Bonjour à tous!

 

Are you looking to expand your travel, cultural, and linguistic horizons? Are you interested in sophisticated and historic cities? Being surrounded by a new culture? Wildlife and the beauty of nature (whales, waterfalls …)? Maple syrup?  Indigenous art? And some of the oldest history on the North American continent? If so, you may be interested in French teacher, Mr. Wayman’s, summer 2024 student educational tour  to “French Canada & beyond.” The tour is:

 

• A (mostly) all-inclusive, 9-day tour to: Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto,  & Niagara Falls

• Tour dates: June 10 - 18, 2o24

 

• The majority of the trip is in the  French-speaking Quebec Province. The tours is a balance of:

 

• Cultural / linguistic immersion (so kids can practice their language skills)

• Learning about the history & culture of Quebec/Canada (museums & guided tours—a visit to the Plains of Abraham)

• Seeing the natural beauty of Canada (the Saint Lawrence River, Montmorency & Niagara Falls, Great Lake Ontario, the Fjord of the Saguenay River—seeing wildlife, including moose, whales, seals and other)

• And Fun (traditional sugar-shack, maple syrup-themed dinner with live music and folk dancing, ghost tour, boat tours, exploring historic city centers, walking the old historic walls of Quebec, etc.)

 

• Highlights:

 

• Montreal Bio Dome (a world-famous science center containing all 4 biodomes in one building—including flora and fauna)

• Historic church visits (Basilica of Sainte Anne de Beaupré, Notre Dame de Montréal)

• Visit to a native Canadian reservation / village (the Huron/ Wendat tribe)

• Ghost tour in French of old Quebec City

• Whale watching excursion (by boat) on the Saint Lawrence River—with a naturalist guide (tour done in French and English)—where students will see minke, finback, and beluga whales—as well as gray seals

• Parliament building in Ottawa, Canada’s capital

• National Gallery of Art in Ottawa (houses the largest collection of indigenous, Canadian / Inuit art in the world)

• Bike tour of the historic Rideau Canal in Ottawa

• Crime & Punishment jail tour in Ottawa

• Toronto CN Tower ascent (atop which one gets the best, extremely elevated view of Great Lake Ontario)

• Niagara Falls Tour (including a boat ride right up to the bottom of the falls).

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