Re: [Leica] Montreal Stores --> Fall Colors to the East

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>]

Andre Jean Quintal wrote:
 (some snipping)
>         --> You ABSOLUTELY must consider spending some time
>         in the Eastern Townships, about 100 miles East of Montreal,
>         somewhere around Sept 20 to Oct 05, for peak Fall Colors.
> 
>         A good "special" place to stay is North Hatley, QC,
>         where the scenery, next to Massawippi Lake, is
>         quite extraordinary at that time of the year.
>         There's a five star (four star?) gastronomic restaurant
>         and inn where Toronto's elite come for week-end get aways.

>         Mount Orford Park and Owl's Head ski areas are uniquely beautiful,
>         to the West, around Memphremagog Lake, and don't miss
>         Abbaye St Benoit du Lac in Austin, the Benedictine Abbey
>         (and their apples at that time of year), interesting photo op.
>         From the Abbey, you could use Glenn Valley road to reach Brome,
>         then Sutton, another fantastic ski resort area with many
>         Fall Colors treats for avid photographers.

>         I hope this can be interesting to other people
>         on the list,<<<<<<<<<<<<

Bonjour Andre,
Merci beaucoup for your description of the Eastern Townships, you bring
tears to my eyes as it triggered many many very happy memories for me as
a Leica photographer shooting throughout the Townships for Tourism
Canada , winter skiing and fall colour time.

An absolutely beautiful part of Quebec and the world.

Greg if you read this, really build time in for a few days down there,
as it's only a couple hours drive from Montreal, you'll never regret it!
 Nor forget it! And for any other LUGNUTS if you want to shoot Fall
Colours out if this world, this is where it's at.

I can hear it now from the guys in the US north eastern States, "What do
you mean there isn't any place like in the world? How about Vermont,
Maine, northern New York and Mass.?"

OK guys I'll cede a few points to you, but, "mon dieu, Quebec is truly
magnifique! " :-)

Add in the food, locations and most of all the "people factor" and
you'll think you died and went to heaven carrying your Leica with a
never ending roll of film! :-)

Do you guys get the feeling it sounds like I work for the Quebec tourism
office? ;-)  Naw, I just love the place!

OK Andre mon ami, over to you. ;-)
ted