We drove through New Hampshire, hilly green countryside dotted with beautiful rivers. The hills ( white mountains) are alive with moose, deer, squirrels, skunks, and wood cabins with high pitched roofs because of the snow.
We stopped at Fume gorge a quaint ski town busy in the winter but also well known for hiking.
Bath was our lunchtime stop which has the oldest general store in the USA, and the only covered bridge dating back to 1832. Greg enjoyed walking around an old record/ rocker shop that was owned by a old drummer.
We crossed the Canadian border about 4 pm after traveling 463km, to Quebec.
Quebec is the only walled city in Canada and is 90% French speaking and all signage is in French. It is divided into a upper town - atop a cliff- and lower town.
It is the largest province in Canada and Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world ( Russia is the largest).
Quebec has a population of 7.4 million and was founded in 1608. There are no gardens or landscaping around homes as there are only 120 frost free days a year and plants struggle to survive.
My limited year 10 French, has come in very handy tonight as we tried to find ourselves somewhere to eat. To our surprise very little English is spoken and menus are only in French . However with my trusty phrase " parlez vous English " we were able to find someone to help us.
Au revoir,
Leanne and greg
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