Poutine achievement unlocked! 🇨🇦😊
QMSB Trip - Day 3
- Relaxed morning. Tyler and Mazie sleep in. Tammy on a run. Jamie having fun with some projects.
- 10:30 AM Breakfast at La Buche.
- Walk around the Old City and explore.
- Walk the promenade by the Fairmont past the Tobaggan Slides.
- Descend stairs to Côte de la Montagne.
- Explore Parc Montmorency.
- Descend stairs to Rue Sous-le-Fort.
- Explore shops in lower area.
- Made our way to Beauchamp Art Gallery and found a piece of art we all liked.
- Returned back to Airbnb.
- Jamie goes to Strøm Nordic Spa for an afternoon of relaxing and a massage. On the way there descend the Cap-Blanc Staircase, all 398 steps of it.
- Tammy, Mazie, and Tyler went out of town and did an afternoon with horses.
- All meet at Nina Pizza Napolitaine for dinner.
- Take Lyft to Cabinet Mysteriis to do two escape rooms: Dreamwalkers and 2002: A Bovine Odyssey.
- Take Lyft back to Airbnb.
Go to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or see index.
2002: A Bovine Odyssey at Cabinet Mysteriis
This was part two of our double header. After doing Dreamwalkers we went back to the lobby and got set for room two of the night. In 2002: A Bovine Odyssey we were aided by the onboard AI in the spaceship that we were on. The room made us laugh a lot and had challenging puzzles. We definitely needed the AI (game master) to help us. We found ourselves stumped a number of times.
Cabinet Mysteriis again showed their incredible focus on have an immersive experience. At one point one of the puzzles in our room wasn’t operating right. This happens rarely but isn’t the first time we’ve seen it. However, instead of just walking in the room we have a space pizza delivery man show up and deliver us some pizza and tend to the malfunctioning puzzle. Brilliantly done.
Great time for all!
The Dreamwalkers at Cabinet Mysteriis
Tonight we visited Cabinet Mysteriis in Quebec for a double hitter of escape rooms. The first room was Dreamwalkers. New to us was that Cabinet Mysteriis focuses on an immersive experience. There is not screen in the room and no timer is visible. We had 75 minutes to complete the room but the precise time was unknown. They also asked us to remove watches so we couldn’t track time ourselves.
Additionally the story is set during dreams so we also wore slippers when doing the room. We all took our shoes off and got our choice of various home knit slippers.
With no screen to communicate with us the game master was a character in the room. The friendly and helpful Mr Fox appeared inside an old fashioned TV cabinet to aid us as we worked the various puzzles
The room was complicated and alas we did not solve it but we had a great time and if we would have had another ten minutes maybe we could have got there.
QMSB Trip - Day 2
- Our 23rd Wedding Anniversary! 💍
- Checkout of Hotel Vermont.
- Walk in rain to breakfast at August First ☔️
- Our plan to rent bikes and ride the Island Line Trail including the Bike Ferry was stopped due to rain. 🌧️ We went to the place and tried riding but the rain was too much and not letting down. Rescheduled for Aug 4. Must ride Island Line! 😬
- Four hour drive to Quebec from Burlington.
- 11:35 AM: Cross into Canada at Highgate Springs—St. Armand/Philipsburg Border Crossing.
- Park car. 🅿️
- Explore Old City
- Cow’s Ice Cream
- Chocolate Flavoris dipped cones.
- 4:00 PM: Check into Airbnb in Quebec. Lovely place!
- Relax, get situated in Airbnb. Mazie, Tyler, and Tammy explore on foot a bit.
- Tammy and I have a wonderful anniversary dinner at Le Clan. Four course tasting menu with many surprises added.
- Kids have dinner at Le Chic Shack on their own and even make a POAP to commemorate it (which makes this geeky Dad super proud).
- Mazie explores Quebec a bit while Tyler does some Geometry.
- Everyone reconvenes at Airbnb to wrap the night.
Go to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or see index.
Celebrating our TWENTY THIRD anniversary with the most delicious ice cream from Chocolate Favoris dipped in Hazelnut Praline. 🍦💍
Quebec Old City.
Much too sunny but we got to Quebec City and made our way into the Old City where we are staying.
Our plan was to rent bikes from Local Motion and then ride the amazing Island Line Trail including the Bike Ferry but the rain was too much. We rented everything and started to ride and it was just a lot of wet. We will try again on August 4th!
Waiting for the train in the rain. ☔️
