We picked up Misty at the Pierre-Elliott Trudeau airport in Montreal.
Of course, we HAD to teach her the "French" way of saying hello.. a "biser" ( it is pronounced as bee-zhay) ... on each cheek.
We immediately drove about 3 hours up to Quebec City. We thought since we were alread 1/3 of the way there, we might as well show her Quebec first. Of course we started with the big landmark in Quebec - the Chateau Frontenac.
When we went to see this last fall, they were giving tours, but they had discontinued that now, sadly! The Chateau Frontenac is a hotel-in the Fairmont chain.
We all three got on & rode it, so there is no photographic evidence, but my screams are probably still echoing throughout Quebec. Next we looked out over the St.Lawrence River from the boardwalk:
On the way back, the lights of Quebec city were starting to come on. It's a beautiful sight! It was cold and windy to be out on the deck of the ferry, but the view is so pretty.
On the way back to our hotel, we stopped into this quaint glass-glowing shop. We watched for a long time...it was fascinating!
The furnaces were up to 2600 degrees! The side effect was that watching all this also kept us warm!
Of course, we HAD to teach her the "French" way of saying hello.. a "biser" ( it is pronounced as bee-zhay) ... on each cheek.We immediately drove about 3 hours up to Quebec City. We thought since we were alread 1/3 of the way there, we might as well show her Quebec first. Of course we started with the big landmark in Quebec - the Chateau Frontenac.When we went to see this last fall, they were giving tours, but they had discontinued that now, sadly! The Chateau Frontenac is a hotel-in the Fairmont chain.The beautiful boardwalk in the back was under snow now.
But as luck would have it, they have a toboggan there now. So, being the fun-lovers we are, we tried it!!
For $3.50 apiece we rented a toboggan that all three of us would ride:
Dad and Misty pulled it up to the top of the ramp, while I took the pictures.(I'm no dummy):
We all three got on & rode it, so there is no photographic evidence, but my screams are probably still echoing throughout Quebec. Next we looked out over the St.Lawrence River from the boardwalk:We wanted to take Misty across on the ferry - so we headed for the Funicular which takes you down into the old city. Here is the view from the top.. on the way down:
And here is the view from the bottom:
It puts you out onto what is supposedly the oldest street in North America- Rue Petite Champlain.
There were alot of ice sculptures along the streets, left over from their Winter Carnival a few weeks before:
There was still plenty of snow tho- here's Misty resting on a park bench:
We took the ferry over to the south shore of Quebec to a city called Levis (pronounced Lay-vee)
And here is the view from the bottom:It puts you out onto what is supposedly the oldest street in North America- Rue Petite Champlain.There were alot of ice sculptures along the streets, left over from their Winter Carnival a few weeks before:There was still plenty of snow tho- here's Misty resting on a park bench:We took the ferry over to the south shore of Quebec to a city called Levis (pronounced Lay-vee)This is what we had to go through:
As we'd go, we'd hit a huge chunk of ice, then it woud crack in half and move to the side. It was so cold that the water where we had just come through would re-freeze behind us!
On the way back, the lights of Quebec city were starting to come on. It's a beautiful sight! It was cold and windy to be out on the deck of the ferry, but the view is so pretty.On the way back to our hotel, we stopped into this quaint glass-glowing shop. We watched for a long time...it was fascinating!The furnaces were up to 2600 degrees! The side effect was that watching all this also kept us warm!We walked back to the same hotel Roger & I had stayed in when we visited here in Oct. What a great first day. It was fun to play the tourist guide.
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How fun to have your girl there to share all your favorite Canadian things. Jen was in Quebec City recently and she didn't get all this done. Of course, she was working although she did say it's a beautiful city. I'm glad you're posting on your blog again. Love you guys.
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