Quebec
I had the good fortune to be in Quebec this past summer. Mostly, it was a cycling trip with one of my cycling clubs. However, there was one day when we were in the Eastern Townships that wasn’t a great cycling day (rain!) so we looked around for some other interesting things to do.
We were staying in Magog, which was a pretty central location. We knew there were some wine routes close, there were cheese farms, and we were near Knowlton. Our first stop was at the Tourist Information Centre, very quiet on this rainy day, so we had the opportunity to chat at length with the extremely helpful person working there. He gave us some maps and information and our adventure began.
WHAT TO DO IN MAGOG?
Our first stop was the Lac-Brome Museum. Truthfully, we went there mostly to shelter from the pouring rain. They had a temporary exhibit called Through the eyes of Children: finding Home in Brome County, telling the stories of almost 100,000 British children who were sent to work in Canadian homes between 1869 and 1939. It was fascinating – a piece of history so close to home that I had never heard about. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to see this.
Another remarkable find for me in this museum was an old mandolin that looked exactly like the one my dad always had on a wall at home – which had belonged to his father. An unexpected memory that left me with fond thoughts of my childhood.
THREE PINES
If you are a Louise Penny fan, you will know a lot about the town called Three Pines. Maybe you didn’t know that Louise Penny is from Knowlton, and that some of her inspiration comes from locations in and around Knowlton.
In fact, there are even “Three Pines” tours that you can join that will take you to “Myrna’s Bookstore” (Brome Lake Books), “Sarah’s Boulangerie” (La Rumeur Affamee) and other establishments well known to Louise Penny fans.
Inside the Abbey at Knowlton
One of the places we visited was the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, a Benedictine monastic community that is the inspiration for one of Louise Penny’s books (The Beautiful Mystery). It’s an active monastery with an orchard and a cheese factory, making fabulous products and selling them in their store. Having a reliable source of income is a means of ensuring sustainability of the community.
The rain was stopping by then, and we could see that the Abbey was a beautiful building set in a spectacular location. There were so many people there, many dropping in to purchase cheese and other items from their store. The products are available only in Quebec. We all bought a few things and took a self-guided tour, which are very much encouraged by the community.
By this time it was getting late in the day, with many places closing around 4 or 5 pm. We didn’t get to a lot of the places that were on our maps, but we had a great time visiting the ones that we did get to. I think another trip is in order.
INCREDIBLE LIGHT SHOW
We headed for our evening event about an hour away in Coaticook, a show called Foresta Lumina, a magical multimedia light show and story that is so hard to describe, held in La Parc de la Gorge.
The park is a spectacular place, a multiple award-winning natural attraction known for its picturesque landscapes. Of particular note in the gorge’s suspension bridge that spans the Coaticook River Gorge and provides breathtaking views of the surrounding nature and the gorge below. It was our entry route to the Foresta Lumina show – at night with the lights it is the beginning of an enchanting hike through the forest trails.
Visit the Parc de la Gorge in daytime or at night
Come in to Foresta Lumina for an indescribably magical experience!
I was blown away by how captivating and entertaining this show was. Delightful in so many ways, it is definitely worth a stop if you are anywhere near the Eastern Townships. (One of the people in my group was visiting for the third time!). Next time I will also make sure to come early enough to see the gorge in the day.
Close to the park is the famous, a dairy company known for its ice cream. Of course, a stop to be made not just if you have kids.
We had a wonderful day – seeing different things and gathering different experience. Lots of good eating too! Grateful that the rain gave un an unexpected adventure.
To me – another reminder that the touring experiences are so important to the overall enjoyment of a trip. The biking is always good – the hiking is always good – and the touring complements everything. Each place has its unique history and treasures to share. Invariably you learn something or find out about something new and worth sharing.
Where else can I go?
3 highlights:
- There was an art competition in Knowlton this year, so the streets were full of creative displays
- The Foresta Lumina was such a magical experience – definitely a highlight, and a show that I would see more than once – I am a huge fan of interactive light shows!
- Discovering new things with my cycle club, even though we weren’t cycling
3 things for the next time:
- Visit La Parc de la Gorge during the day for a different experience
- A full Three Pines tour
- Explore more of the Magog area by bike or by car, following some of the many itineraries and tourist routes available
This year I had the good fortune to be out cycling in Holland in the spring. I was with a group of friends and we filled the barge. It was such an amazing experience in so many ways.
If you’ve never done a bike and barge trip before, I highly recommend them. There are so many routes, so many places to go, particularly in Europe. Barges are smaller boats, so they have the advantage of being able to go in the smaller waterways often inaccessible by larger river boats. So, while the barge travels to the next destination, you get to ride a bike.
One of the key advantages of the barge is that all your stuff stays on the boat – no daily packing and nothing to lug on your bike except your lunch. It’s so convenient. And, it’s such a wonderful way to really get to know your barge-mates. You spend a lot of time together cycling and eating. I am always impressed by the bonds that are created over these shared adventures.
Being of Dutch heritage, and recalling so many of my mother’s stories of the flowers in Holland, I chose to visit in early April so that I could see the bulb fields: Tulips! Daffodils! Hyacinths!
Leaving at the end of March gave us a bit of time to explore Amsterdam before the cycling began. There is so much to see and do – such a beautiful and quirky city with the leaning houses and unpredictable streets. There were lots of daffodils blooming in the parks, which gave me some hope that we would not be disappointed on the trip. It was still pretty wintery when we left Canada, and we were the first barge of the season, so I was a bit nervous that we were too early for the magnificent blooms.
Our first real cycle day took us through the oldest tulip fields of Holland – I was not disappointed! Millions and millions of daffodils. Millions and millions of hyacinths. The incredible smell of the hyacinths as you cycled past. The extraordinary colours that go on and on – so much yellow! I was so grateful that I could experience this.
And if that wasn’t enough sensory stimulation, we continued cycling to the world renowned Keukenhof Gardens. 80 acres of flowers in this beautiful setting that is only open for 7 weeks each year,
One of the many flower beds at Keukenhof
welcoming people from more than 100 different countries to celebrate the beauty of the bulb. I was told they plant the bulbs in 3 layers to have a continuous bloom for the short time the gardens is open.
Gouda town hall
Of course, Holland is not only about bulbs – it is a country also known for cheese. So what better place to go to on your bike than Gouda? We visited a cheese farm and then made our way to Gouda, a charming city with a gothic town hall dating to the 15th century, with a puppet show on the façade enacting the moment the city got its charter in 1272. (The puppet show is a modern add-on – installed in 1961 – but still worth waiting for the time it plays twice each hour.) Unfortunately we weren’t there on the day of the cheese market, but we were able to wander around and enjoy this lovely city.
Mosaic in Gouda
Another great day in Holland. Lots to talk about over dinner.
Our next cycle journey was through the “green heart” of south Holland on our way to Kudelstaart, enjoying the Dutch country side.
Birdhouses on the way to Kudelstaart
Kudelstaart was where we docked, but the real treat was the cycle to the flower auction at Aalsmeer. We were all blown away by this market, located in the fourth largest building in the world, selling 43 million flowers each day. I have never witnessed such an operation, or seen so many flowers. They are flown in from different countries in Europe, South America and Africa, they are sold, and they are shipped right away to the sellers across the globe. We learned about the “Dutch auction”, in which the bid starts high..
Flowers at the Aalsmeer Flower Auction waiting to be shipped
But the trip was not over yet. We also cycled one day to a bulb museum. We thought this would be a regular museum in a building – but it was not! The Hortus Bulborum is a unique garden museum dedicated to the preservation of rare and historic bulbs. These are the flowers they saw in 1600’s. What a treat! It was so interesting to see these flowers and compare them to their modern-day counterparts. They were smaller, with slightly different shapes, and was I only imagining that the colours seemed more vibrant?
Mixed flowers from Hortus Bulborum
Then, on to the Zaanse Schans, and open air museum with operating windmills, one dating to 1673. Seeing a windmill from the inside was really quite amazing. The museum was created to preserve the historic buildings, which were moved from different parts of the country. The Zaan region is also known for its green houses. At the time people thought that the green paint made of copper pigment made the houses more weatherproof.
Working windmill in Zaans Schans
The green houses of Zaan region
Everyone loves to see wooden shoes when they go to Holland!
We had another day cycling in the Amsterdam area seeing lovely farms and interesting homes. So much to see and process. A tiny country, but rich in culture and history. So many things that are uniquely Dutch. Such a pleasant place to cycle. And, the icing on the cake – coming back to Canada where spring is just starting. 2 springs in one year!! How cool is that?
Where else can I ride my bike?
I had the good fortune to be in Quebec in the summer of 2023. Mostly, it was a cycling trip with one of my cycling clubs. However, there was one day when we were in the Eastern Townships that wasn’t a great cycling day (rain!) so we looked around for some other interesting things to do.
We were staying in Magog, which was a pretty central location. We knew there were some wine routes close, there were cheese farms, and we were near Knowlton. Our first stop was at the Tourist Information Centre, very quiet on this rainy day, so we had the opportunity to chat at length with the extremely helpful person working there. He gave us some maps and information and our adventure began.
WHAT TO DO IN MAGOG?
Our first stop was the Lac-Brome Museum. Truthfully, we went there mostly to shelter from the pouring rain. They had a temporary exhibit called Through the eyes of Children: finding Home in Brome County, telling the stories of almost 100,000 British children who were sent to work in Canadian homes between 1869 and 1939. It was fascinating – a piece of history so close to home that I had never heard about. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to see this.
Another remarkable find for me in this museum was an old mandolin that looked exactly like the one my dad always had on a wall at home – which had belonged to his father. An unexpected memory that left me with fond thoughts of my childhood.
Inside the Abbey at Knowlton
Three Pines
If you are a Louise Penny fan, you will know a lot about the town called Three Pines. Maybe you didn’t know that Louise Penny is from Knowlton, and that some of her inspiration comes from locations in and around Knowlton.
In fact, there are even “Three Pines” tours that you can join that will take you to “Myrna’s Bookstore” (Brome Lake Books), “Sarah’s Boulangerie” (La Rumeur Affamee) and other establishments well known to Louise Penny fans.
One of the places we visited was the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, a Benedictine monastic community that is the inspiration for one of Louise Penny’s books (The Beautiful Mystery). It’s an active monastery with an orchard and a cheese factory, making fabulous products and selling them in their store. Having a reliable source of income is a means of ensuring sustainability of the community.
The rain was stopping by then, and we could see that the Abbey was a beautiful building set in a spectacular location. There were so many people there, many dropping in to purchase cheese and other items from their store. The products are available only in Quebec. We all bought a few things and took a self-guided tour, which are very much encouraged by the community.
By this time it was getting late in the day, with many places closing around 4 or 5 pm. We didn’t get to a lot of the places that were on our maps, but we had a great time visiting the ones that we did get to. I think another trip is in order.
INCREDIBLE LIGHT SHOW
We headed for our evening event about an hour away in Coaticook, a show called Foresta Lumina, a magical multimedia light show and story that is so hard to describe, held in La Parc de la Gorge.
The park is a spectacular place, a multiple award-winning natural attraction known for its picturesque landscapes. Of particular note in the gorge’s suspension bridge that spans the Coaticook River Gorge and provides breathtaking views of the surrounding nature and the gorge below. It was our entry route to the Foresta Lumina show – at night with the lights it is the beginning of an enchanting hike through the forest trails.
Visit the Parc de la Gorge in daytime or at night
Come in to Foresta Lumina for an indescribably magical experience
I was blown away by how captivating and entertaining this show was. Delightful in so many ways, it is definitely worth a stop if you are anywhere near the Eastern Townships. (One of the people in my group was visiting for the third time!). Next time I will also make sure to come early enough to see the gorge in the day.
Close to the park is the famous, a dairy company known for its ice cream. Of course, a stop to be made not just if you have kids.
We had a wonderful day – seeing different things and gathering different experience. Lots of good eating too! Grateful that the rain gave un an unexpected adventure.
To me – another reminder that the touring experiences are so important to the overall enjoyment of a trip. The biking is always good – the hiking is always good – and the touring complements everything. Each place has its unique history and treasures to share. Invariably you learn something or find out about something new and worth sharing.
Where else can I go?
3 highlights:
- There was an art competition in Knowlton this year, so the streets were full of creative displays
- The Foresta Lumina was such a magical experience – definitely a highlight, and a show that I would see more than once – I am a huge fan of interactive light shows!
- Discovering new things with my cycle club, even though we weren’t cycling
3 things for the next time:
- Visit La Parc de la Gorge during the day for a different experience
- A full Three Pines tour
- Explore more of the Magog area by bike or by car, following some of the many itineraries and tourist routes available.
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Quebec
I had the good fortune to be in Quebec this past summer. Mostly, it was a cycling trip with one of my cycling clubs. However, there was one day when we were in the Eastern Townships that wasn’t a great cycling day (rain!) so we looked around for some other interesting things to do.
We were staying in Magog, which was a pretty central location. We knew there were some wine routes close, there were cheese farms, and we were near Knowlton. Our first stop was at the Tourist Information Centre, very quiet on this rainy day, so we had the opportunity to chat at length with the extremely helpful person working there. He gave us some maps and information and our adventure began.
WHAT TO DO IN MAGOG?
Our first stop was the Lac-Brome Museum. Truthfully, we went there mostly to shelter from the pouring rain. They had a temporary exhibit called Through the eyes of Children: finding Home in Brome County, telling the stories of almost 100,000 British children who were sent to work in Canadian homes between 1869 and 1939. It was fascinating – a piece of history so close to home that I had never heard about. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to see this.
Another remarkable find for me in this museum was an old mandolin that looked exactly like the one my dad always had on a wall at home – which had belonged to his father. An unexpected memory that left me with fond thoughts of my childhood.
THREE PINES
If you are a Louise Penny fan, you will know a lot about the town called Three Pines. Maybe you didn’t know that Louise Penny is from Knowlton, and that some of her inspiration comes from locations in and around Knowlton.
In fact, there are even “Three Pines” tours that you can join that will take you to “Myrna’s Bookstore” (Brome Lake Books), “Sarah’s Boulangerie” (La Rumeur Affamee) and other establishments well known to Louise Penny fans.
Inside the Abbey at Knowlton
One of the places we visited was the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, a Benedictine monastic community that is the inspiration for one of Louise Penny’s books (The Beautiful Mystery). It’s an active monastery with an orchard and a cheese factory, making fabulous products and selling them in their store. Having a reliable source of income is a means of ensuring sustainability of the community.
The rain was stopping by then, and we could see that the Abbey was a beautiful building set in a spectacular location. There were so many people there, many dropping in to purchase cheese and other items from their store. The products are available only in Quebec. We all bought a few things and took a self-guided tour, which are very much encouraged by the community.
By this time it was getting late in the day, with many places closing around 4 or 5 pm. We didn’t get to a lot of the places that were on our maps, but we had a great time visiting the ones that we did get to. I think another trip is in order.
INCREDIBLE LIGHT SHOW
We headed for our evening event about an hour away in Coaticook, a show called Foresta Lumina, a magical multimedia light show and story that is so hard to describe, held in La Parc de la Gorge.
The park is a spectacular place, a multiple award-winning natural attraction known for its picturesque landscapes. Of particular note in the gorge’s suspension bridge that spans the Coaticook River Gorge and provides breathtaking views of the surrounding nature and the gorge below. It was our entry route to the Foresta Lumina show – at night with the lights it is the beginning of an enchanting hike through the forest trails.
Visit the Parc de la Gorge in daytime or at night
Come in to Foresta Lumina for an indescribably magical experience!
I was blown away by how captivating and entertaining this show was. Delightful in so many ways, it is definitely worth a stop if you are anywhere near the Eastern Townships. (One of the people in my group was visiting for the third time!). Next time I will also make sure to come early enough to see the gorge in the day.
Close to the park is the famous, a dairy company known for its ice cream. Of course, a stop to be made not just if you have kids.
We had a wonderful day – seeing different things and gathering different experience. Lots of good eating too! Grateful that the rain gave un an unexpected adventure.
To me – another reminder that the touring experiences are so important to the overall enjoyment of a trip. The biking is always good – the hiking is always good – and the touring complements everything. Each place has its unique history and treasures to share. Invariably you learn something or find out about something new and worth sharing.
Where else can I go?
3 highlights:
- There was an art competition in Knowlton this year, so the streets were full of creative displays
- The Foresta Lumina was such a magical experience – definitely a highlight, and a show that I would see more than once – I am a huge fan of interactive light shows!
- Discovering new things with my cycle club, even though we weren’t cycling
3 things for the next time:
- Visit La Parc de la Gorge during the day for a different experience
- A full Three Pines tour
- Explore more of the Magog area by bike or by car, following some of the many itineraries and tourist routes available
This year I had the good fortune to be out cycling in Holland in the spring. I was with a group of friends and we filled the barge. It was such an amazing experience in so many ways.
If you’ve never done a bike and barge trip before, I highly recommend them. There are so many routes, so many places to go, particularly in Europe. Barges are smaller boats, so they have the advantage of being able to go in the smaller waterways often inaccessible by larger river boats. So, while the barge travels to the next destination, you get to ride a bike.
One of the key advantages of the barge is that all your stuff stays on the boat – no daily packing and nothing to lug on your bike except your lunch. It’s so convenient. And, it’s such a wonderful way to really get to know your barge-mates. You spend a lot of time together cycling and eating. I am always impressed by the bonds that are created over these shared adventures.
Being of Dutch heritage, and recalling so many of my mother’s stories of the flowers in Holland, I chose to visit in early April so that I could see the bulb fields: Tulips! Daffodils! Hyacinths!
Leaving at the end of March gave us a bit of time to explore Amsterdam before the cycling began. There is so much to see and do – such a beautiful and quirky city with the leaning houses and unpredictable streets. There were lots of daffodils blooming in the parks, which gave me some hope that we would not be disappointed on the trip. It was still pretty wintery when we left Canada, and we were the first barge of the season, so I was a bit nervous that we were too early for the magnificent blooms.
Our first real cycle day took us through the oldest tulip fields of Holland – I was not disappointed! Millions and millions of daffodils. Millions and millions of hyacinths. The incredible smell of the hyacinths as you cycled past. The extraordinary colours that go on and on – so much yellow! I was so grateful that I could experience this.
And if that wasn’t enough sensory stimulation, we continued cycling to the world renowned Keukenhof Gardens. 80 acres of flowers in this beautiful setting that is only open for 7 weeks each year,
One of the many flower beds at Keukenhof
welcoming people from more than 100 different countries to celebrate the beauty of the bulb. I was told they plant the bulbs in 3 layers to have a continuous bloom for the short time the gardens is open.
Gouda town hall
Of course, Holland is not only about bulbs – it is a country also known for cheese. So what better place to go to on your bike than Gouda? We visited a cheese farm and then made our way to Gouda, a charming city with a gothic town hall dating to the 15th century, with a puppet show on the façade enacting the moment the city got its charter in 1272. (The puppet show is a modern add-on – installed in 1961 – but still worth waiting for the time it plays twice each hour.) Unfortunately we weren’t there on the day of the cheese market, but we were able to wander around and enjoy this lovely city.
Mosaic in Gouda
Another great day in Holland. Lots to talk about over dinner.
Our next cycle journey was through the “green heart” of south Holland on our way to Kudelstaart, enjoying the Dutch country side.
Birdhouses on the way to Kudelstaart
Kudelstaart was where we docked, but the real treat was the cycle to the flower auction at Aalsmeer. We were all blown away by this market, located in the fourth largest building in the world, selling 43 million flowers each day. I have never witnessed such an operation, or seen so many flowers. They are flown in from different countries in Europe, South America and Africa, they are sold, and they are shipped right away to the sellers across the globe. We learned about the “Dutch auction”, in which the bid starts high..
Flowers at the Aalsmeer Flower Auction waiting to be shipped
But the trip was not over yet. We also cycled one day to a bulb museum. We thought this would be a regular museum in a building – but it was not! The Hortus Bulborum is a unique garden museum dedicated to the preservation of rare and historic bulbs. These are the flowers they saw in 1600’s. What a treat! It was so interesting to see these flowers and compare them to their modern-day counterparts. They were smaller, with slightly different shapes, and was I only imagining that the colours seemed more vibrant?
Mixed flowers from Hortus Bulborum
Then, on to the Zaanse Schans, and open air museum with operating windmills, one dating to 1673. Seeing a windmill from the inside was really quite amazing. The museum was created to preserve the historic buildings, which were moved from different parts of the country. The Zaan region is also known for its green houses. At the time people thought that the green paint made of copper pigment made the houses more weatherproof.
Working windmill in Zaans Schans
The green houses of Zaan region
Everyone loves to see wooden shoes when they go to Holland!
We had another day cycling in the Amsterdam area seeing lovely farms and interesting homes. So much to see and process. A tiny country, but rich in culture and history. So many things that are uniquely Dutch. Such a pleasant place to cycle. And, the icing on the cake – coming back to Canada where spring is just starting. 2 springs in one year!! How cool is that?
Where else can I ride my bike?
I had the good fortune to be in Quebec in the summer of 2023. Mostly, it was a cycling trip with one of my cycling clubs. However, there was one day when we were in the Eastern Townships that wasn’t a great cycling day (rain!) so we looked around for some other interesting things to do.
We were staying in Magog, which was a pretty central location. We knew there were some wine routes close, there were cheese farms, and we were near Knowlton. Our first stop was at the Tourist Information Centre, very quiet on this rainy day, so we had the opportunity to chat at length with the extremely helpful person working there. He gave us some maps and information and our adventure began.
WHAT TO DO IN MAGOG?
Our first stop was the Lac-Brome Museum. Truthfully, we went there mostly to shelter from the pouring rain. They had a temporary exhibit called Through the eyes of Children: finding Home in Brome County, telling the stories of almost 100,000 British children who were sent to work in Canadian homes between 1869 and 1939. It was fascinating – a piece of history so close to home that I had never heard about. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to see this.
Another remarkable find for me in this museum was an old mandolin that looked exactly like the one my dad always had on a wall at home – which had belonged to his father. An unexpected memory that left me with fond thoughts of my childhood.
Inside the Abbey at Knowlton
Three Pines
If you are a Louise Penny fan, you will know a lot about the town called Three Pines. Maybe you didn’t know that Louise Penny is from Knowlton, and that some of her inspiration comes from locations in and around Knowlton.
In fact, there are even “Three Pines” tours that you can join that will take you to “Myrna’s Bookstore” (Brome Lake Books), “Sarah’s Boulangerie” (La Rumeur Affamee) and other establishments well known to Louise Penny fans.
One of the places we visited was the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, a Benedictine monastic community that is the inspiration for one of Louise Penny’s books (The Beautiful Mystery). It’s an active monastery with an orchard and a cheese factory, making fabulous products and selling them in their store. Having a reliable source of income is a means of ensuring sustainability of the community.
The rain was stopping by then, and we could see that the Abbey was a beautiful building set in a spectacular location. There were so many people there, many dropping in to purchase cheese and other items from their store. The products are available only in Quebec. We all bought a few things and took a self-guided tour, which are very much encouraged by the community.
By this time it was getting late in the day, with many places closing around 4 or 5 pm. We didn’t get to a lot of the places that were on our maps, but we had a great time visiting the ones that we did get to. I think another trip is in order.
INCREDIBLE LIGHT SHOW
We headed for our evening event about an hour away in Coaticook, a show called Foresta Lumina, a magical multimedia light show and story that is so hard to describe, held in La Parc de la Gorge.
The park is a spectacular place, a multiple award-winning natural attraction known for its picturesque landscapes. Of particular note in the gorge’s suspension bridge that spans the Coaticook River Gorge and provides breathtaking views of the surrounding nature and the gorge below. It was our entry route to the Foresta Lumina show – at night with the lights it is the beginning of an enchanting hike through the forest trails.
Visit the Parc de la Gorge in daytime or at night
Come in to Foresta Lumina for an indescribably magical experience
I was blown away by how captivating and entertaining this show was. Delightful in so many ways, it is definitely worth a stop if you are anywhere near the Eastern Townships. (One of the people in my group was visiting for the third time!). Next time I will also make sure to come early enough to see the gorge in the day.
Close to the park is the famous, a dairy company known for its ice cream. Of course, a stop to be made not just if you have kids.
We had a wonderful day – seeing different things and gathering different experience. Lots of good eating too! Grateful that the rain gave un an unexpected adventure.
To me – another reminder that the touring experiences are so important to the overall enjoyment of a trip. The biking is always good – the hiking is always good – and the touring complements everything. Each place has its unique history and treasures to share. Invariably you learn something or find out about something new and worth sharing.
Where else can I go?
3 highlights:
- There was an art competition in Knowlton this year, so the streets were full of creative displays
- The Foresta Lumina was such a magical experience – definitely a highlight, and a show that I would see more than once – I am a huge fan of interactive light shows!
- Discovering new things with my cycle club, even though we weren’t cycling
3 things for the next time:
- Visit La Parc de la Gorge during the day for a different experience
- A full Three Pines tour
- Explore more of the Magog area by bike or by car, following some of the many itineraries and tourist routes available.