I woke up early on Saturday morning...excited to get up to Johnson for some QT with Laura and Dana. Rucchi is away so, us ladies had discussed a day of drinking coffee, catching up and maybe visiting a craft show or two. Shortly after we arrived to Johnson, the conversation turned to the day's plans. It was 12:30pm. The wheels were turning. Laura wanted to see the ocean. A tall order. Provincetown? No, too far to drive and we'd arrive in the dark. At one point, all three of us were looking at a map of the Northeast. Silly but, true. We finally decided on Quebec City which is mere 4 hours from Johnson. Why go? The Ballet! We found tickets to The Nutcracker and booked a room at Hotel Le Saint Paul really inexpensively.
We arrived about 2 hours prior to our 7:30pm show. We had just enough time to relax, change clothes and orient ourselves so we could find the theater. We left our hotel about 30 minutes early. We found the theater with no trouble and parked out front. We picked up our tickets but, found that our seats weren't together. Laura agreed to take the single ticket on the opposite side of our row. After sitting for less than 5 minutes, the ticket agent came over to us to let us know our tickets were for Sunday night, not Saturday. Yikes! We had to follow him immediately to try and change our tickets. After 15 minutes of scrambling, and a brief moment of panic after hearing the Saturday show was sold out and our tickets couldn't be refunded (they weren't cheap), we were able to negotiate 3 spots in the balcony. Dana and I were finally reunited with Laura. Together we found that our new seats (all together) were even better! The Nutcracker was so much fun to see. After the performance ended, we walked a bit before eventually settling on a restaurant for dinner. After a yummy meal, we headed back to our hotel and fell into bed around midnight. None of us expected the night to go as it did but, we were all very pleased that everything worked out. Onto the next...!
Our hotel.
The Nutcracker
Complete with a snow squall...
On our way to brunch...
My impromptu travel companions.
The view after climbing many, many stairs. Lovely.
The Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac
Quebec City was so Christmas-y.
Our stage!!! or, bathroom.
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