Grand Times Hotel Quebec City

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Happy Birthday Jan! Zum seinem 35igsten Geburtstag durfte Jan in einem wunderbar warmen Bett aufwachen. Ist das nicht schön?! Nach einem Frühstück, welches wir uns im Motel gönnten, schauten wir nach unserem Camper.<br><br>Die Scheiben waren gefroren! Kein Wunder bei -7 Grad!!! Jan musste leider mit einem Kärtchen die Scheibe kratzen! Das kommt Priska sicher bekannt vor ...

... the Citadel, a fortified military base that is still in use today. We venture into the Chateau Frontenac overlooking the harbour and there at the dock is our ship. We brave the cold as long as we dare and decide to end the tour and board our ship early.

We depart mid afternoon to Toronto and catch a delayed connection to Quebec City to arrive very late Thursday evening. Our stay is at a the Hotel Chateau Laurier, a mid range full service hotel adjacent to the Military Armoury. The room is small but the price is just right. There is a St Hubert Chicken in the Hotel - this place also serves breakfast. <br><br><br>

Monday, September 21 &#8211; Riviere-du-Loup... With the end of our adventure looming on the horizon we breakfasted at the Ristorante and set off westward, crossing the remarkable eleven kilometer Confederation Bridge into New Brunswick, back up the Saint John River Valley (again to Garmi's dismay) and on to Riviere-du-Loup. We had booked the Comfort Inn for the night because it was the closest accommodation to the St-Simeon ferry, which we hoped to take the next ...

... There are literally thousands of &#8220;Anne&#8221; souvenirs and, to top it off, all the local burly policemen wear fake red Anne pigtails under their constable hats (OK, I made that last one up, but you get the idea). I made the comment to Tracy that Cavendish has &#8220;a bit of a Niagara Falls feel to it&#8221; with its amusement parks, mini golf, ice cream shops and strip malls. For those of you not familiar with the way we have &#8220;compromised&#8221 ...

... the slopes, firemen checking safety conditions, workmen hosing the ice down...really interesting. (David: Including the discovery that you can indeed make ramps and slopes out of ice. Helped, I'm sure by the utter coldness: heat is literally sucked away here in Quebec.) To complete our snowy trek, Ashley kindly took us to Dollorama - basically "the pound shop"! David and I had pashminas as scarves, useless large-knit Peruvian gloves - or no gloves AND no hat in David's ...

... 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 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 ...

... with Blake and his family. They traded kids after dinner when we got home and I took Emily to stay with me and Kira at the campsite while Jeremy and Blake went to see Hedley and a Simple Plan. What else do you do when you're in a big city but see a concert? I realized my fire building skills leave something to be desired but my smore making skills rock the house. Although the all-in-one package was a good concept, the smore kit I bought had too much packaging, was hard to ...

... drawn into a souvenir shop boasting furs and snowshoes. While browsing the shop, lo and behold - my eyes beheld a little piece of home!! An art print of one of my favorite paintings by my brother Rod (the goose and goslings). I got quite excited to see his art so far from home and hauled out my camera to record the evidence, much to the dismay of the young man keeping the store. When I had convinced him I wasn't about ...