Blogs from Québec City, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 24

Bonjour, nous sommes partis du saguenay il y aura environ deux semaines dimanches prochain. Notre famille et nos amis sont venues nous dire au revoir à L'anse à Benjamin. Ce fut beaucoup apprécié de notre part. Nous sommes partis la larmes à l'oeil en sachant qu'on allait vers un autre chemin et que l'on devait laisser une part de nous ici. Nous emportons dans notre coeur nos parents, familles et amis. Nous avons décidés de faire ce blogue, pour que nos proches puisse nous suivre dans notre voyage et avoir l'impresion d'être un peu avec nous. Premier jour du départ, nous avons dormi à Baie Trinité avec notre ami Patrice de La Baie, puis à Tadoussac le lendemain sans perdre de temps nous avons mis le cap sur le Fleuve St Laurent vers Cap à L'aigle, ... read more

Geo: 46.8123, -71.2145Today we explored some of the markets in Quebec, found a local spice market, purchased some maple syrup, found some great wines at a neighborhood liquor store, and ate at a Turkish restuarant which was superb and offered outdoor seating and good brews! Today was a good day!... read more

The bus ride from Halifax to Quebec City was the worst yet. The first leg was alright, I got a seat to myself so managed to stretch out and get about an hour of sleep. Score. From there it got worse though. There were kids on there with their electronic toys. I understand that they need to be entertained, but really, do the rest of us need to hear their DVDs and computer games? Eff off and let me sleep. I sat next to a shy, awkward girl for the most part of the journey. She was alright, at first I thought she wouldn’t be up for much of a chat, cos she just answered my questions and then read her book. Fair enough. iPod time! After we stopped for dinner though, she became a little ... read more

Geo: 46.8266, -71.3024We took our time this morning. We had a great and inexpensive breakfast at the restaurant connected to our hotel. We retraced our steps from yesterday stopping to take some photos at interesting spots. Went into the church of Notre-Dame-Des-Victoires. Found an altar there dedicated to St Genevieve. Walked up to the Chateau Frontenac and investigated the archaelogical excavations of the former Chateau St Louis which had been the original Governor's residence.We then climbed the stairs, constituting the Governor's Promenade. This was built to commemorate the 350th anniversary. This climbs up the Hillface to the Plains of Abraham. Great views along the way. The Plains of Abraham was where Gen Woolfe attacked the French forces of Montcalm in 1759 and won the victory that established Canada as part of the British, rather than the ... read more

Quebec is one of those cities that impresses you from the time you arrive, which is a big call after a journey that's taken 27 hours door to door. Although our arrival in Toronto on the way is equally imprinted in my mind, but that was only because the pilot tried to leave a Zorro mark on the runway as he landed. There's nothing like a left turn, right turn, left turn as you touchdown! But the landing in Quebec was much less spooky. Today was the first time that the rest of the crew got a look at the site out at Montmorency Falls. It was good to see them stand at the top with their mouths agape in amazement at both the beauty and challenge of the site. Having been here before I also ... read more