We didn't set any alarms and woke naturally this morning. Well, when I say we, I mean Matt and I. We had to wake Tom!
We decided on an easy day after yesterday and a day off the car. We are a bit out of the way of Malbaie here, but we are in a pleasant hotel looking over the St Lawrence River, the hotel has a free spa and there are some restaurants nearby. We had our breakfast (hotels don't include breakfast so ours comes from the shop - granola and yoghurt for me and some sort of pastries for the boys) and headed out for a little explore. We walked down some stairs to the the riverside where there was a jetty, we could see cormorants going about their daily business, and there was a seal sat on a rock. There was also a train station. We scouted out the restaurants and shops and then at 12.15 the only train due today arrived, from Quebec - a tourist only service (think it was $280 per person!).
We had a very pleasant lunch at Café de Chantal - another poutine each for the boys and a guédille for me (Quebcoise speciality - split hot dog bun, toasted and filled with a selection of fillings - the most authentic being lobster - but I went for egg being a bit thrifty!). We then ambled back to the hotel and went for a spa - this place has a huge spa which is free to guests. We had it to ourselves which was just lovely - it had a huge waterfall, jacuzzi pool, hot pool, infra red sauna and a huge barrel sauna - we used them all. As we left lots of people arrived, we had timed it to perfection.
The boys spent the afternoon playing pool - I joined them and lost every match! We then went back down to the jetty for the evening and had a meal at Café de Gare - moules for me tonight which was lovely.
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