A bit of a cheat...

..Because this post is in English. But I'm so excited to be here that I couldn't wait to translate (and also it's really late), and it's also kind of a shout-out to Adri that I arrived alive. :)
I left Ottawa this morning with Adri, and en route to Montreal we stopped for my first smoked meat sandwich (delicious, if a bit mustard-y) and poutine in Quebec (to be clear, I love poutine but I've never had it here). They were awesome! So my introduction to Quebecois food (started earlier this week with St Hubert's) continued!

Then I caught the bus to Quebec City, which wasn't that scenic but for those in engineering I did see the Quebec Bridge! It was funny - the bridge was graceful, and impressive, but it wasn't actually as large as I had imagined it to be, and it was sad to think that it was what led to so many deaths (for those not in engineering, it's a classic example of bad engineering that led to worker deaths during construction, twice, because of negligence).

Once I arrived at Quebec I checked my luggage and then walked around the city for an hour. I didn't really get to see the downtown but I did a walk around the ramparts.

 

 Then it was off to Alma! And the bus ride was awesome - if you have somehow missed this, I am ridiculously fond of trees (to me they mean Canada, and home) and I love hilly landscapes, so three hours of driving through forested mountains was just the most amazing thing ever. I was glued to the window the whole time, and once we were really high up the lakes were frozen and there was snow in the forests! I EVEN SAW TWO MOOSE. The pictures I caught don't do it justice but I tried.

Then after arriving I got picked up and spent the last bit of the evening with my host family, who are lovely and in fact the couple who hosted my friend from Scarborough, Emily, when she visited last year! :) I can communicate fairly well with them, and I hope to improve a lot talking with them as they are very friendly.

Anyhow, I have to get up early tomorrow but I was so excited I wanted to share! And also it sounds like I might be busier here than I had bargained on, so I wanted to get a post in now. Have a great week!