What a crazy way to end our road-trip to Canada. From banging on the door and a few hours later a fire in the hotel, we left Quebec City back to Montreal to enjoy the last few hours of our trip at The Four Seasons.

No one has ever said traveling with a 3-month-old is easy. And even though Elle is likely in the top 5% of “easy babies,” the pure exhaustion we both felt when we woke up this morning was real. Thankfully, we were able to take it slow this morning. We ordered room service for breakfast and took Elle’s 3-month photos in her very cute Ralph Lauren outfit. We didn’t leave our hotel room until nearly 11 AM when we made the 15-minute walk to The Citadelle of Québec. 

What a difference 12 hours makes. When we arrived late last night at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, it was pouring rain, but when we opened the blinds in our room overlooking the rest of the castle, it was a beautiful sunny morning. After getting Elle ready and having a room-service breakfast, we were prepared to go out and explore.

The one day of the trip we were worried about was today. The weather called for a lot of rain, and we were planning to make the 3-hour drive from Montreal to Quebec City. We took it easy in the morning, I went for a run first thing while Jenn fed and cared for Elle. It was just starting to rain on my run so I had to cut it short and grabbed a coffee at Melk before meeting Jenn back in our room and having room service breakfast. 

A little less than a year ago, Jenn came home from San Francisco saying she was pregnant. After a topsy-turvy 9-months, we welcomed Elle into the world on May 31st. We are ready to test the waters three months later with our first trip as a trio. We decided to take a road trip to Montreal and Quebec City for our first adventure. We packed the night prior, were down at the car a little before 8 AM, dropped off Frasier at Camp Canine, and began our journey north. 

Outside of a few weekend trips to the Hamptons and a weekend in Washington DC and Philadelphia we haven’t done a lot of local travel. Our list of these getaways is still quite long with jaunts to Nantucket, Cade Cod, Newport, Boston, and Montreal still on the list. However, this past weekend, which also happened to be Juneteenth, we took advantage of the long weekend and drove from Manhattan to Niagara Falls, ending the trip in Toronto.