Christmas in NB - Two Thumbs Way Up

I'm back from my Christmas trek to New Brunswick.

It was great to be with my parents and loads of aunts, uncles & cousins for Christmas. It was also great to share the trip with someone who'd never a) been to NB, or b) experienced a good ol' fashioned Acadian Christmas. Here are some of the highlights:

• Mom's meat pie and some poutine râpée
• a Christmas Eve stroll under a clear sky, watching the shooting stars
• a Christmas morning walk on my parents' near 100 acres of land
• Christmas dinner and merrymaking with my family in Neguac, complete with guitars, dobro & fiddle
• another walk in the woods after about four inches of freshly fallen snow
• hours spent working on a jigsaw puzzle by the fireplace with my Dad
• a leisurely drive through Acadian villages along the Southeast coast of NB
• a leisurely drive through Quebecois villages along the St Lawrence on our way back to Ottawa
• an apple beer sipped in a cozy pub in Vieux Québec with stone walls, an arched low stone ceiling and a roaring fire - the room, probably built in the 1600's, was used to store furs to keep them dry
  

Not bad for a week eh?

The trip had its ups & downs as I continue adjusting to my new life, but all in all, this year's Christmas trip to NB gets two thumbs way up. :)