Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Québec City, Québec [Monday, October 20, 2024 ]

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It was a sunny, perfect day today. You might not even need your trapper hats! As a bonus, the school had rented a double-decker Hop On Hop Off bus so you could accidentally leave them there! Do not throw them from the bus. People would yell at you in French and English.

Rise and shine, Fandom! Or hide in your ridiculous rooms throughout the castle! Anakin doesn't care enough to find you all.

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HOTEL

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With breathtaking views of the St. Lawrence River and the architecture of Old Québec, each of the 610 rooms and suites of Fairmont Le Château Frontenac offers a touch of European elegance. A luxurious stay at this resort will allow you to explore the wonderful historical sites of the old walled city, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rooms

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The chaperones have been randomly assigned suites, and the students have been given courtyard view rooms with two doubles or a king-sized bed depending on what's funnier. Relax, take a bath, order room service--it's vacation!

[OOC: Your assignments are here. As always, NSFW posts go into personal journals!]

Van Horne Suite

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That morning, over her breakfast (ordered from room service, of course), Liliana had done a bit of research and had, after much consideration, ended up crafting an...Abyss, there was no getting around it...an itinerary for their her activities for the day.

Shut up, she didn't want to talk about it. This was an exception, not something to be expected, and only occurred because there were several activities that had caught her attention while she'd been browsing and several of them had specific times.

Furthermore, this had nothing to do with Ignis' broken glasses. Why even would it? Anyway, shut up again.

She'd drawn up one in Braille as well, in case Ignis wanted a copy. No reason. Shut up.

615

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Yesterday, a great deal had been made about how big the bed was and how they probably wouldn't even notice each other considering the oceans of mattress between them.

Apparently that had been very optimistic of them. The morning dawned on the two of them roughly in the middle of the bed, cuddled up together, Arden tucked under Cal's chin.

This would surely lead to a totally fine and normal wake up, with exactly zero flailing. Until then, Arden was just going to sigh happily and snuggle closer to the source of warmth at her back.

[Cal modded with permission.]

Churchill Suite

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For a guy who’d spent most of his life in one-star motels and dive bars, Dean was getting weirdly comfortable in this fancy hotel setup.

Still in his bathrobe, he was digging into breakfast (a burger with a fried egg and hashbrowns) while ESPN blared in the background. He’d already set up call forwarding to Garth, so as far as he was concerned, he had a solid week of no island drama, no monsters, and no weirdness.

Dean was also waiting for the butler to bring back his flannel and jeans after they’d been pressed. Because honestly, he had no clue what else you were supposed to do with a butler.

Room 609 (nice)

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Stewart was not a morning person. Stewart was not a school trip person. Stewart wasn't even much of a fancy hotel person.

He was, however, very much a wallow in the paralyzing listlessness of one's own ennui sort of person, and that was, for the most part, what his plans for the beginning half of the way was likely to be, sprawled out on his bed with his trapper hat covering his face and eventually having to assure the housekeeping staff that, no, he wasn't dead.

He just wished he were!

Trudeau^2 suite

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This place was immense and very white (except for the throw pillows, which looked weirdly bloodstained), and it was a bit unnerving, honestly.

The robes were very nice and fluffy, though. After Jon showered and dressed, he was just going to put that fluffy robe back on and sit in the main room and look over what the hotel had to offer.

Room (two four)601

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The accommodations were lovely and Belle had received a text about going on an adventure that day (thanks, Arden!) and so she was cheerfully getting herself ready for the day.

What did one wear while ziplining? Not a skirt, surely.

Food!

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Whether you're at Le Sam Bistro, Champlain, Place Dufferin, or Bar 1608, you're going to enjoy a meal that has been making the Château famous for more than 125 years. (And the prices will make you grateful this was an all-expenses paid trip.)

Breakfast

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Breakfast is set up in Place Dufferin. Smoked salmon eggs benedict and maple syrup crepes with spiced apples! You know you want it.

Amenities

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Spa

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Massage? Facial? Mani-pedi? All of the above? Moment Spa is ready to help you relax from your stressful half semester of teaching/learning!

Pool

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There's a glass ceiling above the pool. It's so faaaaaaaaaancy.

Gym

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If you went jogging in the hotel, you’d find a total of 12 kilometers of hallways. This is not an invitation to do so, Gladio. Use the gym instead.

EXPLORING

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Stick to the bus or avoid Anakin and do your own thing!

Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour

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The school-sponsored fun today is the Hop On bus! Bail out at one of 15 different stops or just stay on for a tour of town from a double decker bus.

Re: Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour

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Adrian, the dork, was absolutely up early enough to catch the bus with Anakin. His plan? Stay on the bus for the full tour and then ride again and get off at whatever stop had seemed most interesting for the tour.

Re: Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour

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Summer was generally a bit proponent of making sure to get her whole 'school sponsored' 'chaperone duty' activities out of the way in the first half of any trip, because that meant she could claim doing her due diligence already and going to pursue other things as the week end on if the other activities sort of sucked, and she did honestly sort of like this idea of just bailing when something caught her eye a little and demanded to be explored more.

And to scope out which spots might be the most Instagrammable, too!

Re: Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour

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Anakin had carefully stuffed his hat under the seat and was now enjoying the view of the city as they drove around, nodding along and laughing politely at jokes in French that he didn't understand at all.

He didn't miss having a protocol droid right now, so you just hush.

Re: Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour

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A good way to see the city and get in some good photos and keep his rambunctious and curious toddler contained into a very limited space? Sign Prompto the fu--err, heck up!

Noctra even had her little toy camera, too, so she was snapping away at photos like a shutterbug right off the old block! And telling all the buildings they were passing by the 'Say Wookieeeeeeee!'

But don't everyone. Once she started to get cranky and tired and probably hungry was precisely when Prompto was planning to get off the tour and bring her back to the hotel for a nap!

Hit some different landmarks!

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There are so many beautiful buildings and views in this city that a week will not be enough time to get to them all, but you can try!

Go shopping!

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Might we suggest Petit Champlain again? C'mon, it's gorgeous.

Eat!

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The hotel has amazing restaurants, but if you're out already, maybe you want to try somewhere else? Or you can go on an Old Québec Food Tour!

Something Else!

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Make your own fun!

OOC

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This city is on my bucket list.