Blogs from Québec City, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 17

Touched down in lovely Canada, Ben and I had a rather hairy taxi ride from the airport to Quebec City. The cabbie was driving so fast that I had to ask him to slow down. Thrillseekers we are, suicidal we are not! His reply was "chill out lady, we all drive like this over here!" Ben's subconscious response was "no tippy for this cabby chappy!" and as a result led to some French profanities being thrown our way when we exited the cab... ooh la la! To give you a bit of background on the Quebec province itself, it is 7 times the size of Britain or 3 times the size of France. We stayed in Quebec City, the capital of the province. Warm and welcoming Quebec City is the only fortified city north of Mexico ... read more

good times still here in QCboth Thel and Lou now speaking with a definite accent we just can't help it..... Forgot to tell you all that the city built special high fountains for the draft horses to drink from - lou impressed also because horses have one day on and one day off ...... and a vetchecks them each day - lou happy-thel thinks she is in disneyland... Lou and thel very happy with all the colours of the houses and both bought paintings with lots of colour in fact yesterday was a big day for the girl - 6 hours of walking and a lttle bit of eating and alittle bit of retail therapy... really great city to walk around and so much to see at every single corner - truly every corner - met ... read more

QUEBEC CITY - Mon 23 Aug 2010 We left Adam at the camp site at Manic 2 changing his tyres back from knobblies to road tyres. We had crossed into Labrador on the ferry with Adam and although not ridden with him had seen him each day and stayed at a few places. He was from Long Island and had ridden his Triumph Tiger up to do the Trans Lab Highway. Hope you made it home in one piece Adam. We headed along the edge of the St Lawrence River which, looks like a sea it is so wide, in glorious sunshine and arrived on the outskirts of Quebec City just as it was getting dark so booked into a motel. Tue 24 Aug Moved ourselves to the lovely municipal campsite, washed our filthy bikes, took ... read more

We have embarked on an adventure to the north in Quebec City, Canada. Arriving by a modern, frequently dotted with rest-stops highway, we entered the city the evening of August 21, 2010. We are staying in the vieux-porte at a hotel called the Auberge Saint-Antoine. A hotel/museum of found objects, the building is unique and has artifacts from the nearbye site displayed in an interesting fashion throughout the building. The lobby bar has a view of architectural walls, extremely comfy high back chairs, a slightly limited menu selection and relatively pricey drinks. Dinner our first night was at Laurie-Raphael- a fabulous restaurant- Jose had the blind ‘chef-chef’ menu (i.e. he didn’t know what was coming). It’s hard to describe but it was a completely different experience - our first full immersion into molecular gastronomy. After dinner, ... read more

We have had an amazing day but will tell you all about it tomorrow when we reach Montreal. Its now 11pm and we have a 6am start tomorrow.... read more