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Travel Blogs from Quebec City
Quebec, Je me souviens
... and lovely jewelry plus she told us about the process to make copper bas relief pieces and enamels.
Did I forget the afternoon snack? The tour stopped at a bakery where an old French woman still bakes her bread in an outside kiln and makes tasty maple "butter" which was spread on the homemade bread. Mmmmm, it was all we could do not to buy some of her wares, however maple sugar products have an off the charts sugar content.
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Le départ
Km 0, 7 mai
Après quelques réparations de dernière minute sur le Campeur, nous partons enfin. J'ai fait plusieurs améliorations au camion, turbo, fuel, huile, antifreeze, j’espère qu’il tiendra le coup pour les quelques 20,000 km qui nous attend.
Nous traversons le Parc des Laurentides vers Québec, la nouvelle route est magnifique, il fait ...
Walking around in a snow globe.
... like cellar bar which dates back to 1754. Despite the bar girl mixing up the sugar and salt jars and giving our drinks a very unique, and eye watering taste, she very quickly rectified the error, much to her embarrassment and our humour.
I cannot possible say enough good things about the city itself so obviously I'd highly recommend a trip here if you're in the neighbourhood. We'd heard lots of stories about it being difficult to get by in the city who's ...
Quebec
... for bite and then headed to one of the museums. At night wandering around the cobble streets the city on its giant hill, Quebec city get even more beautiful, especially with chrismas lights. That night I hang around the hostel and got chatting to one of the very few guest staying there in the rabbit warren of several covered old houses, Joe Guthrie. We decided to venture out to a recommended bar to try some local beer. On the way ...
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I think we were done and heading back to Old Upper Town for food about 8.30pm! Yes five and a half hours (so much for 3!) and we didn't enter any of the major attractions on route except for the Basilica Notre-Dame-de-Quebec which only took about 10 mins and where I managed to sit on a wonky wooden bench and sent a huge clattering noise throughout the quite church which set Cyndie ...
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Amenities
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility