Bonjour everyone! As you all know by now, I spent my vacation in French Canada, including in the beautiful mountain town of Mont Tremblant. Our final day in Mont Tremblant was just as exciting as the days before. After sleeping in – which I rarely get to do any other time of the year – we ventured down to the bottom of the village (walking, because the chair lifts were not open yet) to Creperie Catherine for breakfast. Although the setting was lovely, the crepes were unfortunately average – after all of the glowing reviews, I expected much more. Oh well, it was still a wonderful setting and great for a photo opp.
After breakfast, we ventured up the mountain – thankfully not walking the very long trek – via the mountain cable cars…
The $20 or so dollars we spent was well worth it for the view alone and made me thankful, once again, that I didn’t have to walk up the mountain…especially with two small children in tow…
We arrived at the top and were amazed by the view – the pedestrian village looked so small, almost like a model or diorama. We walked around for a bit, including climbing the stairs at the very steep lookout tower. Then, it was time for the raptor show!
A trained falconer and paleontologist presented a 45 minute talk on birds of prey in the Quebec area, including a white barn owl, a huge bald eagle (awesome!), and a beautiful horned owl – the very bird I had hope to see during the show…
I definitely don’t consider myself an outdoorsy kind of a girl, but owls intrigue me and I’ve always wanted to see one up close, particularly the horned owl. And on this very trip, my wish came true! Darwin the horned owl was born in captivity but was every bit as wild as I imagined. This was by far one of the best parts of my trip and I’m sure you can see why.
After saying goodbye to Darwin, we headed back down the mountain via cable car and did our last few minutes of browsing in the village shops…
Then, it was au revoir Mont Tremblant ….
And hello to Ottawa, the Capitol of Canada! Ciao until next week 🙂
Bistro Chic
