“My sons, Gabriel and Evan, 7 and 8, love coming to work at the café during the break. They like helping employees and interacting with customers. Operating the cash register is like a video game! They enjoy helping out with kitchen preparations and end-of-day cleaning…but not with the dishes!” – Nadir Martin, owner of the bakery and pastry shop Les Moulins La Fayette, Magog

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“We are outdoor girls! So we rent equipment from Sépaq to go do activities we don’t usually do: cross-country skiing, snowshoes, crampons to go running on the mountain trails. We will also go skating on the icy trail on the shores of Lake Memphremagog . And visit the Granby Zoo again in the winter, a nice walk outside, not just to do sports!” – Isabelle Naessens, Senior Editor, DanieleHenkel.tv

“I will go to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with my children and the Montreal Botanical Garden . We will go for walks when the weather is nice and stay at home.” – Hemma Aunaruth Rajarai, Denturist

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“As a teacher, I offer myself a night at the Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal to enjoy the pool. A day of massage at the Spa Escale Santé , in the Rosemont district. A walk at the Montreal Botanical Garden and days of rest with a good book.” – Jacqueline Ouellette, teacher

“With four children aged 8, 10, 11 and 13 at home during the spring break, I have to come up with ideas for original and stimulating activities. My children love escape games! So we are going to try our hand at solving online challenges with Évade-toi , a company in Saint-Jérôme.” – Jessica Allocca, regional director of the École des entrepreneurs du Québec

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“My boys and I are going to take advantage of the spring break to go and discover, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, the Oasis immersion experience, a walking and contactless museum tour that includes three galleries and two light experiences. These visits will take us into the worlds of astronaut David Saint-Jacques and pianist Alexandra Stréliski.” – Mélissa Proulx, editor DanieleHenkel.tv

“During spring break, we take advantage of the winter to go out and play sports with our daughters who are different, with intellectual disabilities and dysphasia. For Alison and me, it’s downhill skiing. For my other daughter Megan and her mom, it’s skating. And to get together as a family, we go hiking in Mont Orford Park. Our dog Kayla is the happiest to be there!” – Gary Masse, Business Development Director at Coop d’Alentours

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“My children are grown and I am blessed to have four grandchildren aged 7 to 15. We are going to have a virtual dinner with my loves , talk about everything and nothing, find out about each other's physical and mental health conditions, stay connected to each other, learn true values and take time for each of us.” – Sylvie Cadieux, natural caregiver

“My partner, his 13-year-old son and I will be going to “MY” Tremblant as a family, that is to say to our house in the village that we love so much. On the program: sliding, dog sledding and hiking at Domaine Saint-Bernard where we can feed the chickadees. We will go skating on Lac Mercier and we will make fires outside. We will take the opportunity to visit our favorite merchants: ÔCafé Vieux Tremblant , the Palette de bine chocolate shop and the Les Mercenaires culinaires butcher shop. ” – Julie Massicotte, President Tapis Rouge Productions

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“Go skating and cross-country skiing in the Quebec region with my daughter and granddaughters from a distance” – Gisèle Noël

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Happy spring break to all!