On my part, I haven't been to Aylmer well ever, from what I can remember. So it was nice to see. I really liked the overall look of it and how it was full of history. I'll get to more of that in a bit. But as I usually tend to do I'll start with the beginning.
We took a quick stop at a local mall since my mother wanted to stop at a store that we don't have where we live. It turned out that we also stopped at a beer store that carried beer from all over the world while purchasing a variety pack of beers for someone in my family. We asked the man at the counter if he could suggest any good restaurants. Without a minute of hesitation he said, "L'Aubergiste".
Now If you're lucky, when you ask a local for somewhere to eat or go he will tell you of someplace that the local's go. Someplace you wouldn't find on your own. And that has fantastic food.
Little sidebar here. That proves this story. Someone I know recently went on a trip to France for work. Some of their colleagues who travel there often recommended this little restaurant. As they went to find it they found themselves in a bit of a shady area with signs of it being kind of like a red light district. Their colleague that recommended it, is not the type of person to frequent those kind of areas so they where confused. They thought maybe they had went too far. They walked on a bit more and found a small little house with the name of the restaurant. In front of it sat an old lady who they later found out was 91 and the daughter of the first owner. She told them they where too early and had to come back at 8. They where hesitant but they decided to come back at 8 and found it to be their favorite restaurant of their whole trip with great food. They went back twice, the second time being on their last night in France and I know for a fact that they are still trying to recreate the salad they tried there it was so good.
All this to say that sometimes taking a chance and going where the locals go can pay off. So we went to where the beer store clerk suggested.
I had fish and chips and my mother had cream de chevre, bettrave, orange confites, pistaches et sauce aux frambroises. (Cream of goat cheese,beets,orange confits, pistachios and rasberry sauce). Both where good but I tried my mother's dish and it was just so good. She couldn't stop raving about it.
It was worth trusting his suggestion. We then went on to walk down to the water front. It was such a nice day.
Right by the water there was a small little museum.
We went through the museum and it was quite interesting. There were pictures of Queens Park back in the early 1900's which was quite interesting. One of them was the old water slide and of the merry go round and other attractions they had there. Here are some pictures I found online that where similar to the ones we saw.
After some time there we headed back to the car. While we walked I took a picture of something I had been noticing since our arrival in Aylmer. It was these black markings on the pavement placed here and there. It turned out they showed who used to live in the older buildings in the town.
On the way back we stopped at a liquidation store where they had a lot of varied things. I ended up getting a Spanish learning set for more than 55 percent off. Why am I telling you this? Well learning new languages helps you while your in a foreign country and I might just be going somewhere where Spanish is spoken. More will be told on that subject when it is determined if I am or am not going. Meanwhile I will be giving updates on twitter (@MayaAdventure) and/or my blog on my progression in Spanish and what tools I am using to learn the language.
That ended my small trip to Aylmer it was great time. And overall a great way to spend a day!
That's it for this adventure.
So what are you waiting for? Go find adventure big or small!
