Nice article for those of you planning on attending the conference.    
(The article was written in 2007--a passport is a must now, and don't  
trust the currency exchange rate given in the article.) Joan


http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/travel/escapes/29american.html?sq=Acadians,%20NB%20St.%20Jacques%20Botanic%20Garden&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print