With those exclamation marks in its name I thought surely it must be an interesting place.
It is the only town in the world with 2 exclamation points in its name.
A ha ha is a landscape design that creates a lowered vertical wall that still allows an uninterrupted view.
Sadly, there was not much there.
an obligatory huge church and the obligatory small post office
(from where I mailed myself a generic postcard to get the postmark of the town's name)
There was nowhere even to stop for a coffee, but there were amazing views (especially from the church!)
Though, I have since discovered - from reading the French Wikipedia page - there is an Observatory, which might have been interesting had I been around in the evening to see the night sky.
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I rather like the quiet seclusion, V. Granted, the lack of a stopping place for coffee would be disappointing to me, too, but I like the idea of being surrounded by such beauty. That and a really GOOD coffee maker would satisfy me.
ReplyDeleteI suppose the "quiet seclusion" is fine if you live there... but I do really like a good cafe!
Deletelovely views, but not Tim Horton...oh my!
ReplyDeletewould not have gone to a Tims anyway!
DeleteI've seen plenty ha has lately, as we've been visiting a few stately homes, but none spells it with exclamation marks. Wonder what the reason for that is? Bizarre!
ReplyDeleteNo one really knows why it's spelled that way - or even how it got the name. It could be from the expression Ah! Ah! allegedly from the "astonishment of the first travellers at seeing Lake Temiscouata noting its beauty".
DeleteI used to play in a ha ha (which we spelt ha-ha) when I was a child. We used to think it was great fun. I went back to have a look at it some years ago. It was a very good example of why one should never go back to a place of youthful memories!
ReplyDeleteOh dear, it's a shame we have to (literally) grow up.
DeleteIn this case, though it's hard to tell, you can't actually see the highway from up in the town. That was, for me, a cool discovery.