Day 11 - St. John, NB to Edmundston, New Brunswick - July 23, 2010

We had talked this over yesterday and decided to change our reservations for tonight. We had previously planned to stay in Riviera du Loup, Quebec, which would then give us a six hour drive straight through QC the following day to Ontario. But we thought whats an hour more added to that trip, and it would shorten our drive today and we could then stay in Edmundston, New Brunswick at the Quality Inn with the Victoria Steakhouse Restaurant we loved so much.
We checked out of the Country Inn and Suites in St. John and gassed up the crapalier at 11:10 a.m. Arrived in Edmundston, NB at 3 p.m.

We checked into room #107 right next door to the room we had last week, and it was completely backwards. This one did have a microwave and fridge, which the other one did not. Got the crappy tire rate of $111.99 per night.

Our first misson was to get some lunch, and since it was Happy Hour we decided to try the sports bar at the hotel, PJ's Bar & Grille. It was a nice day, so we sat out on the patio so we could smoke. That is something you can not do in Nova Scotia, smoke at outdoor patios. I can't believe it would bother people outside. I think people who wear obnoxious cheap perfume by the bottle full should be banned. LOL

Since we were looking forward to the delicious steaks at the Victoria Steakhouse in the evening, we decided on a light snack. John had poutine and I had hot wings. Neither were anything to brag about. We were watching some of the chefs setting up the BBQ on the pation, but the waitress failed to tell us they were cooking up some more happy hour specials. We both would have prefered a burger or sausage on the BBQ. Our waitress having a bit of an attitude, and not very timely with our service and failing to recommend or even tell us about the BBQ specials, didn't receive much of a tip from us. Again we are close to the border to Quebec, and most of the hotel staff and owners are French. I must give them this, the hotel had every ammenity possible and was very well run

We made a reservation for dinner at Victorias, but decided on room service. At least we could smoke and have our own drinks in the room. The waitress at Victorias was a different story, she was excellent! I walked down to the restaurant to place our order, she took our order and delivered it. Big tip for her:-) We had our favorite Angus Old Montreal filets. EXCELLENT, same as the last week. Curiosity got us, so we order the ployes, instead of bread, just to see what they were. Stupid me, I forgot to take a photo. But they were a dark colored crepe made with buckwheat, and kind of spongy served with butter or maple syrup. John liked them. Dinner came to $52. total.

Each hotel room has its own reserved parking space, and it was nice to have entry to our room from the parking lot, without having to haul all our luggage the long way around. We had a door to the outside and a door to the inside of the hotel. PERFECT! If we ever make it back to the maritimes, we will definately stay here again!