Literary Trip Part 3

For those who have read and enjoyed anything by Bill Bryson, I would recommend the Canadian author, Will Ferguson. He is a talented travel writer and in his book, Beauty tips from Moose Jaw, he will take you on a coast-to-coast tour of Canada like no other. He writes in a very personal and quirky style.
If you read this book - check out Chapter Seven - when he writes about being in Tadoussac and then driving up the Saguenay Fjiord.


My sister and I went whale watching that morning and had a very French style lunch at a little bistro in this very touristy town.

  We then drove up one side of the Saguenay Fjiord, taking in the beautiful scenery up to Chicoutimi and down the other side back to our motel in St. Simeon. 

It is fascinating to read another person's account of traveling on the same roads.

Literary Trip Part 2

How often does one get a chance to visit the "scene of the crime"?

Before my sister and I arrived in Brome Lake, we took a detour and visited Quebec's Old Town (Vieux-Québec) in order to see the Literary and Historical Society building (scene of the murder in Bury your dead by Louise Penny).



 We signed up for the English tour, the highlight of which was going to be the library!

Doesn't it look like a glorious library?

Can you imagine how I felt when the tour guide informed me that the library was closed on Mondays ... and that while those on the tour could spend a brief moment there, but no one could return. I felt like a child, nose pressed to the window of the candy shop.





 Our next stop in search of Inspector Gamache was to find the setting for a future book - Saint-Benoit-du-lac, the Benedictine Abbey on the shores of Lac Memphremagog. It was an interesting place and I look forward to reading a mystery set among the brothers!