I think today is the biggest eating day of the trip. We started out at the breakfast buffet which was the most extensive of any we've had on this trip, and they've all been wonderful.
Then we visited the folk art museum in Baie du Malo. It's a really interesting, though very small museum. A little of everything-- primitive paintings, old festival costumes. Wood carvings, and many other things. They were also having a little fair outside where you could learn to make jewelry with silver or copper, how to color yarns with natural dyes, and some interesting marbling techniques for paper.
From there we proceeded to Maison Forget (Forget is the name of the man who donated the land) and which is a music school that does things like master classes and short workshops. They have a beautiful concert hall, and since they had a piano on the stage for an upcoming recording session, I got to play it so we could appreciate the acoustics of the hall. And the hall is really magnificent.
Then we went to brunch! You know, like two hours after the breakfast buffet. And this brunch was terrific. Lots of interesting pates, breads, salads, all made from local products.
This was a musical brunch, so we got to hear a nice pick-up trio, violin, bass and guitar.
After that, a two hour eating extravaganza, we went back to the hotel for free time and then at 4 got back on the train to Quebec. Did I mention the train is a dinner train?
When we got back to Quebec and checked into our hotel, we had a room right next door to the one we had before we left. Here's a picture.





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