Citadel Quebec City

We awoken to quite heavy snow today. After our usual breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and of course fresh croissants we headed uptown to take in a tour of the old Citadelle de Quebec. This is the largest active fortress built in North America and is home to the Royal 22nd Regiment. Also known as the Gibraltar of America, construction started in …

Today is Cyndie's last day in Quebec City as she gets the bus this afternoon to Montreal and from there she is heading home to France. So as tomorrow is a Sunday she wants to shop for some family gifts. Worn out from late nights and walking tours, I have no adgenda so say I'll come along for the company.

We mainly stick around the old …

It was absolutely pouring down when we looked out of the window this morning, which, on top of there being no bus for two hours after the too-early eight-fifteen one, meant we ended up getting a taxi into town to avoid the rain and beat the wait. I had a little tantrum as it wasn't exactly the backpacker thing to do, but as I didn’t have a …

... later a tipsy Michelle texted to say she was esconsed in first class and being plied with free food and alchohol! A days wandering around Quebec City has left Michelle and I rather red faced! Not used to the sun it snuck us and left us hoping for a ...

... . It really was like being in France. We enjoyed see the historical buildings, Hotel Chateau Frontenac, the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Citadel, and taking a boat tour on the St. Lawrence river. We also had fun practicing our French, but we were thankful ...

... became part of the church. That was probably the highlight of the day so far. I decided to go check out the Citadel next- a still-in-use barracks built by the English in 18th Century to protect Quebec from those dastardly Americans, which, combined with ...

... about all things Quebec.  There we struggled to understand the political and social forces the cause the tension between Quebec-ers and the rest of Canada.  Didn't really get a handle on it and almost got locked in the exhibit.  A wooden ...

... Citadel – a star shaped fortress  with deep high walls ..built by the Brits YEY! to prevent the City of Quebec from invasion from the Americans. It contains 25 buildings including the residence of the Governor General of Canada. At 1.30 we ...

Allan & I left Ottawa en route for Quebec, the French speaking Provence of Canada. Our first destination was Quebec city, in the heartland of the Provence. The Provence is noted for having a dialectic of the french language "lost in time" and it has ...

... established Canada as part of the British, rather than the French Empire. This is now a National Park. We then went into the Citadel which is now the headquarters of the 22nd Regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. It is also a residence of the Governor- ...

... and no-one was harmed, but they decided never to use it again as a consequence. After learning some slightly surreal facts about the citadel and its goats, we came back and did some washing. This was very successful, I was a little nervous, as I didn't ...

... that we'll be able to sleep the whole way home! After refreshing showers and fueling up, it was onward on Hwy 20 (Trans Canada) towards Quebec City, which is known simply as "Quebec" around here.  We had a good 2 1/2 hours to drive and settled in ...

... an information centre. Under their guidance, we went to a museum close by that creatively laid out the history of Quebec city. A multi-media presentation using a diorama helped us to understand the see-saw battles between the French and English which ...