Longest covered bridge in the world!
Day 96 September 13, 2014
Somewhere in New Brunswick to Quebec City, Quebec
Canada
When I woke up this morning, and looked out at the lovely river view that we had from our camp site, all I could see was the massive amount of steam rising off of the water. I don’t imagine the water was warm at all, but that’s just how freakin’ cold the air temperature was!
I don’t know why, but I was still shocked to find out that the air temperature in the campground shower/bathrooms, was equally as frigid cold. Brrrrr!!! Mark and I decided that we’d go see Quebec City and Montreal, and then head the hell south. It was so cold that, for the first time ever, when we hit the road, we both turned on our seat heaters!
We took a detour to Hartland to drive across the world’s longest covered bridge.
Longest covered bridge in the world!
And another view of her….
And it spans this pretty river….
And on the inside….
And across we went, just to say we did.
And we stopped in Perth-Andover, where we had an amazing lunch at the Waterfront Bistro. Gourmet smoked salmon and asparagus panini. Delicious!
Chillaxin’ on the deck, waiting for lunch.
This would be our last stop in New Brunswick, which was a significant landmark. After this, we’d be crossing into Quebec Province, which is French speaking. I am not French speaking. Mark is barely broken-French speaking.
Our first stop in officially French speaking territory, was just over the borderline in Quebec, at Tim Horton’s. Using his not so stellar French, Mark tried to order one doughnut. We got six huge doughnuts. We proudly walked out of Timmy’s with a bag full of six doughnuts, and planned our strategy for survival.
It was time to bring out the big guns….the iPhone language translator app. Mark would speak French into the phone, and, in theory, the proper English words would be spoken back to us. Then, speaking as precisely as I could, I would try to mimic the French words into the phone, and then listen to the English translation spoken back to me.
Here’s a little chart of what I thought I said in French, and what the iPhone thought I said:
What I thought I said in French…………………..The IPhone’s English translation
I’m sorry, I don’t speak French…………………..I saved Jana Ronson
I’m sorry, can you say that again…..……….……I’m sorry, and you could diet
I’m sorry, repeat please…………………………..I’m sorry, pizza please
And then there was a translation that had something to do with telling someone they need pants. I decided that it’d probably be too dangerous for me to attempt speaking French.
At the end of our fun little day full of adventures, we checked into Motel et Camping Etchemin, just across the river form Quebec City. This was a combination motel and RV park. Lucky for us, the receptionist spoke perfect English. And so, we DID end up with a nice RV site behind the hotel, and NOT with a deluxe hotel suite!
Airstream Moho-A-Go-Go 