Italian adventure part 2

And so we move again! After 3 years and 2 months in Belgium we are going back to Italy!
Most of the things are planned and organized already - TBBE found a place that will become our new home, a day care for Julia is booked, new jobs are arranged and we found a transportation company that will relocate our big collection of useful and useless things ;-)
Now only packing left... and finalizing things here...
Although I am excited about all the new things coming I will miss our place here, at the side of a channel.....

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Long time no news...

Things are busy with a baby on board so no time for writing. But we are doing fine :-)
And huge changes are coming again...


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First bicycle trip!

First bicycle trip with Julia went well. Julia's vehicle no 2 seems to be a pretty good buy. 

There was a sudden hunger attack and changing of diaper in the middle of a forest but all in all - everyone was happy and in good mood for most of the time :-)

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Learning each other

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Finally at home :-)

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She is here!!!

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6 weeks to go!!

Veeery happy!!!!

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Bouillon & La Roche-en-Ardenne

Another great weekend trip, this time to South East of Wallonie:

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3 weeks in Canada (Quebec and Ontario)

A summary of our trip to Canada:

- 21 days

- 2 provinces: Quebec and Ontario,

- 3800km driven
- one tent pole broken
- one camera dropped, mirror shifted and repaired
- very relaxed 3 weeks (with several minor exceptions, e.g. for the two bullets above)
and.....
- one baby girl conceived (we only found out later of course, once we were back home)!!! :D

Day 1-2: Quebec City
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Day 3: Quebec City - Mont-Trembalnt National Park, (320km)
Day 4: Mont-Trembalnt National Park

Day 5: Mont-Trembalnt National Park - Gananoque, Ontario (390km)

Day 5: Cruise on Thousand Islands

Day 6: Gananoque - Kingston, Sand Banks - Barcovan Beach (220km)

Day 7: Barcovan Beach - Toronto (170km)

Day 8: Toronto

Day 9: Toronto - Niagara Falls - Sauble Beach (430km)

Day 10: around Bruce Peninsula

Day 11: Sauble Beach - Bainsville (666km)

Day 12: Bainsville - Montreal (90km)
Day 13: Montreal

Day 14: Montreal - Montmorency Falls - La Malbaie (400km)

Day 15: La Malbaie - Tadoussac (70km)

Day 16: Tadoussac - Desbiens (200km)

Day 17: Lac Saint-Jean

Day 18: Desbiens - Jacques-Cartier National Park (160km)

Day 19: Jacques-Cartier National Park

Day 20: Jacques-Cartier National Park - Quebec City (40km)

Day 21: Quebec City

Day 22: Return home


The original trip plan was different, with much shorter driving, but we needed to adjust our schedule to different conditions. First of all - the weather. When we arrived at the Bruce Peninsula the forecast was not too promising:10 days of constant rain. We gave it a try and indeed it was not lying.... And... on that day I dropped our camera (the only one on that trip)... Therefore we decided to drive first to Montreal, where we could find a camera repair shop and than further to the East part of Quebec. In the end the camera was fixed in two days, we enjoyed that time in Montreal a lot and the East of Quebec was sunny :-)
A highlight of the second part of the trip was river kayaking in Jacques-Cartier National Park. At first it was pretty scary as dr TBBE is not a good swimmer and we did not have any prior experience with kayaking... It was an adventure at times, but we both loved it! Because campings in national parks in Canada are very much occupied and we did not (want to) book in advance, we stayed in a nearby place that happened to be the best or the second best camping in that trip. Aventures Nord-Bec   is not only a camping with great spots and good facilities, but the owner and his employees are very warm and helpful people. We also visited their kennel with 100 husky dogs - highly recommended if you like dogs!

Summer!

From today's field work:

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