vendredi 12 juillet 2013

Passed out! Time for wine and a short raid of the mini-bar :)
Kids get a pet at the Marlowe, Paul (renamed Paulysporin by Mathieu)
Out of the car in a great hotel!

Boston, Ma

Finally back on the road. We finally pass the main bridge at 7:43pm, out of traffic time you'd think ?
Well we hit some construction and it took us about 45 minutes to drive the last 500 meters to our hotel, the Marlowe. But what a great hotel it is. It's from the same chain of hotels Suzanne and I slept in when we were in New York City. It's decided, if there's a Kimpton Boutique hotel where we're going, that's where we're staying. What a great place
Bar Harbor, Me/Boston,Ma
 I won, but Mathieu had the only hole in one...
New form of parenting. 13:35

Gotta have at least one Sam Adams in New England. Gotta!

Time to go to Boston. There was however one stop we needed to do on Mount Desert Island as highly requested by the kids, and thoroughly researched by Sabrina using her iPod on the motel's wi-fi: Pirate Cove Mini gulf

Testa's... 12:12
Cool as a Moose. For my sister. 11:44
We came back to town to have lunch at an Italian restaurant named Testa's. There used to be this excellent restaurant named Miguel's but it's moved to Bangor, unfortunately. I went there with a girlfriend once and sitting behind me was my cousin Robert. He used to love that place too. The food at Testa's was actually good.
GZT disruptor... 11:00

Not too many though cause Mathieu was getting antsy. We went back down and drove around a bit until we reached the park's entrance (Trip Advisor says that Acadia National Park is the 2nd most visited park in the U.S. and I know why). It's an amazing place to visit and we will come back
GZT (Girl Zen Time) 10:58am

Wow picture on Cadillac Mountain. 10:25am

Zen... 10:24am
Mont Cadillac


Mont Cadillac

Bluenose Inn Looking Glass Restaurant. 8:23
Blue Nose Looking Glass 9h01
We left the restaurant to climb (by car) Cadillac Mountain. Interestingly, Mount Desert Island was given to a frenchman named Cadillac in the 1600s thus the name of the highest peak on the Eastern coast, about 1530 feet (Tremblant is 3000 feet hight). Cadillac also went on to create the city of Detroit, hence the name of the famous car for the simili-rich. Even if only half as high as Tremblant it does feel quite high