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Article: Eclectic mix of French flair and Britain's colonial past; The Great Escape ALISON DAYANI journeys from Quebec City to the vast wild coastline of the Charlevoix region.(Features)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
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- October 17, 2007
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Byline: ALISON DAYANI
FRENCH and English custom sliving together side by side in harmony? Surely, that can't be right.
But if there is one region in the world where the two traditionally warring cultures come together to create the perfect combination, it has to be Quebec.
This Canadian region has the laissez-faire relaxed attitude of the French, the organisation of the English and the hard working attitude of north Americans.
And journeying from Quebec City to the vast wild coastline in the Charlevoix region, I realised there was good reason this area was nicknamed 'la belle province'(the beautiful province) as it is absolutely ...