Quebec City Inn

Well today was interesting. We got up about 9am and got on the road from Burlington. We arrived in Quebec City around 2pm. Our B&B is very nice and the woman who runs it is very helpful. Everyone hear speaks French and a little English. After we ...

... rain for a while then found a Boston Pizza on the way back to the Hotel where we had dinner. Wednesday, September 23 – Quebec City... Not to be daunted we headed back to the City again, this time for an assault on the Citadel. The construction of ...

... untouched by any accidents, and I was able to nod off peacefully knowing my escapee skills wouldn’t be necessary.  We arrived in Quebec City on time just after four, only to be sent from pillar to post in search of a simple bus ticket. ...

Today is the day we rent a car. By 9:30 we are out on the road to Ile d'Orleans, an island 10 miles outside Quebec City. It is home to 6 small villages and we are planning to drive/see all of them.  First we go to St. Pierre and we stop by Bilodeau. ...

... of chaos when we boarded without allocated seats as we'd always done. We changed at Montréal onto a new style train to get to Quebec. Walked to the hotel through the rain. After sorting ourselves out we had pizza for tea and I took Mandy out for a swank ...

... with us where they may have been of some use.     Following the tour and a blustery look at the view over Quebec City clouded by grey skies, we walked towards upper town in the continuing rain and passed a row of horses and carts, I said ...

... , I got on the highway and was headed towards NB. I got confused and took a wrong turn, and accidentally gt off in downtown Quebec City in the middle of rush hour, and yes, everything was still closed off due to the President. I finally found a street ...

... with our car didn't take account of one-way streets.  That realization came soon after the realization that downtown Quebec city is composed almost entirely of one-way streets.  After several slightly hair-raising wrong turns, we finally made ...

... . Now that the hotel situation has been taken care of, I was off to sightsee for the day. If you have ever been to Quebec City, Old Montreal, St. Augustine in Florida, the French Quarter in New Orleans or Carcassone and St. Malo in France (I must stop ...

... from the Americans to the Panamanians in 1999 by then American President Jimmy Carter.  I visited the locks with Robert from Quebec City. He was only the second person I spoke with while walking around Panama City upon my arrival and who has become ...

... the full moon.   This is all part of "Invierno en la Capital" or the winter festival. I have been to the famous Quebec City Winter Carnival and Ottawa Winterlude, but the Mexico City Winter Carnival!   Wonders never cease.   As an aside ...

Retour au froid... Nous partons à 8h45 à Cancun avec le vol 7323 de Mexicana avec une escale de 11h à 13h50 à Mexico. Puis un retour à Montréal à 19h50 avec le vol 880... Et le lendemain, retour vers Québec en auto C'est pénible mais il faut ...

... pissed if I paid the taxes they do and had to put up with cracked up, potted, and uneven roads like those in Quebec. I'm hoping they get better in Ontario. Montreal has been fun and the people are amazingly nice and extremely talkative - at least the ...

... rest of the walk was a great way to soak-up the vibrant Montreal ambiance. Our last stop in Montreal before departing for Quebec City was a fresh food market, the Atwater Marche where we stocked-up on some local produce such as fruit, vegetables, ...

... almost instantly upon check-in. Apparently the President of France was going to be in America for a week and was stopping in Quebec City, for most of his important meetings. I figured that maybe there would be a parade or a speech or something exciting ...

... ; Our bus to Quebec City picked us up at 7:20 and we were off.  We had a great local guide take us through lower Quebec City--very beautiful.  Then she joined us on the bus for the upper city tour.  She also took us to Montmorency Falls, ...

... said ‘just give it here’ and took them to the safety of the counter; smooth, as ever. We experienced the city’s funicular railway as we ascended into the skies of upper town, watching the grey water of below disappear as we encountered ...