Let's bowl, let's bowl! Let's rock and roll!!!

What a fun morning! We started the day with disco bowling. For lunch we went to Fromagerie Lemaire, home of the first poutine!!! The SEVEC moose even made an appearance :)

To burn off all those poutines we went for a nice snowshoe walk along the Saint Francois river... Beautiful day in Quebec!

Family day #2- Sunday

This was the second family day for the students. We were starting to miss the kids a bit so we had brunch with two families then went to the QMJH hockey game. (Remparts vs Voltigeurs)

We the chaperones then had a nice dinner at a Thai restaurant :) 

Family day #1

This was our first of two family days. Students went with their twin and did activities where hopefully they will learn a bit more about Drummondville or experience a new activity. The chaperones were also on our own for the day. 

We decided to hop on the VIA train to Montreal! Pourquoi pas?!? 

We walked to old Montreal, went through Chinatown, stopped into the Notre Dame Basilica. Then we came back up Rue Saint Catherine and stumbled into a cheese festival... Who doesn't love free samples of local cheeses?!?

We also walked through a street music festival called Montreal en lumières... Pretty cool :)

We came to Drummondville on the evening train... All in all, a great day! 

I can hardly wait to hear what fun the kids had!!! 

Battling for North America, Battling for bargains...

We begin our morning with breakfast in Quebec City. While some chose McDonnald or Tim's we went to Paillard for "pain au chocolat" coffee and French "macarons" why not taste a bit of French culture while we're here?!? 

Following that we went to the plains of Abraham where we learned more about the battle that decided the fate of North America. (Wolfe/Montcalm)

After that we went to "les galléries de la capitale", a gigantic shopping mall with an amusement park AND a full sized hockey arena ;) students had fun shopping/playing.

We left Quebec a bit early because they were calling for bad weather... Thankfully our driver Bertrand is awesome!

Un grand merci!

And now is the time to thank my parent-chaperones: Rod, Shelley and Samantha! These parents have given up one week of their lives to travel with our group. Some have taken their vacation days or days without pay. It goes without saying that these three play such an important role on this trip. Always supporting me and caring for the children as if they were their own, my fantastic trio could not be thanked enough! 

Un mille mercis ne serait pas suffisants pour ces bénévoles devenus amis ;) 

Sliding to the extreme!

Today we left Drummondville and travelled to Val Cartier. We spent most of the day there at North America's largest outdoor playground! We were sliding down hills on inflatable tubes and rafts :) It was truly a winter wonderland kinda day! 

We then drove to Quebec City where we will stay the night at the Delta. You'll see pics of students swimming in the outdoor pool at the hotel... Maybe some we're trying to imitate the penguins that we saw at the biodome?!?