Canada Vacation, Day 4: Cafe de Paris

This was my dinner at Cafe de Paris in Quebec. I can't remember exactly what the soup was, but I think it was some kind of cream of vegetable soup. My entree was the dinner salad with a ranch-style dressing. The highlight of the meal was the dessert. It was light and delicious, a perfect way to end a simple meal.

That does it for my Canada meal posts. The next day we left for Ottawa. I was fine at breakfast and ate part of a personal pan pizza at Pizza Hut for lunch, during which I felt ill. I was too afraid to attempt to eat dinner. It was unfortunate, since the pasta my hubby had in Ottawa looked very yummy. So did the key lime pie.

Fitbit Stats for Day 4
Steps taken: 6,535
Miles walked: 2.77
Calories burned: 2,050

Fitbit Stats for Day 5
Steps taken: 5,250
Miles walked: 2.22
Calories burned: 2,037

Fitbit Stats for Day 6
Steps taken: 11,593
Miles walked: 4.91
Calories burned: 2,481

Fitbit calculated that I walked 47,603 steps and 20.16 miles on my vacation. My daily average for steps was 7,933 and my daily average for miles was 3.36. That's not too bad considering that I spent many, many hours of the trip on the bus, traveling within and between cities. Day 6 was my most active day, and that was the day we came back to the U S from Ottawa. I got in 8,000+ steps by walking around Ottawa in the morning, before the bus left for home.

For more information and photographs from my trip, check out my website update here.

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Canada Vacation, Day 4: Trattoria Sant-Angelo

Day 4 of vacation was spent in the Lower Town of Quebec City. Our tour split into little groups for the afternoon, with four of us ending up at this lovely Italian restaurant. The interior was especially warm and inviting on the rainy day we were experiencing.

Pictured: calizza
Hubby and I split a calizza, which was not quite a calzone, and not quite pizza. The crust was more like a calzone, but it was sliced (and eaten) like a pizza. It tasted very good. Both pieces in the picture were mine, and they were very filling. I can't imagine eating a whole serving at one meal.

I'm going to save my Day 4 Fitbit stats for my next vacation post. It will be a picture of my dinner for Day 4. I don't have pictures from Days 5 and 6 because I got sick and didn't eat much. I'll finish the vacation postings with pictures of the food I brought back.

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Canada Vacation, Day 3: St Hubert

My third day in Canada was a travel day. Our group left Montreal and headed to Quebec City. We were given time on our own for lunch on the Grande-Allee. A small group of us had lunch at St Hubert, a family-oriented restaurant specializing in chicken dishes.

Pictured: chicken salad sandwich and chicken vegetable soup
Lunch also included dessert, so I had a small piece of vanilla cake with caramel sauce. The portions were very reasonable. It was nice being served a meal that wasn't way too big.

I don't have any pictures of my dinner, which was at Moss Bistro Belge. I had soup and a side Caesar salad. They were okay, except that I didn't like the capers in the salad.

Fitbit Stats for Day 3
Steps taken: 6,566
Miles walked: 2.78
Calories burned: 2,124

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Canada Vacation, Day 2: Restaurant Du Vieux Port

This meal was my dinner on the second day in Montreal. I had a small sandwich for lunch in the Underground City, so I was actually a little hungry for dinner.

Pictured: (above) roasted vegetables over rice with goat cheese, (below) chocolate dessert
The waitress at the Restaurant Du Vieux Port in Montreal was very sweet. I told her I only wanted soup as my starter, and salad as my entree. She told me she'd get the kitchen to make a dish with roasted vegetables. I was expecting something more like a traditional salad, but I got vegetables over wild rice with goat cheese. It was one of the best meals I had in Canada.

The dessert was pretty amazing, too. I only had a couple bites of it because I was afraid it would be too much, especially since I ate most of my salad.

Fitbit Stats for Day 2
Steps taken: 10,412
Miles walked: 4.41
Calories burned: 2,249

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Canada Vacation, Day 1: Famous Cajun Grill

This blog has been quiet all week because I was on vacation in Canada with my husband. Now that I'm home, I'll be sharing some pictures (mainly of food) that I took on the trip.

Pictured: Famous Cajun Grill in Wilton Mall, Wilton NY

Pictured: blackened chicken, bourbon chicken, fried rice and green beans
These photographs were taken at Wilton Mall in Wilton NY. We stopped there for lunch on our way to Montreal. I wanted to try Famous Cajun Grill because I'd never eaten there before. In spite of the name, the cuisine was a mix of Cajun (chicken) and Chinese (side dishes). It all tasted good, especially the bourbon chicken. Not a bad meal for $5, although I could have been happier with a lot less rice. I didn't try to finish it all.

Luckily, I didn't gain any weight on vacation. Every day I ate a big breakfast, smaller lunch and light supper, although I had dessert several times. All the walking our group did must have helped me burn up the calories.

I was very pleasantly surprised that so many of the restaurants were happy to accommodate my requests for smaller evening meals. Usually, tour groups have a rigid menu off which they must order. I had no trouble getting soups and salads, instead of steak, chicken or fish. Maybe next time I'll request vegetarian meals, even though I do still eat meat.

Fitbit Stats for Day 1
Steps taken: 7,247
Miles walked: 3.07
Calories burned: 2,214

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