Quebec, Canada

Recently, about 139 seventh graders travelled to Quebec, Canada to experience the culture and a new country. Quebec is the closest city in North America to a European town, the trip was truly enjoyable. In this blog writing I am going to present my version of the adventures we went through, and the new knowledge we have gained. So sit back, relax, and enjoy!

I woke up on the morning of May 14th, 2015, thrilled for the journey I was about to embark on. Many traveling with me had travelled on this journey before. They had crossed the border, been asked the questions, shown their birth certificates. I had never done this, I had never been out of the country. Sure it was just Quebec, but from the moment I woke up I could feel the blood rushing through my body and the thoughts rushing through my head. I was leaving the USA for the first time, I was going to Canada.

Quebec City.

The first day was not very eventful. It mainly consisted of an eight hour bus ride, longer than usual because one of the busses broke down. When the busses arrived we boarded and departed. When buses 2 and 3 arrived in Quebec we went to the Chemin du Roy Sugar Shack where we ate dinner. It was a very good dinner. We then embarked on a walking ghost tour, afterwards it was off to bed. At 1:30 in the morning I woke up and was having an allergic reaction to soy. One of my roommates had slept through the whole reaction, but soy is soy, and I was alright.

Old Quebec. In Old Quebec,
you can purchase many souvenirs.

The second day was very enjoyable. The only non-enjoyable part was when my roommate, the same one that had slept through the allergic reaction, took a 25 minute shower. My other two roommates and I barely had any time to get ready, and one of them was screaming at the one in the shower so loudly that she could be heard on the floor above us. There were complaints. We then went to breakfast and loaded the bus. That morning we walked high in the sky above roaring rivers. I had to wear my rain jacket. While we were there, we did a scavenger hunt. We had to walk on bridges, they seemed unstable. However, that was a highlight of the day. After that we went to lunch and then toured a church. The church was very Medieval styled, it had a lot of artwork. Very Roman-Catholic. We then went to tour over a waterfall in cable cars. That was the end of the events for me. After that the day consisted of dinner and swimming.

A cable car over Parc de la 
Chute Montgomery.

The third day, last full day, was the best full day. We started the day off at the Citadelle, an active military base. While we were there we took a tour and watched a reenactment. After that, we went to the mall. My friend and I were on a search for berets, at the end of the trip we found them, but the cost of one was worth half of my money. While at the mall, my friends and I “lunched” at PFK, otherwise known as KFC. However, I did not know where we were eating until the near end of our lunch. After the mall, we took a tour around Quebec, self-guided. We got to go to the top of a tall building and look over the city. The Observatory. After that, we journeyed down to Old Quebec where we purchased souvenirs. After another military activity, the seventh grade headed to dinner where we feasted on Greek food. Soon after, we had another military activity, and then we went bowling. The bowling was probably one of the most humiliating things in my life. I had never been so bad at anything. My team consisted of six girls, I came in last. Three-quarters of the way through bowling I finally figured out how to hold the ball. Just as one of my teammates got two strikes in a row! After bowling we all “settled” into bed, when really my room and I were debating on whether or not to play poker with kit-kats.

The seal show at the Quebec Aquarium.

On the last day, we started off with an American breakfast at the hotel, we then checked out of our rooms and went to the aquarium. The aquarium was very enjoyable. While we were there, we got to check out many cool sea creatures. We also watched a seal-show! After the aquarium we boarded the bus for our seven-hour voyage to America. I slept for half of the bus ride. When we arrived back in Maine, I was sad that the trip was over. However, after I got off the bus and saw my dad waving at me I remembered that this is home.