Day 47: Montmagny, Quebec, Canada - Rest Day

Day 47: Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

July 29, 2016

Miles: 3
 
Montmagny, QC


We slept until 8:30a this morning.  Last night, we both watched the democratic party convention until the end, then Steve finished writing the blog.  We both thought Hillary gave a great speech and are looking forward to the presidential debates.   

This morning we had to change rooms, though in the same motel, because of how we booked the second night.  We decided to take a rest day here in Montmagny after we had arrived and checked in.  And since it is Friday night, rooms were limited.  It really wasn't a problem because we had to do laundry today so most of our clothes were in a laundry bag, so packing and unpacking wasn't much of a problem.

The weather today was just fabulous.  Sunny skies and 75 degrees all day.  First, we headed across the street to Normandin restaurant for breakfast.  A place that serves breakfast all day, so no worries like yesterday.  We will probably go to Normandin's tomorrow as well because they have a great breakfast menu and good coffee.  We have decided that the food here in Quebec is quite good, but if for some reason we are dissappointed, the reason is usually because we had ordered something that we didn't know we were ordering.  Our routine now is first, we look for english words on the all french written menu; second, we look for french words that we know the meaning; third, we use the phone to lookup words that we don't know to get the translation; and finally we guess.  Like this morning, I got an open-faced veggie and meat sandwich with fruit on the side.  Not quite what I thought, but good nonetheless.  However, Steve's breakfast looked much better and essentially what he thought; thanks to Steve he let me negotiate a trade.  I gave him some of my veggie, meat sandwich for one of his eggs and some potatoes.  See the problem rectified!

Steve very satisfied and me too after successfully negotiating a swap.

The motel didn't have guest laundry services, but luckily a laundromat was just across the street, which was very convenient.

Small, but practical.

Steve rigged a clothes line in the room that was quite effective.  All our clothes are drying nicely.   By morning they will be quite dry.

Rope space for all clothing - no pieces left behind

We then headed out to our third location for the day.  Surprise, a cafe in town!  It was close to 1:00p at this point, so we decided to ride our bikes into town - less than a mile. We ordered a coffee each, one chocolate eclair that we split, and then set up the cribbage board. 

Cafe for two

A woman at the cafe asked if we wanted our picture taken.   She was very nice.  She spoke a little english, so she stayed to talking to us for a while.  She likes taking photos herself, she said.  She was from Ottawa, the capital city of Canada.

After a while, this cool car drove up and parked near to us.

Jaguar I think

We decided on a casual restaurant next to the cafe to have dinner.  Steve had a smoked meat sandwich, which turned out to be corned beef, and me thai hot and spicy chicken stir fry with rice noodles.  We both thought our dinner was wonderful! 

Beautiful weather is forecast for tomorrow, and a mild wind coming out of the NE.   That means we have the wind behind us!  Yipeeee!

We are off to Quebec City about 36 miles away.  We can't wait to see everyone in QC on Sunday - Nanny, hopefully Poppy, Gina, Dine and Sandra!  We are all booked at the same hotel - Hotel Manior Victoria in Old Quebec City! 


BTW - Steve and I split 1 game each today playing cribbage.  I continue to get great cards, and Steve continues to out peg me every game.  Practice makes perfect :)