Posts Tagged ‘Quebec’
steeples soaring to sky
Last month, on our way home from Ontario, we drove through the Province of Quebec. In our attempt to escape the traffic on the main highways, we took some side trips. The Quebec countryside is charming, but my favourite views are of the magnificent old churches in every village and town. For this post, I will take you on a brief sky-facing journey of the steeples of some of those churches.
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Copyright Jane Tims 2017
a Heidi picnic
When I was a child, one of my favorite books was Johanna Spyri’s Heidi. I loved reading about Heidi and Peter’s trips to the alpine meadow to watch over the goats. And I loved the simplicity of their dinner … milk and cheese and bread. My favorite picnic lunch is a version of theirs and I always think of it as a ‘Heidi Picnic’.
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A week ago, my husband and I took a short vacation in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. We followed the Route des Sommets, a trail of roadways through the elevations of the Quebec Appalachians …
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view along the Route des Sommets in the Eastern Townships of Quebec
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We admired the architecture of the churches – spires and rose windows …
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Catholic church in East Angus, Quebec
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and we sampled the local food, squeaky cheese curds, herbed cheese, sweet honey, crisp Lobo apples, and yeasty artisan bread … our Heidi picnic …
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our Heidi picnic in Quebec
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Copyright 2014 Jane Tims
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