Crossing the St. Lawrence River into Quebec City
A recent 2 week vacation to New England included a 4 day trip from Portland, ME to Quebec City. My brother, Jeff, flew into Portland and we rented a car for the 5.5 hour drive to Quebec. The twins, Mike and Matt, drove up from Alexandria to meet us. We stayed at a hostel in the The Old City that had 4 beds and a private bath. We spent about 2.5 days sightseeing around The Old City, The Lower City and the area just west of the Old City. It's a beautiful city and I highly recommend visiting, if you get the chance. We also decided that we didn't have a bad meal the entire time we were there.
Recommendations:
Lodging - Auberge Internationale
Food - Cafe Le Hobbit and Chino Sois
Most Pretentious Club - Chez Maurice
Favorite Eccentric - Female Nick Nolte at the hostel
Favorite Pic - the fire escape in The Lower City
Side trip - Montmorency Falls (see post below)
Footwear - Vibram Five Fingers (mine were awesome. wore them 4 straight days)
The Old City
The Lower City
Battlefield Park
Fountains and Statues
4 comments:
were these taken after the nuclear attack wiped out 99% of the Quebcois?
That's some good stone-block bridge-with-tower action right there. Did you get right in on that funiculaire?
@Happy - are you referring to the lack of people in the pics? We were up and about fairly early each day and it seemed like things didn't get going in the Old City until mid-morning. The pictures in Battlefield Park were taken on a misty, drizzly day, so not many people were out.
@Tom - no, we bypassed the funicular for a nice walk down the stairs from the Old City to the Lower City. My VFFs were raring to go.
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