Jessamyn Goes Places

We left Prince Edward Island and embarked on a LONG drive to Quebec City. We had one break in the middle when we stopped at a town called Grand Falls to see their cool waterfall.  When we made it to Quebec City, we got poutine for dinner. I'd never had it before and I thought it was really good. Very filling. Holly and I both got the smallest size and couldn't finish it.  We stayed at a hostel and set out the next day to explore the city. The city is really cool because it has all these old buildings that are in the style of new France. I was surprised to see/hear so much french in Quebec. I knew french was spoken here but I didnt know it was the primary language.  Pretty early on in our walk I saw a cat in a window, which was great.  We walked around the harbor and then a part of the city with lots of shops. We walked through some art galleries and saw some art that was very good and some that was pretty weird.  There was an event going on where there were art...

 As my final huzzah before entering true adulthood and starting my fulltime job, I embarked on a weeklong road trip of Maine and Canada with my friend and roommate, Holly. On our first day, we departed Somerville (new home--we moved from Boston) around 10am and drove north. We stopped in Portland, ME to get some groceries and lunch. The grocery store was by a park that I intended to go to but it was rainy so we concluded that we had gotten the Portland experience and moved on. We also met up with Sam, our friend and former roommate. The next stop was a little state park called Moose Point Park. It cost $4 per person to enter the park and I was surprised to find the toll booth manned by a park ranger since it was Labor Day and raining. It probably cost a lot more to pay her to sit there than the money they made from entry sales.  The park had steps that lead down to a rocky beach and we looked around at the tidepools. Originally they didn’t appear to have much life but we disco...