Today was a driving day. I drove across most of New Brunswick, and boy, were the autumn colours out in full force! Beautiful scenery. Sadly – not a single moose to be seen.
The day got off to an unexpectedly late start though. I woke up at 8am, turned off the alarm on my phone, thought ‘OK, time to get up!’ and promptly fell back asleep. My next memory is of the hotel room phone ringing, and a sudden awareness that it was pretty light outside.
The clerk from the front desk: ‘Hello, just wanting to know if you’re planning to stay another night?’
Me: ‘Um, no. What time is it?’
The clerk: ’11.15. Check out time was 11.’
Me: ‘F$%*. I’ll be right down.’
The clerk: ‘No worries.’
A frantic 10 minutes of repacking, tooth-brushing and cursing shortly ensued. By half past 11, I was on the road, munching a banana and a muffin and gulping some orange juice.
My only main stop today on the way to Quebec City was at Great Falls, New Brunswick. The falls are quite spectacular, and the gorge where the water empties into is also pretty cool. Apparently a few weeks ago the falls had run dry, so I was lucky they were switched on today.A couple of hours later, and I was in Quebec, la belle province! Suddenly all the signs were in French and the drivers were blaring their horns for no apparent reason. Ah, just like France :D
Not much else really happened after that, but just as I was driving into Quebec City towards the hotel I crossed a bridge over St Lawrence River. The other, cantilever, bridge was quite spectacular. So naturally, I checked in to the hotel, jumped back in the car, and drove to a point where I could see the Pont Quebec bridge. Just before the sun fully set. Nice.
So, tomorrow I’m looking round Quebec City before driving down to Montreal. I’m looking forward to checking the old town out.
Over and out.
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