I went to Canada! It was a wonderful cruise with the hubby's family to celebrate his parents' 40th anniversary. Thanks you MIL and FIL for an awesome trip!
When we arrived in Montreal, we found out that we were buying a house! FROM CANADA! According to hubby's best friend, "It's the most Jay Z thing you will ever do!" This is the moment we found out we were getting the house.
Montreal was amazing: it felt European and American all at the same time!
Sometimes I wish I was Catholic so that I could look at these candles every Sunday. These were at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal.
These were my two favorite stained glass windows at ND because they are so historically inaccurate. The church founders wanted to depict Canadian history instead of church history in their windows, but like many North Americans, they got it wrong. These images portray misleading stereotypes that I do not support, but they are beautiful and ironic (women were not the main purveyors of fiber arts in the 1600s, men were, and the Algonquins in Canada did not live in tee-pees, they lived in long houses or wetus).
Shhhhhh!
Yard Art:
Mmmmm......
Coolest hotel lobby ever
AMAZING hard cider/cidre
PEI: Anne of Green-freaking Gables!!!!!
Lunch on PEI at PEI Preserve Co.
I like lobster!
I want this table (but not really) from the Preserve Company store. Best preserves. Ever. Strawberry Grand Marnier, Blueberry Raspberry Champagne... need I say more?
Maple leaves in Canada
Canadian ice cream at Cows. I've been to 3 of the top 10!
Sunset from the cruise ship
The cutest tugboat in the world!
Back in the States: Bar Harbor (Bah Hahbah, or something like that). Amazing rock beaches, cute houses, the president, and more lobster!
The Grand Finale: Boston
pastries
duckies
history: the cemetery where Benjamin Franklin is buried, a woman's suffragist memorial, and the first public school (where B.F. learned his ABCs).
It was a great trip!
love,
Ellen
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