Blogs from Québec City, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 9

We awoke around 6:00 AM this morning, early enough for a workout in the gym; but, I decided to skip my exercising this morning. Little did I know the aerobic workout in store for me today! I had just the Scottish Stone Ground Oatmeal with bananas and some brown sugar, and some potato cakes, and a croissant, and some of Sharon’s crisp Turkey Bacon which she says that I need to find back home. Okay, so maybe I got carried away with my eating healthy, and what good that might have done was probably cancelled out by those tempting add-ons! Sharon started to order the All American Breakfast, but then switched to French Toast, and doesn’t even try to order it with just one slice because they always bring it with two anyway! We did our ... read more

Quebec City ..... Driving to Quebec was wonderful. Once we hit the Vermont boarder we were the only ones on the road, or so it seemed. AAA directed us to the wrong address but we called the Inn and arrived in time for dinner. Dined at an old woodworking mill overlooking the pond. The food and service were excellent and and it was such a pleasant evening to eat outdoors. Our stay at the Inn was interesting. We were the only guests and that was a good thing as there was a shared bathroom. How that escaped my notice is a puzzle. Breakfast was good. Fresh squeezed OJ, fruit and crisp potato shreds with tomato and scallions topped with cheese and two fried eggs. Never in my life have I eaten fried eggs but WTH. Actually ... read more

Bonjour! Comme certains d'entre vous le savez déjà, je pars découvrir l'Europe pendant un mois et demi très bientôt! C'est ici que vous pourrez suivre mes déplacements au cours de ce voyage dans lequel je serai accompagnée de mes parents et de ma grand-mère durant les deux premières semaines où je visiterai certaines régions de l'Espagne, pour ensuite aller rejoindre mes amis danois dans un "roadtrip" à travers différents pays européens. Hey there! As some of you know, I am soon leaving for almost 2 months to discover some of the beautiful continent that is Europe! You will be able to follow me on this very website as I visit Barcelona and Madrid with my parents and my grandmother during two weeks. I will thereafter leave them to join my dear danish friends on a roadtrip ... read more

Today we ventured outside of the city of Quebec. Our first stop was the Parc De La Chute-Montmorency just outside of the city. These waterfalls can be seen from the main road and really are a bit of a tourist trap but you dont know that at the time! Cost us $32 to park the car and go up a short cable car ride up the mountain to see the falls. If you don't want to go up in the cable car you can walk up the 487 steps to the top. The stairs are anchored to the cliff side and from the stairs you are meant to hear the full force of the falls. There is supposed to be a guide to talk about the falls on the ride up but we never saw one. ... read more

Geo: 46.8266, -71.3024What a delight to have a bright sunny day with a cloudless sky. That is what greeted us when we docked in Quebec City. As we are a relatively small ship we docked in the Old Port and therefore could walk off the ship and straight into the old town. What a beautiful city Quebec is. It looks more French than Paris! In the old quarter we wandered through narrow streets lined with gorgeous shops and restaurants. We could have spent a fortune on the beautiful glass ware that is characteristic of this area. In the Place Royale there is a beautiful little church, the Eglise Notre Dame des Victoire,which is worth a visit. Bulit in 1688, it is the oldest stone church in North America. From the old town we took the Funicular ... read more