Mom and Dad, brother Dr. SpiderPig, Andy and I had several spells of sickness. One person got sick and then the next and then the next and then it started all over again. So our ability to make a trip all together didn't happen. We took day trips alone with Andy's Mom and one with Andy's Dad, but never all 5 together. So it'll be real fun.
The whole reason for today's trip is to make sure that we get ourselves green cards/Visa for the next couple of trips in and out of the US. As to make the in and out passages easier. We have 2 trips planned to the US and then possibly some more, you never know. Therefore it is good to have the green card out of the way so that we don't spend time on "real" trips for queueing for Visas. But at the same time Andy's parents wanted to show us some stores in Vermont, that they have been talking about as "Karoleen shops" =)
After breakfast we packed a backpack with the essentials and set of on our adventure. The rain kept on pouring down, but since we parked under the house we don't really have to get wet, which is always nice. The In-laws car is a Nissan Murano so were fortunet that we won't have any issues with place or comfort. The drive way was slightly wet when we came out but since we didn't have to spend any time in the rain, it was really nice to just hear the smatter of the rain drops against the pavement.
The rain keep pouring down and there was pretty much zero sight. But since we knew where we were going and we've driven by here before, although it was real winter then, we didn't really have to see anything. We took road 10 to exit 22 and started going south towards the boarder. We passed St-Jean sur Richelieu and changed to road 33 and then on to road 225 via Sabrevois.
Outside the city it stopped raining and we could finally see out of the car, lots to see and to marvel over. We made sure to stop of at a few spots for some geocaches and also a few photo-ops. Although our first two attempts (geocaches) were futile, since we couldn't find the caches due to the flooding along the side of the roads.
We reached the boarder crossing at Noyan/Alburgh and realized that there was a really long line. We had chosen a smaller crossing in the hope that we'd miss the traffic over the boarder but alas. The crossing took about 1 h 15 minutes and then we had our green cards in hand.
We passed through the Lake Champlain islands towards the town of Burlington. On the first island, North Hero, we visited a store, that the In-laws really like and call the "Scissor-store".
We had ourselves some coffee, I tried Hazelnut coffee with milk and it was really good. Then we began to inspect all the goods in the store. There were kitchen appliances and gadgets, candy, coffee, Scissors in every shape and size, dentistry equipment, clothes, gags, books, toys, jewelry, clocks and everything inbetween. And they had set up their own Global Time Zone clocks =) I have lots of pictures from the store, but the're coming later.
We drove on via the Grand Isle and South Hero islands and then over to the "main land" in Burlington. On the bridge between the we found our first cache for the day, finally! We had decided to have lunch at an Australian restaurant called Outback, which was unfortunetly closed when we found it. So we headed on towards Stowe to find another restaurant for some lunch and some more shopping. On the way to Stowe you can visit the home of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Their original factory and the landscape around it was just like their tags on the ice cream.
Lake Champlain.
In Stowe we had lunch at another of the In-laws favorite. The Malt Shop. A 50's-60's diner with lots of fun stuff. We sat at the JFK table and the menu was wonderfully colorful. There were lots of choices of American 50's-60's food. Everything from burgers to floats...
We all ordered the same burger, the Blue Suede Burger, a meat patty grilled medium with blue cheese and bacon, served with fries. It was beautiful, soft and moist and very very tasty! Served 50's style with baskets and grease-paper. Ah drool... I want that burger again!
Since Andy's Dad and I both love onion rings we ordered a serving for the four of us. It was the largest serving of onion rings that I have ever seen. Andy and his mom ate some too but we didn't finish them all. But they were really good and crunchy.
I was totally stuffed after the meal, and didn't really feel like desert, but Andy and his Dad had some Moose Track Ice Cream, which is vanilla ice cream shattered with different kinds of chocolate, such as regular dark chocolate, regular milk chocolate, Reeses pieces and other dark tracks... =) It is a home made ice cream that is to die for!
The interior of the restaurant was very cute with pictures of famous Americans and lots of great signs and other 50's memorabilia. Even an old petrol pump and a cigarette machine can be found.
After dinner we strolled, SLOWLY, around in Stowe. Jamie's on Main was a great shop with lots of fun things and I love walking around in these stores that pretty much have everything and lots of strange things that you have never seen or heard of. More pictures will come from there.
Stowe is a very beautiful little town and it's really quaint.
After Stowe we started to head back to the boarder and back to Montreal. We took the 108 road via Smuggler's Notch, an impressive mountain range with such a magical forest. If the weather had been better, by now it was really raining, I would have loved to stop of and check out the forest and take some pictures.
We made the boarder crossing at East Franklin, that took about 2 minutes and then we headed home on road 237 and then smaller roads to the 104, east of Farnham. Then north on 233 and then road 10 towards Iles de Soeurs.
Back at home we got dinner ready, a must on Midsummer's eve, Swedish herring and new potatoes, and of course some snaps.
A really lovely day, south of the boarder! =)
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Contact me at mail@karoleen.se .
Since today is a holiday both in Canada, Jean Baptist Day or National Holiday of Quebec and Midsummer's Eve in Sweden. So were a merry band of four today, Andy's Dad is off from work and since the rain is pouring down in Montreal we decided to take a little trip to the US, where the weather is supposed to be a lot better. The weather in Montreal has become worse, but at the same time it has changed quite a bit from ALL sunshine, before we came to ALL rain. But it doesn't really matter if one is spending a lot of time inside, I mean a little rain never killed anyone, right?
We ate breakfast inside for the first time this trip. The rain has always come after breakfast. Nice to just sit and talk and plan the days adventures. And all together is going to be fun. Last time we were here, during Christmas 2009, all of us, Andy' Mom and Dad, brother Dr. SpiderPig, Andy and I had several spells of sickness. One person got sick and then the next and then the next and then it started all over again. So our ability to make a trip all together didn't happen. We took day trips alone with Andy's Mom and one with Andy's Dad, but never all 5 together. So it'll be real fun.
The whole reason for today's trip is to make sure that we get ourselves green cards/Visa for the next couple of trips in and out of the US. As to make the in and out passages easier. We have 2 trips planned to the US and then possibly some more, you never know. Therefore it is good to have the green card out of the way so that we don't spend time on "real" trips for queueing for Visas. But at the same time Andy's parents wanted to show us some stores in Vermont, that they have been talking about as "Karoleen shops" =)
After breakfast we packed a backpack with the essentials and set of on our adventure. The rain kept on pouring down, but since we parked under the house we don't really have to get wet, which is always nice. The In-laws car is a Nissan Murano so were fortunet that we won't have any issues with place or comfort. The drive way was slightly wet when we came out but since we didn't have to spend any time in the rain, it was really nice to just hear the smatter of the rain drops against the pavement.
We passed through the Lake Champlain islands towards the town of Burlington. On the first island, North Hero, we visited a store, that the In-laws really like and call the "Scissor-store".
Stowe is a very beautiful little town and it's really quaint.
We made the boarder crossing at East Franklin, that took about 2 minutes and then we headed home on road 237 and then smaller roads to the 104, east of Farnham. Then north on 233 and then road 10 towards Iles de Soeurs.
Back at home we got dinner ready, a must on Midsummer's eve, Swedish herring and new potatoes, and of course some snaps.
A really lovely day, south of the boarder! =)
Läs även andra bloggares åsikter om The Blood Detective, Dan Waddel, Jean Baptist Day, Canada, Kanada, National Holiday of Quebec, Midsummers Eve, Sweden, Sverige, Midsommarafton, Montreal, US, USA, America, Alburgh, Boarder Crossing, Green Card, Visa, St-Jean sur Richelieu, Sabrevios, The Malt Shop, Kennedy, Blue Suede Burger, Onion Rings, Farmham, East Franklin, Smugglers Notch, 50's memorabilia
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fredag 24 juni 2011
Evening day 4
We've had a great day in the Vermont, visiting lost of great little towns with nice shops and restuarants. But we made it back home for some traditional Midsummers food - herring and new potatoes. Woth sides of egg halves, sour cream, tomatoes and chives.
And for desert a lovely strawberry and vanilla filled cake, soaked in some Grand Marnier.
I hope everyone had a great midsummers day!
And for desert a lovely strawberry and vanilla filled cake, soaked in some Grand Marnier.
I hope everyone had a great midsummers day!
Morning day 4
Ah what an amazing Farewell dinner yesterday!
We've had breakfast and are heading out for adventures. We are heading to Stowe in the U.S. so we'll be crossing the boarder. A day trip the the U.S. So we'll be back later to cellebrate midsummers eve!
We've had breakfast and are heading out for adventures. We are heading to Stowe in the U.S. so we'll be crossing the boarder. A day trip the the U.S. So we'll be back later to cellebrate midsummers eve!
Location:Verdun,Kanada
Canada day 3
I can't believe that it has already been 2 days since we arrived in Canada. It feels like it has gone quite quick although we have had alot done too. The weather is somewhat dampering, with lots of rain, but at the same time, if that stops you, you might as well have stayed at home in Sweden.
The day started out early, hello jet lag. But since we're not really on a tight schedual, it's ok. Nothing to worry about. It gives us more time to read our books and do other relaxing things. It seemed to be raining when I got up at 4 a.m. Andy was still sleeping and I didn't want to wake him, so I climbed the stairs to the kitchen/living room area and sat there. After an hour Andy woke up and came upstairs.
Andy's parents woke up and made their way downstairs and we made breakfast. It was not raining by the time it was time to sit down so we did eat our breakfast outside in the garden. Andy's Dad started of to work and the rest of us enjoyed the non-rainy-weather for a while. Since the weather reports said that the rains and thunderstorms were to start again at 2 p.m. we decided to get going in to town and hopefully miss the rains. We got ready and hopped on the bus downtown. Our regular stop is right next to the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral - and as everyday, it is beautiful.
After lunch we went across the coart yard to the Dollarama store. A must when in Canada, I think. Lots of the things there are complete rubbish, but you can find some gems too. A really great thing this time is that we don't have to think about the weight of our luggage or that we buy things that are fragile, since the In-laws are moving back to Sweden after we leave, and they are packing their container the day after we leave. That means that we can buy things and ship them in the cointainer and they will arrive in Sweden in August. Great huh? Did anyone say SHOPPING?
In Dollorama, we made sure to go up and down every aile to make sure that we didn't miss anything, lots of things to see but also alot of crap. But we did buy quite a few items, the three of us, for a total of 35 dollars. Which is dirt cheap. But I'll show you the shopping another day...
After Dollorama we made our way to the Indigo Bookstore, which was acturally the main store to visit for the day. It is a very large bookstore with all the books that you can think of, and then some. We spent quite a few hours there last time we were here, finding books and figureing out what books that we couldn't get a hold of in Sweden. Books are quite heavy things, but we did end up filling out suitcases with heavy books, since there were such a variaty. This time, weight isn't an issue and therefore we can buy any books we fancy. I made sure to look for more Kate Ellis books but also bought a book by a new author, Dan Waddell. The Blood Detective is his first novell, but he is quite an accomplished pop culture and self-help-books author. There is a second book and now I just had to start reading it so see if I'm interested in the second book as well. I'm also in the search for cookbooks and maybe some other books. Last time we were here we did buy a large Canada book, so we're not really in the need for that, but maybe a book about Montreal would be nice.
When we had bought out 8 books, Andy's Mom and I rushed out into the pouring rain to go to Eaton Center to find a jewelry store. I was looking for a pair of earrings and we found a beautiful pair at ALDO. Shaped like a leaf they were both beautiful and elegant, which is always nice. Andy went of to look at stuff at the FutureShop, an electronics store, but we were to meet up at the bus stop to make our way back home.
But before we got to the bus stop we accidentally fell upon something that we had said that we would look for one day, if we had the chance and that was the statue of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the most known Swedes for his tireless work with the underprivileged and the his humanitarian missions were legendary. He is the first Swede to be an honerery citizen of Canada. His death (?) is somewhat of a mystery, since he just disapeared, January 1945, never to be seen again. Unfortunetly my knowledge of Raoul Wallenberg is very limited so I feel like I have to read up on him. Anyway, his statue is placed on the Raoul Wallenberg Square behind the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral on Rue Ste-Catherine.
The rain kept falling and it seemed like it would never stop, but once we made out way back home with the bus, we stopped at the supermarket and did some shopping, since the store was to be closed on the 24-th June because of Jean-Baptist Day or National Holiday of Quebec.
Some last minute shopping that ended up being a lot more groceries than we thought in the beginning since we were to carry it all home. On the way home we grabbed a cache that we had missed last time we were here and Andy's Mom had been trying to find for since we were here last. It was quite an easy cache but it was in a place that was totally pointless which is sad... Most people want the caches to show them something nice, beautiful or peaceful. But this one was just point less.
We made it back home, without becoming to wet since it was only drizzling. But as soon as we opened the front door it started raining cats and dogs. I was starting to get quite tired, so we decided to relax a little before the evenings farewell party.
At around 7 p.m. we rolled up at an apartment complex on the southern most point of Iles de Soeurs, where Andy's Dads colleagues live in a beautiful apartment overlooking the St-Lawrence river, specifically the Bassin de La Prairie. The apartment is located on the 14th floor and has panorama windows along one side. What a view. Unfortunetly the weather was slightly boring, but the splendor just shown through anyway.
The view towards the Island of Motreal, beautiful sun mist and rain...
C & M apartment was extremely tastefully decorated with lots of design classics from all over the world, but mostly Scandinavia. Very beautiful pieces of art and design that were beautiful to look at. Artwork that changed every time you looked at it and those classic pieces of design that magazines write about. A truly beautiful home!
Once we arrived we were handed a glas of champagne and then we didn't have to want for anything all evening. Snacks and champagne with mingle pre-dinner. Then we were invited to the table, for a four course meal of fantastic measures. The host C and the hostess M were fantastic hosts and made the In-laws farewell party the best ever.
Starter: Cold spicy melon soup with large prawns and chives. Served with a white alsace Hugel wine.
Entré: Roasted potatoes, green salad with walnuts, tomato, black olives and sun dried tomato-salad, served with beautiful pink Serloin and bearnaise sauce. Incredible food! Served with a Max Reserva from Errazuriz, red wine that complemented the meat perfectly.
Desert: Dark and milk chocolate pastry with homemade vanilla ice cream served with fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries.
And then Coffee and biscotti and chocolate pralines. What an amazing feast and a beautiful Farewell party! Thank you C & M for inviting us!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karoleen - Photographer © 2005-2011 All Rights Reserved.
Contact me at mail@karoleen.se .
The day started out early, hello jet lag. But since we're not really on a tight schedual, it's ok. Nothing to worry about. It gives us more time to read our books and do other relaxing things. It seemed to be raining when I got up at 4 a.m. Andy was still sleeping and I didn't want to wake him, so I climbed the stairs to the kitchen/living room area and sat there. After an hour Andy woke up and came upstairs.
Andy's parents woke up and made their way downstairs and we made breakfast. It was not raining by the time it was time to sit down so we did eat our breakfast outside in the garden. Andy's Dad started of to work and the rest of us enjoyed the non-rainy-weather for a while. Since the weather reports said that the rains and thunderstorms were to start again at 2 p.m. we decided to get going in to town and hopefully miss the rains. We got ready and hopped on the bus downtown. Our regular stop is right next to the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral - and as everyday, it is beautiful.
Our first point of business in town was to try to pick a cache that seemed to be easy. But when we got there we realized that it was going to be impossible to grabb. The cache was supposed to be located on a parking lot near the center of the city and the parking attendant was watching our every move. After reading the logs we realized that quite a few hadn't been able to find the cache for a while and therefore it might be gone. So we went of to the next errend.
We strolled through a couple of stores before we made our way to the food court in the Place Montreal Trust shopping center. We had lunch quite early since we knew that we would be going to a party later on in the evening, with dinner and such. Therefore lunch was a quick stop at Subways. There is such a variety to choose from here, unlike Sweden where the toppings sometimes seem kind of boring. Andy had a Steak & Cheese sub, Andy's Mom had the tuna sub and I chose the Pizza sub. Mine was really quite yummy!
In Dollorama, we made sure to go up and down every aile to make sure that we didn't miss anything, lots of things to see but also alot of crap. But we did buy quite a few items, the three of us, for a total of 35 dollars. Which is dirt cheap. But I'll show you the shopping another day...
After Dollorama we made our way to the Indigo Bookstore, which was acturally the main store to visit for the day. It is a very large bookstore with all the books that you can think of, and then some. We spent quite a few hours there last time we were here, finding books and figureing out what books that we couldn't get a hold of in Sweden. Books are quite heavy things, but we did end up filling out suitcases with heavy books, since there were such a variaty. This time, weight isn't an issue and therefore we can buy any books we fancy. I made sure to look for more Kate Ellis books but also bought a book by a new author, Dan Waddell. The Blood Detective is his first novell, but he is quite an accomplished pop culture and self-help-books author. There is a second book and now I just had to start reading it so see if I'm interested in the second book as well. I'm also in the search for cookbooks and maybe some other books. Last time we were here we did buy a large Canada book, so we're not really in the need for that, but maybe a book about Montreal would be nice.
When we had bought out 8 books, Andy's Mom and I rushed out into the pouring rain to go to Eaton Center to find a jewelry store. I was looking for a pair of earrings and we found a beautiful pair at ALDO. Shaped like a leaf they were both beautiful and elegant, which is always nice. Andy went of to look at stuff at the FutureShop, an electronics store, but we were to meet up at the bus stop to make our way back home.
But before we got to the bus stop we accidentally fell upon something that we had said that we would look for one day, if we had the chance and that was the statue of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the most known Swedes for his tireless work with the underprivileged and the his humanitarian missions were legendary. He is the first Swede to be an honerery citizen of Canada. His death (?) is somewhat of a mystery, since he just disapeared, January 1945, never to be seen again. Unfortunetly my knowledge of Raoul Wallenberg is very limited so I feel like I have to read up on him. Anyway, his statue is placed on the Raoul Wallenberg Square behind the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral on Rue Ste-Catherine.
Some last minute shopping that ended up being a lot more groceries than we thought in the beginning since we were to carry it all home. On the way home we grabbed a cache that we had missed last time we were here and Andy's Mom had been trying to find for since we were here last. It was quite an easy cache but it was in a place that was totally pointless which is sad... Most people want the caches to show them something nice, beautiful or peaceful. But this one was just point less.
We made it back home, without becoming to wet since it was only drizzling. But as soon as we opened the front door it started raining cats and dogs. I was starting to get quite tired, so we decided to relax a little before the evenings farewell party.
At around 7 p.m. we rolled up at an apartment complex on the southern most point of Iles de Soeurs, where Andy's Dads colleagues live in a beautiful apartment overlooking the St-Lawrence river, specifically the Bassin de La Prairie. The apartment is located on the 14th floor and has panorama windows along one side. What a view. Unfortunetly the weather was slightly boring, but the splendor just shown through anyway.
Once we arrived we were handed a glas of champagne and then we didn't have to want for anything all evening. Snacks and champagne with mingle pre-dinner. Then we were invited to the table, for a four course meal of fantastic measures. The host C and the hostess M were fantastic hosts and made the In-laws farewell party the best ever.
Contact me at mail@karoleen.se .
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