Our
next day we had breakfast at our hotel, then boarded the coach to
depart for the Monteregie region on the south shore of the beautiful
St. Lawrence River. Marie-Josee Pinsonnault was our guide today and
she was a delight. So cheerful, energetic and funny. She is with
Tourisme Montreal and gave us a running commentary on Montreal as we
were traveling through it.
Our
first stop was Les Jardins Daniel A. Seguin in St. Hyacinthe. These
teaching gardens belong to the Institut de technologie
agroalimentaire. There are 12 acres to explore and there are divided
up into themes – French, Japanese, Zen, water and others with a
collection of over 350 varieties of annuals to look at. Visit
www.jardinage.net
Lunch
was at Les Vergers Denis Charbonneau where we all lunched on huge
crepes, glasses of fruit juice made with fresh strawberries and
apples and had sparking apple cider along with strawberry/rhubard
pie and ice cream for desert. Needless to say we all wanted to fall
asleep after that! But did take the time to do some shopping there
before boarding the coach. Visit
www.vergersdc.qc.ca
Our
last visit for the day was to Les Jardins de Versailles, famous for
their fields of flowers grown especially for dry flower arranging.
Visit
www.lesjardinsdeversailles.ca
Thank
you to Tourisme-Monteregie for this wonderful excursion and lunch!
Thank you again Tourisme Quebec for the wonderful coach
transportation and guides – they were incredible! Visit
www.tourisme-monteregie.qc.ca
As
we head back to Montreal our group will now split in two – those who
are staying in Montreal will go to the Casino de Montreal where they
will enjoy dinner and special seating for the fireworks competition.
Portugal will be competing this evening.
