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More maple sugar taffy making.

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After dinner the kids participated in making maple taffy - or tire d’erable. Jean-Paul, the owner, poured hot syrup onto blocks of ice/snow and the kids used popsicle sticks to roll it into taffy pops. Jean-Paul told them that once you ate five of those pops, you were a true Québécois. Needless to say, the kids accepted the challenge. 🤣

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Traditional dances.

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Learning how to play spoons.

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After the wagon ride we sat down for a traditional Québécois dinner from the 1600’s and a little dancing.

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SCES Quebec 2018 chaperones. Now that is a great looking group.

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After we made maple butter we took a quick wagon ride. Camille ran along the side!!

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It’s hard work making maple butter - luckily we had some great music to keep us motivated.

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Early arrival this morning!

Good morning and Happy Father’s Day!

Each chaperone is contacting the parents in their group, but we wanted to let you know that the bus will be arriving early this morning. We expect to be at school by around 7:45, not 9:00.

Thanks and see you soon!

The first activity at the cabane a sucre was to learn more about the process of making maple syrup and to make our own maple butter. We started with a small container of maple syrup from the trees right outside the building we were in. We stirred the maple syrup vigorously for eight minutes and, finally, ended up with maple butter! If you are lucky, maybe you will get taste some soon…

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Our final stop on the trip was at L’Erabliere du Cap, otherwise known as a cabane a sucre or sugar shack. There are sugar shacks all over Quebec, but this one has been owned and operated by the same family since the early 1600’s. The owner’s young grandchildren were even there and helping out.

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We interrupt this blog to let you know that we have just passed through US Customs and Border Patrol. Goodbye, Canada! See you soon, Silver Spring!!

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From the first time we met Camille, on Thursday morning she greeted our group with a robust “‘Allo, ‘allo, ‘allo!!!” We were bleary eyed from spending 14 hours in a bus but her greeting rallied us and let us know that we had a lot to look forward to! Don’t be surprised if you hear “ ‘allo, ‘allo, ‘allo!!” around your house in the near future. FYI when one is greeted in this way, the appropriate response is... well, you’ll see.

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Chez Marie was our next stop. Marie, the bread lady, still lives in her family homestead built in 1652. The bread - pain de ménage- was fresh and slathered with maple butter. Marie was resting so we didn’t have a chance to meet her, but we were all grateful for her wonderful bread!

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We continued exploring Beaupré and next went to l’Atelier Pare, a local woodcarving museum and workshop. Monsieur Pare passed away in 2003, but carved a massive wooden mural depicting traditional Québécois legends and stories. We got to hear the stories and see his work displayed throughout the museum and gardens.

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Next stop - lunch!! Today’s lunch was at Chez Bolduc, a Quebec original that opened in 1954 and, Camille tells us, is well known among locals as having the best poutine around. Lots of us tried poutine for the first time and a couple of groups even found the ice cream parlor next door.

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