Bonjour tout le monde! Jon and I left Montreal at around noon. Before we left, we walked to Metro, a supermarket, and bought apple pastries and milk. The pastries were delicious but they were made with butter so probably not the healthiest thing.
It took us about 2.5 hours to get to Quebec City. We checked into our accommodations at the University of Laval. The residence building where we checked-in was quite nice. There was a little garden in the centre of the building and some rooms even had balconies. However, that’s not where we’re staying. Our place is a lot larger than it was in Montreal but compared to the registration building, it’s just a plain old dorm.
Soon after, we drove down to Old Quebec. It’s absolutely beautiful here. The houses and shops here were old-looking but had very nice decorative trim. We were stuck in traffic for 20 minutes before we found free parking at a park close by. The park was about a 15 minute walk to the main area so we took our scooter and skateboard with us. Fortunately, we came on the last day of “Les Fetes de la Nouvelle France”. This is a festival that brings New France to Old Quebec. People were dressed up as if they were from the 17th/18th century. To attend the events, we would have had to pay $12 each to attend. However, they were allowing free entrance an hour before closing which is when we arrived so we didn’t have to pay. Lucky us!
The events were quite well done. There were wooden areas where you could sit, chat and listen to live music. There were also wooden booths that sold food. We had chicken skewers, veal sausage wrapped in tortilla, egg with butter and chives on a bun, and a large maple ice cream cone. Jon really liked the chicken skewer because it was something he has never tasted. It was quite tasty. The ice cream cone came in 2 sizes: regular or bite size. The bite size one was so small. If you’ve ever seen/had marshmallow ice cream cones, that cone was the size of the
bite size cone.
We also saw an old fashion marching band which was quite nice. There were also drunkards and cannons. For the restrooms, they had port-a-potties but cover the front of it with beige linen to continue the theme. It was very well done. Jon and I walked up and down the streets. There were lots of souvenir shops as well as ice cream/gelato stores. There was also a funicular which is an inclined cable car. It carries you from Old Town Quebec to New Town Quebec. We walked Chateau Frontenac. We walked along Cap Diamant which has a wooden walkway by the water. We also walked along the walls of Old Quebec.
Afterwards, Jon and I walked to the Parliament building. Half of the building was under construction but it had a covering with the image of what would have been there. There was also a circular water fountain.
Jon and I walked down Grande Allee which had lots of restaurants with patio seating. Even Mcdonald’s had patio seating. Anyways, we went to Chez Ashton which is a Quebec fast food restaurant. We ordered a double cheeseburger with a mini poutine and a coke. The poutine came in 3 different sizes: bite size, mini and regular. The regular size was the same size as those circular, silver Chinese take-out dish.
We’re not back at our residence. We’ll be planning our next leg of the trip.
Bon soir (good night)!
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