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Roger Kenner
Montreal, Qc,
Canada 2002
We were up again at 08:30 and out by 09:15. We walked across the parking lot to the motel restaurant for some breakfast: 3-egg cheese omelettes with bacon.
Our first stop of the day was the Kinsgsbrae Gardens, where we spent from 11:00 to 14:30. These gardens were located up at the back of town, looking down the far slope of the peninsula. We took it easy, proceeding at Sheryl's pace, for she loved looking at the plants.
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After touring the entire garden and fully exploring the gift shop, we ended up at the Garden Cafe, where we had lunch as we looked out on the great view. Besides the bay stretched out far below, the foreground was populated by giant pieces of furniture made out of shrubs. The service was great!
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As we were walking back towards the car, Sheryl spied the garden shop and took a leisurely gander through, looking at the plants. I sat down at the entrance and wrote in my journal.
We drove on down King Street (a few short blocks only) and spied a book sale at the town library, where we really cleaned up. It was a great haul and we came out with arms full of books. It was 15:30 by the time we were done there.
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We walked on down to Water Street, where Sheryl began going through the shops north of the town square, one by one. We happened by a lobster restaurant and I saw they had a terrace right out on the water, so went in and made reservations for 19:00 that evening.
From the town squre, we walked a couple of blocks up to Parr Street, to check out the town's antique stores, and then walked back around the blocks, admiring the town's architecture, until we found ourselves once more back on Water Street. We happened into a jewelry store where we discovered the owner was from Mascouche and had gone to the same high school as I. I bought Sheryl some earrings. We had finished the shops of Water Street by 19:00. Sheryl made another visit to the soap shop and I stopped once more to talk up the tinker outside. I ended up buying his CD
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I walked Sheryl down to the restaurant where I had made reservations and we got a table right out on the wooden terrace overlooking the water. It was dead calm and the tide was out. The sun was setting to the west, over the American shore that was so close one could almost reach out and touch it. We filled ourselves with steamers, lobsters and salad.
After dinner, we drove back to the motel and settled at a table out on the grassy expanse before the rooms with a bottle of sparkling wine. We remained out there until 21:00
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