Spurlock Family Travel Blog

QUEBEC CITY  Day 3 of 9 Sunday, June 30, 2019 71 degrees, sunny ****I have been journalling almost all of my travels since graduating college in 2003.  In 2019, I decided to make them digital! I'm happy to share our adventures with you, but keep in mind they are actually for me and my family!**** This sums it up for me, "Let yourself be charmed by its small streets and historic buildings.  Enjoy its many cultural activities and varied restaurants.  A little air of Europe in North America!" 760 Rue Honore- Mercier A beautiful chill in the morning air and our accommodations allowed us to sleep MUCH BETTER than in Niagara the evening bef ore.   Maybe it was the 9-hour drive that turned into 13 hours?   Maybe the brisk cold air - we are just north of Maine! Maybe the air conditioner that doesn't rattle like a tambourine every 15 minutes like the Niagara hotel The fluffy new pillows? (Dylan even tossed his pillow aside from home...

NIAGARA TO QUEBEC CITY Day 2 of 9 Saturday, June 29,2019 86 degrees and sunny ****I have been journalling almost all of my travels since graduating college in 2003.  In 2019, I decided to make them digital! I'm happy to share our adventures with you, but keep in mind they are actually for me and my family!**** Traffic in Toronto is TERRIBLE on the 401.  I'm sure that it doesn't help to be a long 3 day weekend in Canada for Canada Day.  I later found out that this is the longest route to Quebec City from Niagara, but the computer said it was the best.  A 9-hour drive turned into a 13 hours drive.  Can I say how awesome Dylan did?!  He didn't actually complain one time in the car.   ST. HUBERT CHICKEN   We think this is the Chic-Fil-A equivalent to America.  Of course, they speak primarily French and the girl at the counter was wonderful.  From trying to explain the coleslaw (creamy or vinegar), then navigating the ...

NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO, CANADA   Day 1 of 9 Friday, June 28, 2019 76 degrees, Sunny ****I have been journalling almost all of my travels since graduating college in 2003.  In 2019, I decided to make them digital! I'm happy to share our adventures with you, but keep in mind they are actually for me and my family!**** One of the new seven wonders of the world, Niagara doesn't disappoint.   We knew this would be a great stop on our journey to Quebec to explore this natural beauty after 5 hours of driving from Columbus, Ohio.  My mom, Betty, accompanied us on this trip to get her passport stamped for the first time! Mom and Dylan had never been to see this glorious, powerful wonder while Paris and I were here in 2005 (when I was SURE he would propose marriage, but never did).  One day is PLENTY of time in Niagara for us, as the carnival atmosphere on Clifton hill doesn't appeal to our travel style.   There is plenty more to see ...