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As I enter Quebec City through a bridge, I saw the hotel I was going to stay in. It's called the Hotel Gouvenor. On the first night of my arrival at Quebec. I travelled to the Sugar sack which was 45 minutes north of my hotel. It was in the rural parts of Quebec , but the farmland was huge. There were trees specifically marked by rope to symbolize the fact that they were harvestin Maple Syrup. The owner and his family gather maple syrup everyday and boil it to make it syrup. If you don't boil it, it's maple sap, not syrup. I first took the owner's train/bus tour of their large farmland. It was amazing;trees everywhere and the view was awesome. After our little ride around the estate, I went into the sack and drank Maple sap. The guide explained how they make it, who first discovered it and how they make it. They have to place a pipe on the tree, take out the sap and place it in a bucket. Then they boil the sap like we boil waater. They boil it until the sap is sweet and sticky. I drank the sap/syrup in a cup. It tasted really good. It was sweet and pure sugar. Then I enjoyed a nice rural Quebec dinner. I had soup , and everything Quebec. I was entertained by the music that was played. There was singing, dancing, and guitar playing. I had a wild and fun night. The dancing was western style dancing with do-si-do and Wild west style.
For a final dessert at the Sugar Shack, I got to eat fresh taffy. The Taffy was pure sugar and delicious. The owner has to first pour fresh,boiled maple syrup on the snow and we collect all of it on the popisicle stick by rolling the stick on the syrup. I ate the taffy 3 times and had a sugar headache because of its sweety goodness. I had a great night and the owner was really nice to his customers. I brought back two bottles of maple syrup. They have the cheapest maple syrup. It was 10 dollars a bootle. Seven dollars cheaper than the Chateau Fortnac maple syrup.
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