Hey guys!
We are back!
It has been a while but today we’re in an airport
and we’re doing something super special.
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connected to a portable electronic device.
Happiness!
Are you following me?
Yes.
Where’s the luggage?
It’s here.
Here.
The luggage is there.
Welcome to Québec City!
Bienvenue!
Hello, friends!
We’re here in Québec!
Welcome, welcome!
This is our car!
Welcome to Québec City, you guys!
Marc is going to need some translation right there.
I need some brushing up.
We have just come off of our second flight.
We left my hometown this morning.
We took a little puddle jumper to Toronto where we then had a little wait.
We got on a second plane and here we are in Québec City.
All the signs are in French.
Marc has been programmed now into French.
I’ve been practicing.
We switched his flip into French mode.
Oui, oui, oui, oui.
And as you can see behind us, we have picked up our rental car.
Our little Volkswagen.
What should we name it?
I don’t know, we’ll have to… maybe we need some suggestions.
If you have a name, put it in the comments.
And we are just about to head out.
Québec City is not our final destination today.
We have a couple hours drive still to go
so we are going to head out and hit the highway.
Allons-y!
In other words, let’s go!
Québec Centre-Ville.
It’s so pretty.
So stunning.
I’m trying not to crash but I can’t stop looking at it.
This road has to come with a warning.
It really does.
Do not look at the river.
Good thing it’s a slow speed limit.
Yeah.
We’re driving through the countryside here in Québec and it’s just beautiful.
The sun is slowly starting to come down in the sky.
And I don’t know if this is normal for this particular area
but there's really low-hanging clouds.
And it has this effect with the sun of diffusing the light
and Marc was saying it almost looks like an Impressionist painting,
which is really, really lovely, especially when you’re seeing all of this for the first time.
There are mountains.
The Saint-Lawrence River is here.
Lush green fields.
It’s just beautiful.
Beautiful is the keyword here.
Yeah.
After that scenic drive from Québec City, we’ve arrived here in Rivière-du-Loup.
Yes, welcome!
In English that means Wolf River
and this is our final stop… final destination for this evening.
We’re going to be staying overnight here.
And this is kind of our first taste of this whole region.
We’re in the Gaspé Peninsula… Lower Saint-Lawrence or Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
And we are going to be here for the next ten days.
We have partnered with the Québec-Maritimes Tourism Board
to do our first press trip since March 2020.
And it feels good.
Yes, it feels really good.
And we’ve had so many requests to show more of our country…
more of Canada with you guys on the channel.
And so this has just felt like the right time, the right place, the right moment to start again.
And so here we are and, like I said,
we're going to be driving around the Gaspé area for the next ten days
and based on what we’ve seen so far, I am really excited.
We’re going to be experiencing all of this for the first time and sharing it with you.
This area is hugely significant from a historic standpoint
for not only Canada but for North America.
And you know we love history.
The architecture looks and feels different to me.
So even though we’re within Canada, it feels… it feels really different, which is nice.
It’s going to be a lot of fun touring around here for the next ten days
starting here of course in Rivière-du-Loup and our first stop is…
The Parc des Chutes!
Yes, before the sun goes down.
Let’s go!
We’re here to see a waterfall and it’s so loud,
I can't see it yet but you know when it’s this loud, it’s going to be good.
Really good.
Oh and it is!
Wow!
Oh my gosh!
It’s massive!
Wow!
Look at that!
And look at the mist just rising up.
This is so picturesque.
And we are not far from the downtown right now
so the fact that this is in the city makes it even more special I think.
This waterfall is 33 meters high
and there's an old power station here, which was refurbished apparently, I haven’t seen it yet.
And this city was one of the first places in this region to produce electricity,
which is pretty cool.
Especially when it looks this good.
Coming up in this series
I make it look good.
You make it look good.
I can’t believe how close you can get here.
What do you call that sweet move?
It’s a little choreography I picked up.
I call it the Percé Rock & Roll!
You’re going to just film me instead of helping me?
Because it’s funnier that way?
Yeah.
What is in that milkshake?
♪ Poutine ♪
♪ in the pool ♪
I think he likes you.
Well I would like you to taste it.
Just the whole thing?
Yeah.
Okay.
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