A Bit of God's Creation

I’m down for the count!  This time next week I will be at “home” in Starkville getting ready for rush recruitment.  It’s hard to believe.  It’s even harder to believe the amount of work I have to do between now and then!  The trip has been totally worth it, though.

Saturday, Anna and I had grand plans to go with some others in our group to the little ville across the river.  Well, we woke up and just weren’t feeling it, so I spent the morning working on my final project for this class, and I guess I uploaded a blog post then too.  I’m not sure.  Anyway, after lunch Anna and I took her sister Alex shopping.  Yes, I’m out of money, and yes, I bought more stuff.  However, before you judge me, I bought a skirt AND top from H&M for $7.97.  If that’s not a deal, I don’t know what the heck is. 

It took us most of the afternoon to shop (get to/from the mall, etc.), and we came back and got ready for dinner…

Le Chateau Frontenac.

What we thought was the menu at Le Chateau...

This is the only picture I took, because Anna and I knew better than to take pictures at a super fancy restaurant.  And y’all, it was some kind of fancy.  Anna’s dad was gracious enough to “adopt” me into the family, and we enjoyed a great meal.  They prepared Caesar salad tableside, Alex and I had halibut, and Anna and her dad had steak.  Between courses they brought sorbet – mango, cinnamon, and pepper.  It was weird, but I ate it.  For dessert we had crème brulee and bananas foster.  Oh my.  Needless to say, we left full.  And sorry I don’t have pictures.

Today, Sunday, we slept in again (wished I was at Galloway!), and around lunchtime we set out for a hiking adventure along the river that turns into the waterfall (that we went to last week).  The weather was perfect and the water was so cold!  But, we had a great time and I enjoyed seeing the beauty of God’s creation.  It was hard to imagine that we were in Quebec, Canada – it seems like we could have been anywhere in the world.

L to R: Me, Candace, Tracy, and Allie

Tonight we went back to the Mexican restaurant we tried our first week here, and it was good, but I had $18 nachos and let me just say I could probably make them myself for less than half of that.  But here’s a picture anyway.

THEY WERE HUGE.

Anna and I have tried to make a list of everything we want to do this week, and I know we won’t get it all done!  I guess that just means we’ll have to come back another time! 

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