{"id":25185,"date":"2016-11-15T05:30:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T04:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=25185"},"modified":"2016-11-15T11:49:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T10:49:49","slug":"bons-baisers-damqui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/bons-baisers-damqui\/","title":{"rendered":"Bons baisers d’Amqui!*"},"content":{"rendered":"

Je vous \u00e9cris cette semaine de chez ma tante Rose. <\/strong>(I’m writing to you this week from my Aunt Rose’s)<\/em> After last week, it seemed like a little escape to Canada was in order. Have no fear though, by the time you read this, I’ll actually already be back in the US.<\/p>\n

\"Welcome!\"

Welcome!<\/p><\/div>\n

Tante Rose est la femme de Jean-Claude. Jean-Claude est le fr\u00e8re de ma belle-m\u00e8re. <\/strong>(Aunt Rose is the wife of Jean-Claude. Jean-Claude is the brother of my mother-in-law.) <\/em>Rose et Jean-Claude habitent \u00e0 Amqui<\/a>. Amqui est une petite ville dans l’est du Provence de Qu\u00e9bec. <\/strong>(Rose and Jean-Claude live in Amqui. Amqui is a small city in the eastern part of Qu\u00e9bec.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Rose et Jean-Claude sont \u00e0 la retraite. <\/strong>(Rose and Jean-Claude are retired.) <\/em>So as their novelty license plate says ils ont pas d’heure, pas d’adresse, pas de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, et pas d’argent! <\/strong>(they have no time, no address, no telephone, and no money!**)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Notre

Notre week-end.<\/strong> Our weekend.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Amqui est \u00e0 la porte de la Gasp\u00e9sie<\/a>. <\/strong>(Amqui is at the doorstep of the Gasp\u00e9 region.<\/em>) The Gasp\u00e9 is a beautiful, wild region full of great hikes, river and ocean views and other outdoor adventures. And while Amqui is just outside, it still offers lots of fun. It is also la ville des ponts couverts. <\/strong>(the town of covered bridges.<\/em>) The mayor of Amqui loves covered bridges so much that he even had one ‘imported’ from the next town!<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of our trip was a hike to les chutes \u00e0 Philom\u00e8ne\u00a0 <\/strong>(the Philomene falls)*** <\/em>The falls are accessible via two trails, one which leads to the haut de la chute <\/strong>(top of the falls<\/em>) and another, much steeper, which leads to the bas de la chute<\/strong> (the bottom of the falls).<\/em><\/p>\n

We also enjoyed plusieurs parties de cartes<\/strong>. (many card games.) <\/em>Like many of us, tante Rose aime jouer aux cartes . . . mais elle n’aime pas perdre!<\/strong> (aunt Rose likes to play cards . . . but she doesn’t like to lose!)<\/em> Happily for all of us, elle a gangn\u00e9.<\/strong> (she won<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Et pour finir cette semaine,<\/strong> (And to finish this week,)<\/em> a little vocabulary lesson. Amqui is located at the confluence of two rivi\u00e8res. <\/strong>(rivers<\/em>.) French has two words for ‘river’ where English generally has one. In French, une rivi\u00e8re <\/strong>is a ‘river that flows into another river’. Un fleuve<\/strong> is ‘a river that flows to the ocean’. La Seine, which flows through Paris, is un fleuve.<\/strong> So is Le Saint-Laurent (the Saint Laurnce) which flows to the Atlantic Ocean by way of Qu\u00e9bec City.<\/p>\n

* ‘Bon baiser de . . . ‘<\/em> is an old expression that people used to sign postcards from their vacation destinations with. It’s also famously part of the movie title ‘Bons baisers de Russie’ <\/em>otherwise known as “From Russia With Love”.<\/p>\n

** In a good way . . . except for the ‘no money’ . . . and even then, after more than 40 years in the same town, they’re doing just fine!<\/p>\n

*** The falls get their name from Madame Philom\u00e8ne Dub\u00e9, who lived nearby with her husband, Fran\u00e7ois Gauthier. Their home was open to travellers on the route to Amqui who needed to warm up on their way.<\/p>\n

Photo Credits: (C) Michael Bissonnette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Je vous \u00e9cris cette semaine de chez ma tante Rose. (I’m writing to you this week from my Aunt Rose’s) After last week, it seemed like a little escape to Canada was in order. Have no fear though, by the time you read this, I’ll actually already be back in the US. Tante Rose est…<\/p>\n

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