Mom, Marc and I spent Christmas in Quebec City and had a wonderful time. We left Maine on Christmas morning and drove through the snowy woods to Canada. We were all pretty excited to use our passports at the border and even asked the Canadian border guard to stamp them as he attempted to hand them back to us without doing so. It is my first ever passport stamp that says "December 25" - pretty exciting! We arrived in Quebec City and checked into our adorable hotel. We really lucked out - it was beautiful and we loved it! Marc and I were roomies (Mom snores a lot!) in a huge room in the basement that was just amazing. It had a sitting room/kitchen, which gave us a place for the three of us to hang out, which worked out perfectly.
We spent the majority of our 48 hours in Quebec walking around and just checking out the city. It is a beautiful place and we loved being reminded of Europe. Marc said it felt like Prague (he and I went there on his first visit to Berlin) and I think he was right - it is amazing to me that there is a place that feels so European only a few hours from Mom's house in Maine! It was just what I needed - I've been missing my life in Europe a lot lately and this little taste of a foreign place was perfect.
While we loved Quebec and were so glad to be there, we seemed to have neglected to remember how cold it would be in Canada, and right on the St. Lawrence river nonetheless, in December. It was FREEZING!!!! Luckily we all brought warm clothes (Marc was very pleased that he was the only one of us to bring long underwear and he reminded us of it all weekend), but it was still VERY cold! Marc is a bit of a wimp when it comes to cold, so he spent most of our time outside walking a few steps in front of Mom and I, muttering "Quebec in December - brilliant idea". Luckily he would get over it the minute we mentioned a restaurant or a bar - give him a beer and that boy is happy.
Overall, it was a great trip and so nice to be with Mom and Marc. It was a perfect family vacation and we had such a good time. We're already planning next year, which Marc insists will be to someplace warm!
We spent the majority of our 48 hours in Quebec walking around and just checking out the city. It is a beautiful place and we loved being reminded of Europe. Marc said it felt like Prague (he and I went there on his first visit to Berlin) and I think he was right - it is amazing to me that there is a place that feels so European only a few hours from Mom's house in Maine! It was just what I needed - I've been missing my life in Europe a lot lately and this little taste of a foreign place was perfect.
While we loved Quebec and were so glad to be there, we seemed to have neglected to remember how cold it would be in Canada, and right on the St. Lawrence river nonetheless, in December. It was FREEZING!!!! Luckily we all brought warm clothes (Marc was very pleased that he was the only one of us to bring long underwear and he reminded us of it all weekend), but it was still VERY cold! Marc is a bit of a wimp when it comes to cold, so he spent most of our time outside walking a few steps in front of Mom and I, muttering "Quebec in December - brilliant idea". Luckily he would get over it the minute we mentioned a restaurant or a bar - give him a beer and that boy is happy.
Overall, it was a great trip and so nice to be with Mom and Marc. It was a perfect family vacation and we had such a good time. We're already planning next year, which Marc insists will be to someplace warm!
