Quebec.5

Since my last report we have moved on a couple of times. We departed Tadoussac (about which I can't speak highly enough) and took the lengthy drive to Bromont, a sleepy skiing town East of Montreal. The accommodation there was the best we have experienced but the area itself was not really set up for even the most cerebral tourist. Canada is pretty damned marvellous but a minor complaint would be that too often the natural beauty flashes past your car window without an opportunity to pull over and savour it. Not enough paths (particularly at lakeside, though that is probably because foreshore is privately owned here) and a lack of comprehensible signage.

Tremblant Resort

After two days we moved on again and we are in the Mont Tremblant region. This place is definitely not sleepy. In particular the Tremblant Resort is thick with tourists. You really have to visit the Resort to appreciate it. It sits at the foot of the South facing ski runs and is a Tyrolean styled modern confection of accommodation, eateries and boutiques, all expensive but artfully carried off. In my postcard home to Mum and Dad I described it as Portmeirion meets Disney.

the only way to travel

The best views of the resort and of the surrounding lakes and mountains are to be had from the peak of Mont Tremblant - a very stiff walk or, as we did it, a brilliant cable car ride away from the Resort. Beautiful.

Today we have a last full day in Mont Tremblant and will be heading into the wilder parts of the nearby national park. Tomorrow it is back to Montreal, drop off the car (we have covered just shy of 2000 kilometres) and one final night before we fly home. We shall miss Quebec.