Last Night

So there was a near crisis that could have ended our trip.  We decided to have dinner at the restaurant.  As we were going to leave the room, Ann couldn't find her wallet (that has her license, credid cards and passport in it).  We searched the room and didn't find it.  Ann went and searched the car and didn't find it.  She came back and dumped her bag out and still didn't find it.  I went and checked the car and didn't find it. We went to the front desk to see if anyone turned it with no joy.  We went outside and checked where we first parked when we got to the hotel and checked under and around the cars parked there and no luck. Then we thought maybe it fell out at the gas station when Ann went to fill the tires so we went and got the car keys back at the room and, as we got in Sasha, I looked up and there it was on the dashboard. We had both checked the car but were so focused on checking under seats and in the compartments neither of us had actually looked up!  So crisis averted and we were able to move on with our night. 

We went down to the hotel restaurant which turned out to be a fancy place (unexpected).  We asked if we could sit at the bar and were told no so we got a table. We ordered a couple of cosmos to start it off right and we each started with the salmon tartar. 

 

I got the tenderloin, Ann got the duck. 

We wanted to end the night with espresso martinis but they didn't know how to make them; so we got Baileys instead. 

So, I get it was a nice restaurant, and I get they're European here so everything is slow paced, but dear Lord I felt like we were there for hours (and it turns out we were!).  By the end I wanted to poke my eye out with the sword pick just to keep things lively.

So yes, this is what happens when you take Ann and I out to an elegant restaurant. 

After dinner we decided to call it a night.  We cranked up the heat in the room so we could enjoy one final night of warmth before freezing our arses off tomorrow!  Somehow Ann got a hold of Super G and cuddled up with him as she went to sleep (have no fear, I pried him out of her hands and got him back though!).  

Now it's 6am and I'm wide awake. Thinking today we'll hit old Quebec and maybe the aquarium before we check in at the ice hotel. Weather forecast according to Ann: it's dank and dreary out there. 

We have no data service here so we're on hotel wifi for now.  Not sure if the ice hotel will have wifi so we'll do our best to keep posting.   Wish us luck!