// August 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // Hinote, Mortis
Playing - Les Cowboys Fringants: Rue des souvenirs.
This song make me think of my childhood, a nostalgie from the past, your memory always making it feel better that it was sometime.
We landed in Québec city, there was a long line at custom. Took some time to explain to the agent, why we were travelling from Chicago, Québec, Toronto, one canadian passport and one US. We met my parents, pack the car and stop the the Normandin because it’s always on the way before going in the park. It was 5pm, so we were quite hungry, Hinote tried the wrap and I got a chicken grilled panini. We talked with them about our US trip, got news of my family etc.
It was cloudy and quite cold in Québec city, and it seem it would be the weather we would get while here. We drove 2 hours in the woods, when we got home we were so tired, we falled asleep fast, my parents made a room for us downstair so we have privacy.Tonnerre was happy to see me, but you can see he is getting old. He still have his temper tho.Anger is the only feeling he seem to know.
My mom made muffins and fruit salad for breakfast. That would be our breaskfast for the next 2 weeks, she was always making new kind of muffins for us, and a different fruits salad. I normaly don’t eat much from breakfast, but when there is 20 muffins waiting on the table…We took the day to relax, I surfed a little on dad computer, my old one, Misono, and I did tiny errands with Hinote, getting the stuff missing or that we didn’t bring , traveling by plane.Mom made crepes for dinner, and I stopped at the video club to get 4 movies for 4 days. We always catch up with movies in summer, everything being close at early in the region. We watched a movie after dinner with my parents.
The monday was my cousin birthday. But the funeral of her dad was the day after, so we were not sure how to act on it. I wanted to go shop for a gift for her. After the tough year she got, and she mentionned it often, I decide to give her a pink ipod nano. We also picked up a wireless router at staples, we wanted to use Hinote laptop to surf or our ipod also, but dad only got one connexion. After dinner, we set it up. Violet became our main computer for the next 2 weeks. Sharing a computer was something new for us :laughs: but it went well, I was doing my web round on the couch in the morning. But its why I will probably get a small netbook. My dad drove us at my cousin around 9pm, we gave her the gift, I chatted a little with my aunt and we left. We watched another movie that night.
Tuesday morning we got ready for the afternoon. It was the first day that was sunny since we were here. I took my mom car and we got to the funeral home from 1pm to 5pm. I met a lot of my family there. Its was open until 10 pm, but the formal funeral was the day after, so when it close at 5, we left and drove back to IGA. The atmosphere is always heavy from funeral, and we decide to make a salad together, after all that food from vacations. We felt quite relax going at grocery there, large space for aisle, not much people and stress like downtown. We made a huge salad, spinach, cucumber, peper, tomatoes, crouton, my hometown cheese and renee dressing off course for Hinote. We bought a small brewery maple québec beer but it was not that good.
The Wednesday was the funeral. We got in the funeral home in the morning, and got to church after. I remember standing on the stair in front of the Saguenay river, waiting to go in. The cathedral is really beautiful. After that, we got a small lunch at the funeral home. Later that night, my friend Math visit us, he played a little on the PSP and after that we left to go play pool while Hinote stayed at home so we can get some guys time. We played and chat, so it was quite calm. We got donuts on the way home, but I only ate one.I know him since I’m 12 years old, so it’s still funny to see we are still thinking the same.
Thursday was was coquillage day! It’s a tradition since I left Québec, I feel like I miss nature, after all the highway and high rise. We drove by La Baie, stop at la fromagerie Boivin to get fresh cheese curd, and stopped at a place where I really love the view :
My dad got coffee for Hinote and my mom on the way. It’s funny, he got cofffee for both of them a lot of night during the 2 weeks we were there. We stopped in l’Anse Saint-Jean to get fresh pies from Louise bakery. My dad just love her rasberries pies. After that we drove to Charlevoix.We stopped 30 minutes to a big fall that is well hidden in the wood, with a small dirt trail. We took pictures and movie there. We stopped on a beach next to the Saint-Laurent river. we ate on top on the mountain before going on the beach.My mom made us chicken breast panini with veggie and cheese and we ate some of the fresh rasberries pies. We walked there for an hour or 2, my feet in the water, relaxing to the wave sound, and cold water, finding coquillage, seeing live shrimp also. It feel so calm with my feet in the water. I got at archambault that night and got la fille qui revait d’un bidon d’essence et d’une allumette. The second book of the millenium triology. I read late at night in my hometown.
When we got home we made a fire also, so my petite amie can do her famous multi layered guimauve.
The Friday me and Hinote decide to shop. She always love going to the mall there, always finding good sales. We also have the car, no stress from people walking all over like Eaton center. I got a component wired for my PSP. Hinote found some shirts on sales, she was quite happy about it. We walked around the mall, while drinking a green tea matcha smootie. I call Math in the mall parking, and I pick him up at home, we left Hinote there, she made dinner for her, and we drove to the neigbhour pizzeria. Pizza with a crust of melted burn cheese, with bacon and pepperoni. It tasted like home. *_* We rented movies after.We stopped at IGA for fresh bread for toast (honey bread) and got a 6 pack of Unibroue Honey beer.
We watched half of watchmen and got bored, so we watched the last underworld after. We made a fire. Math said in his blog that he is the best to make them, so I had to test him. We made great toast and guimauve while chatting a little. It was a very nice evening. We took a picture when he left.
Saturday we did some errands and mom made a fondue, Hinote’s favorite meal. Small lean slice of meat, bread, fried rice and mom found a cake she froze. I was joking with her, saying she always have a back up cake in case it’s needed.
The Sunday was my father last day of vacation. We drove to my grand father cottage. I searched for small strawberry with Hinote, I swim for maybe an hour, my uncle said the water was at 72. Hinote stayed on the deck. Water felt cold, but I miss being in a pool so much, so its always nice to swim. When we were ready to leave, we stopped at my uncle cottage to say hi. We end up in his hot tub next to the lake, quite relaxing at 95F for the water and after that we did a boat ride, high speed on the lake. It felt so great. The dog was walking all over the boat. When we got home we watched Defiance.
For the second week, my memory are less clear. The weather was quite bad, with a lot of rain and cold, so we couldn’t do as much we wanted. So we enjoyed some time home, trying to rest. My mom made us steak and fries one night. She used a pot for fries, so I decide I would get her a fryer for that week.I got the last Millénium books and read it quite fast during the evening and morning.
We also saw an old picture of us at our first summer there, with Hinote with purple hair, and me with small beard and shave head. Hinote mentionned how cute I looked, so I said let’s go get an hair clipper. We stopped at a store when I could get some boxers, found a hair clipper, and after I teached her how to make my hair. She was nervous but did a great work. It was strange to see me like this again, took some day to get use to it again.
We made more fires at night. My mom made brochettes, pineapple upside down cake, peanut butter muffins. We decided to print some of the summer pictures so we stopped at a photo print shop, while we waited an hour, we found a good jeans jacket for Hinote. 7$ shes loves my region pricing. The day after we stopped for ice cream, Hinote got frozen yogurt, I tried a crazy sunday cup, so sweet. We got mom a safe fryer, with a container where you don’t need to touch the oil. Mom was quite surprise, and tested it the day after.
The Friday, I stopped at my aunt to see her, and my cousin with her kids. I wanted to see everyone, made sure they were ok, and played with the kids. We stayed for an hour on the deck, Chico (the dog) running around, playing with a ball, and chatting with them.We also got at Mikes an evening to try the brownie volcano together. The dessert is so big, you need to people to eat it, a dozen piece of brownies, ice cream, whipped cream, nuts. We felt so full after.
The saturday we got breakfast all together at Cora’s. Giant gauffre with a billion (rough estimate) strawberry on it. It was the last day in my hometown. We could have done something, but I just feel like staying home, resting on the deck, chatting with my parents, packing. I falled asleepa round midnight and hinote continue to pack and join me after. It was different for her to sleep 6 hours before travelling.
We woke up early, pack the car and drove to Québec city. We got there, got rid of luggage, took a coffee and chat with my parents for an hour while eating a tim muffins. Security was fast and we waited for the plane, reading and trying to surf. I got a science & vie but I haven’t read it yet. It was sunny for the fly, but it seem Toronto would pay later that day.
You always feel sad leaving that place, but at the same time, I was craving time home with me and Hinote alone.H aving Hinote now with me, makes things so better. Normally after vacations, I felt down, for august. My girlfriend, family and friends so far. It’s possible now that I see my region with rose-colored glasses, I only go there on vacations now, so I missed those summer trips, relaxing with her there but I still see how life can become boring there. And also how the rhythm of life is so slower and more relax. So I always crave the next vacation there in summer. I think we got a nice 2 weeks, we needed to relax, and my hometown is the perfect place for that. I wish we could have visit Québec city, but next year it will be fun to visit. But this time I will make sure to book hotel in advance to make sure we go. Or maybe a trip in other région also, like Gaspésia.
See you soon Saguenay kingdom!
