Quebec City Part 2

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Our private walking tour of Quebec City wasn't until 2p so we agreed to all sleep in. Left hotel around 10a. Previous night we had discovered a breakfast restaurant, L’Omelette, so headed there for a leisurely breakfast. Robb asked server for their biggest breakfast. It came with two eggs, two sausage and a Quebec pie. Having never had Quebec pie, Robb was willing to give it a try. He loved it! It’s a steak pie (steak in dark gravy, baked in pie shell). Yummy! We finished breakfast and with time still before our tour, we decided to go to Visitor Centre, get some maps and take some photos.

Enroute, we discovered a little alley where local artists had their paintings on display for sale. Sophie really like one in particular. It was of the “Break Neck Stairs” according to the artist which connects Upper and Lower sections of Quebec City. We made sure to ask for this during our private walking tour of the City. Tour was good. Two hours, private tour with a guide. Learned a lot about this walled City and Canadian history. History of Quebec City can be summed up in one sentence according to the guide … It burned down. Lots of fires. Lots of rebuilding over the many years of the city’s history. It was a 2.5 hour tour so cannot possibly capture each of the sights we saw, but we covered everything from churches to house construction to French/English battles and everything in between. He suggested a place for dinner as well as a pub. He doesn't get referral for making the recommendations. Just his preference after moving from England to Quebec City almost 30 years ago. We stopped at the pub he recommended where we had THE best cheese board, comprised of course with only Quebec cheeses!

Dinner was at Aux Anciens Canadiens which is one of the oldest restaurants in Quebec City. Robb saw Quebec Pie on the menu and remembered breakfast and wanted to try it again. Not so good this time. It was made with ground beef, not steak. And no gravy. Ann shared the gravy from her poutine (got to have poutine!). It was still ho hum at best. Sophie of course, chose Mac and Cheese! It’s so very French after all (sarcastic).

Ann was never good at math and fortunately for us, dad brought a paper map. He thought it was odd that Ann had 4 hours for tomorrow's drive from Quebec City to Saint John, New Brunswick where we were to catch the 2p ferry across to Nova Scotia. It was odd because the physical landscape that we were going to drive to get to the ferry seemed as expansive as the drive we did from Toronto to Quebec City. It seems Ann miscalculated the distance. She had worked in 4 hour drive when it was actually 7 hours! This meant a very early start for the family – 5a wakeup call and in the car by 6a. Early night as it will be an early morning!

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