Thursday 31 March 2011

La Belle Province

What an amazing day in Quebec! We started the morning exploring Old Montreal, but Jim jumped on a freight train, so I had to pick him up 3 hours later in Trois Rivieres!! :))
We arrived at our spectaular apartment inside the walled city of Old Quebec courtesy or our generous friend Janet.  The views were magnifique - out of the front window was the Citadel & Plains of Abraham, while the view from the back porch was the Chateau Frontenac, the rooftops of Old Quebec with the St. Lawrence River and mountains behind! Had we died and gone to heaven?! 
The afternoon was spent strolling the lower part of the old city dating from the 17th century.  The weather was so beautiful, we even enjoyed an espresso au plein air facing the town square. We had to pinch ourselves - it really felt like we were in Europe!
Jim was disappointed that the Extreme Red Bull Crash Ice course had been dismantled from the streets, so had to settle for running down the route instead.




We culminated the day with a romantic 6 course dinner and after a bottle of wine stumbled home to the fabulous  apartment.  No DD necessary tonight!

1 comment:

  1. Dad,
    You look like a chipper stroke victim prancing by the train! Did you bump into Jean Chretien in Quebec and ask him to teach you how to run like that? Try not to drool on your scarf...

    I love you both.

    Danny

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