MK Travels to Kitchener What? That’s elsewhere.
Sights of Quebec Photos by Katie Heffernan The Ruins picture was taken in Quebec City in the new part where buildings are more modern. We were walking around looking for somewhere to eat and/or to shop when I saw a glimpse of the structure down a side street. We crossed the street and walked down and discovered it was only that part of the building. People were walking by as if it were a normal part of the town but, we couldn’t just pass by. We wanted to know what it was and why it wasn’t torn completely down. Behind it is an empty
lot with nothing being constructed just that front. There were grafiti tags on it from locals. The picture with the building peeking over the wall is Chateau Frontenac from inside the Citadel, a military building with a further bacck drop of the landscape of the Quebec countryside.
The most important news of all!! Bunnies!!
Damn it MK... the bunny is not news. Just wanted to see if they’re paying attention
I lied; I did do some recent travelling. Other than going to Canada’s Wonderland, I went to another relatively nearby destination – Kitchener Ontario. I don’t normally go to Kitchener, in fact, I’ve only been there a handful of times in my life. Anyhoo, I went to Kitchener this time to go wedding dress shopping with a friend who is getting married in the summer and who’s bridal party I am going to be in – along with her twin sister and a friend from our high school days. I’ll be honest, I’m not the ‘yay, let’s go dress shopping!’ type, but it was a fun time and a learning experience to boot. Oh yeah, I learned all about things like ‘tooling’ and ‘bodices’ and ‘sweetheart cut’….all of which I was previously unfamiliar with. Of course, what weekend spent with high school friends would be complete without the necessary drinking. There was lots of booze to be had, lots of talking, and playing ‘Scene It’ on the Xbox which is actually a really fun game and kind of difficult when intoxicated…that hand-eye thing becomes problematic. All-in-all, the trip to the other side of TO was a pain, but it was well worth it to spend time with people I’ve known most of my life and don’t get the opportunity to see all that often. The picture that accompanies this short little article is a hot air balloon (clearly) being let off in from the park right behind my friend’s apartment. It was a beautiful day outside and it was cool to see how fast the balloons go up once they are released from the ground (I say ‘they’ because the following day, there were two being let off at once, and yes I am easily amused!). The view and all the fall colours were pretty awesome too – and that was possibly our last taste of nice weather before the winter blows in.