Part 1- Expedition Canada

Ryan and Alex at the Boston Airport to pick us up.

As soon as we got off the plane (midnight Boston time) we hopped in the car drove about 6 hours across the border in to Montreal Quebec. We got into Montreal around 5:00 am and slept in the car on the side of the road. (Luckily, baby Lucy is a trooper under such cramped sleeping conditions)

We tried to make this a cost-effecient trip- so this is one of several sandwich on the street picnics.

A view of Montreal.

There are lots of festivals in Montreal and during the summer different countries compete in an international fireworks competition. So, we hiked up onto a bridge over the river to watch the 30 minute fireworks show. It was very cool.

To show off his French appreciation Sam bought a huge bag of chocolate croissants to eat in the hotel room. He bought them at a chain store called "Couche-Tard" but due to a lack of French training the boys kept pronouncing it in their most American accents 'Couch Tard' haha. .

Day 2 in Canada we drove to Ottawa to see Canada's capital. We thought Ottawa was beautiful and enjoyed all of the FREE tours!

We took a tour of the Canadian parlaiment buildings

Next time we're in Canada, I want to stay in ^this hotel.

The boys looking over the locks.

A view of parlaiment from the other side of the lake.

After a day of walking around Ottawa we stayed in an old prison that was converted into a youth hostel. Supposedly the prison was haunted- but no ghosts were sighted by our group.