Trip to Eastern Townships on Thanksgiving Weekend

Mohammed, Dechen, Esmael and Maria in the vineyard

A group of Scholars that stayed in Montréal during the Thanksgiving weekend went on a fascinating one day trip to the Eastern Townships. We left Sauvé House on Sunday morning and our first destination was Knowlton, a truly picturesque village located about 100 kilometers away from Montréal. This village has been described as “one of the prettiest towns in Québec”.

Dechen, Yimin, Maria, Simangele, Esmael, Ethan and Mohammed at Mont Sutton.

On our way there, we were delighted with a beautiful landscape dominated by the foliage of trees. It was a real pleasure. We arrived Knowlton past noon, and we walked around its beautiful streets, boutiques and country inns. We later had lunch at a restaurant where we didn’t have a very pleasant experience due to the excessive waiting time and bad service, but it was all part of the adventure. We were later treated with exquisite ginger homemade cookies. After a short view of the beautiful lake, we continued our journey towards Sutton, through the “route de vin”.

Scholars playing with leaves at Mont Sutton

On our way, we stopped at the Vignoble Domaine Bresee. There, we had a great time walking in the vineyards and trying different types of grapes: they were all delicious! We later had a wine tasting experience of five types of wines produced by the winery, and enjoyed the very gentle attention of the owners of the place. Finally, we headed towards our final destination: Sutton. As it was already getting a little late, we had a quick tour of the city and directly headed to Mont Sutton, a very popular snow station during the winter. We climbed the mountain and had a great time taking photographs and playing with the colored leaves. After our tour of the mountain, we decided to head back towards Montréal after a wonderful day in the Eastern Townships. It was a delightful experience for all of us!