This morning Pastor Roy and his family called and invited us to come along on a trip to Old Quebec. There is a week long festival going on in Quebec with street performers and vendors all around town.
Kami and the kids got lunch together for us to take for a picnic and I studied my French lessons this morning. We left around 11:45 and went to the park along the St. Lawrence River and had a wonderful picnic lunch and fellowship. We watched the sailboats zig-zagging along the river and enjoyed the sun with great temperatures in the 60's. Mrs. Roy's brother is in town for a visit and we had a wonderful time of fellowship as well. The kids played for a while and then we packed up lunch and went into Old Quebec. I believe this is the only walled city left in North America. It is really neat to visit. You can visit the old castle and military citadel. There are old canons around and all of the little shops are neat to visit as well. We walked around the city and stopped to watch a couple of street performers as they did their tricks and stunts. There was one older gentleman that was washing his hands in the restroom at the same time I was. We both turned around to grab some paper towels but there were none. The air dryer didn't work as well. So we both looked at each other and waved our hands in the air and laughed. As we walked down the hallway to exit the building he would wave his hands and laugh and I would do the same. We just made hand signals to communicate and we would laugh some more. I thought he was French and didn't speak English.....He thought the same thing about me. When he saw his wife he began to laugh and told her the story in perfect English...there was my chance to talk to one of our "home" folks from America and we missed it !!!
We had a great time today and now we are getting ready for church this evening.
