Quebec City
Travel Blogs from Quebec City, Canada
Bonjour! It's Quebec!
... computer we've had to burn to disc and delete photo's from our hard drive. More photo's will be added later.* Leah says: Quebec City was just as gorgeous as I remember. It is a very quaint very French city with beautiful buildings and sections of cobbled ...
Creative Quebec City
... with finely dressed people and bistros and cafes spilling over onto the pavement. We felt right at home in this welcoming city! Quebec City, celebrating its 400th birthday this year, is the only city with city walls north of Mexico City and it is not ...
Quebec City
... 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 ...
Historic French Canadian City
... . This area has a distinct European feel with its stone buildings and winding streets lined with shops and restaurants. Quebec City's skyline is dominated by the massive Château Frontenac Hotel, perched on top of Cap-Diamant. ...
Quebec City - Old Walled City.
... and the bus driver was French speaking with only halting English. The Province of Quebec stands alone in its complete "Frenchness". Quebec City is the only walled city still in existence in North America or Canada. Narrow, hilly streets with tall French ...
Ramparts and Patisseries
... there. A flying deer certainly would have been interesting. But I digress. We arrived at the historic world heritage site of Quebec city at 10am, and were instantly transported to Europe. Well, again, not literally. That would also have been interesting. ...
Eastern Discovery Tour Day 2 - Boston to Quebec
... and architecture are very interesting none the less. I hadn't realized that Canada was actually settled earlier than the US. Quebec is in French Canada, so not being able to understand any of the signs or menus has been a little disconcerting. We arrived ...
Quebec continued
... 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 the fortifications in place from the French reign, made the town nearly impregnable. It ...
Old France and its god damned tourists!
... at a roadside picnic area. Nowhere near as nice as the BC ones but had picnic benches so amy was happy....... On to Quebec City....... finally got there to be confronted with two problems....... One, my gas light was flashing at me and god knows where ...
day six
... time to see FEIST! We got there quite early and caught some of the last band's act - they were called 'stars' and were from Canada. They were really good, and threw roses out into the crowd at the end of each song. Unfortunately we did not get one, but ...
Walking, freezing and BONHOMME!
... grade 3 "Let's Learn French" text book at age nine and decided that if only one day, JUST FOR ONE DAY, I could go to Quebec City and play in the snow at Carnaval with Bonhomme, my life would be complete. Finally, my childhood dream would come true. Little ...
Spring Snow, Winter Rain
... one of a kind experiences that you had to have in your lifetime. The Quebec fun didn’t end there. Fortunately, that night in Quebec City, the International Red Bull Crashed Ice race was going on in “Old Quebec City”. And it was only a ...
A land where soft drinks come in 591ml bottles
... giving you something to read whilst at work. Last time I was in Halifax and it was Canada Day. I discovered that Canada is younger than New Zealand. Quebec city was established in 1608 - I know, I know, very young relative to Europe and Asia, but ...
Quebec = K-bec = not a tourist
... to have a great time hanging out, but I love it when I hear diffrent languages I don't have to comprehend. Quebec is a wonderful city. The old town area is a bit touristy but absolutly beautiful. It looks like an old, European town, and I hit ...
day 22
... . This time we went to the musee des beaux arts. This was really interesting, we saw several exhibitions - one on general quebec art, one with riopelle (a famous quebecker artist) and an exhibition of inuit art (which is apparently a recent phenomenon). ...
Quebec City
... went there was a group of about 100 university students, so it was pretty lively. After the stop in Montreal, we continued to Quebec City. We stayed with Mathieu and Myriam. Mathieu is Steph's old travel buddy and Myriam is his girlfriend. The weekend we ...
day 18
... we just listened to the rest of the presentations about names that hadn't yet been done. Again these were interesting, because Canada is a relatively new civilisation most people's great Grandparents were some sort of immigrant, and that leads to lots of ...
Viva La France... oh wait, we're in Canada!
... 18th century-now the town hall. Walked past all the old cannons still in place just inside of the walls of Quebec, ready to defend the city! Next it was onto the Chateau Frontenac (yet another Fairmont hotel). It is the most photographed landmark in the ...
Quebec City
A short 3 day visit to Quebec City. The city is quite beautiful, as are the nearby falls and ...
Boredom and l'Agitee
... buildings. So, I went over there and took what was about a half hour tour with two Americans who thought Quebec City was the capital of Canada. Kinda boring. Then, I went back to the Observatoire and watched the sun go down from the very top of the ...
Upper and Lower Towns/Quebec City
... 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 ...
Journey there
... on a gigantic scale. In England it is easy to mistake John Lewis for a big shop, a mistake that could never be made in Canada. Another indication of how far from home we were, were all of the normal, everyday things that you don't think twice about ...
POD Planet III: Je me souviens - Part 1
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 ...
25 days before
Je vais voir si je suis capable de tenir à jour un "social network application" durant mon voyage. Héhéhé! Vous pourrez ainsi voyager avec nous. En image et en mots. 25 jours avant: l'excitation se fait sentir. Ce voyage longtemps rêvé ...
Quebec City
Night time in Quebec
We are relaxing in the most gorgeous room we've had so far, in the Hotel Port-Royal in Quebec City. Yes, we are paying over $200 for it but it well worth it. We are in the old city, and we found this after driving around the city for awhile. To be walking ...
Montreal to Quebec City
Today I was up at 8.30am and got ready to catch a bus to Quebec City where I would stay for one night. I caught the Metro to the bus terminal and had some breakfast before getting on the 11am bus. Once in Quebec City, I had to make use of my little ...
day 19
Today we had a fun lesson again, we had an extended game of loup-garou - this time with all of the characters possible involved. It made it much more fun, and one game took us one whole hour! We are thinking of buying Julie, our teacher, the extension ...


