In the morning we woke up later than usual as the breakfast closing time in the Gold lounge was a little more relaxed i.e. 11am. We had good, hot and cold breakfast and continued on with the relaxed mood from the morning.
Outside the hotel was a small french village like town which is where we started our day. We continued on from the wandering and perusing that we did the previous night. We strolled down the cobble-stone clad streets, through alleys of art and around corners of cafes to our destination of 'nowhere particular'. It was nice walking aroun the streets in the Quebec sun before heading up the "main" road of this small part of Old Quebec. We made our way up the small hill to an archway in the wall of Old Quebec City. From the top of the archway we could see one of the stages for Quebec's annual music festival, held around where we are staying. Selena Gomez was playing last night pretty much in my hotel's backyard so I had the windows all night and had the concert in our room. Back to the day's happenings. We moved on to a small wall which was used by the old army for protection and as a vantage point. Now it's the home of the Governor-General. He has some great cannons and an army of british looking soldiers. From the wall we had a good view of the centred fountain and of the local parliament. This is what we saw so far.
Rue Saint-Louis(The road leading up to the old archway) filled with artist shops, cafes and souvenir shops.
Old buildings we saw along the way.
Old buildings we saw along the way.
Old buildings we saw along the way.
Une place with a small, makeshift street theatre.
The archway into the old city.
Cannons at the Citadelle used by the old armies.
The archway.
The view we saw from the small wall/bank included the Fountaine de Tourny.
Parliament buildings and the fountain.
Fountain at the Place de l'Hotel-de-Ville.
Old prison we saw on the way back.
Town hall.
Cafe we went to for lunch.
Rue du Tresor (artists' alley).
Artists' alley.
On our way back to the hotel we stopped by an old anglican church and walked through their small market which sold: Crepes, Clothes, Ornaments etc. Although the church was dark it was still quite warm which is why I was glad when we moved indoors to a light/Morrocan/Indian goods shop which was fully air conditioned. Their were a few caraciture artists and musicians along the unused road, directly outside the hotel is a monument which played host to a performing group/circus act which I found highly entertaining. By the end of the day we were all hungry so went to a very busy italian restaurant along the "main" street, it was so busy that they had us three seated around a single table. The seating arrangements made me uncomfortable but none the less the food was actually quite good, me and my father had chicken(schnitzel) and pasta and my mother had schnitzel with spaghetti. Followinn dinner we went to a fondue based restaurant nearby where me and my mum shared a chocolate fondue bowl accomponied by a fruit platter, all of this was enjoyable as it was my maiden voyage into the world of fondue. We soon went to bed and drifted off into sleep.
Little market next to an old anglican church.
Artisan shop
Artisan shop.
Street theatre outside the hotel.
Chocolate fondue
Me somehow shocked by a strawberry.
Beautiful buildings and streets Joseph. We presume you are speaking French most of the time? Old Quebec looks stunning - as does your hotel and room. We are waiting for the next instalment. We are about to have a bad storm hit here - it's already blown a bus of tourists off the road in Canterbury albeit keeping the bus upright. Paddy is well and keeps warm. Awaiting your next instalment with baited breath given your last paragraph.
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