So labeled because we will be spending an overnight in Quebec City on our way back out the St Lawrence on our way to Boston. Looking back, the first time I was in Quebec City was in Sept 2012 on a New England/Canada cruise on the Enchantment of the Seas. I didn’t have internet on the ship (plus this was prior to changing to a stateside server) so rarely posted and the photos are done in any case. The same is true of the ISTM meeting held here in Spring of 2015.
So here we are today early morning with the sun rising
while the moon is still riding high in the sky
We docked in Old Town and the city seems amazingly familiar. Except for the pink balloon babies, As you have probably figured out by now, I am not much of one for organized tours, I can read a map, appreciate walking at my own pace and do enough reading ahead of time to have a general idea of what I might want to do, So the plan today was to walk around, hike up to the top of the hill (mountain?) and visit the Citadel which I hadn’t done on either of my two previous visits.
Obviously, there were stairs involved, A lot of stairs. Also cobblestoned streets. If one needed it, there was a funicular which lead up to what was the castle, important residence and is now a hotel in the Fairmont chain –
From there we walked along the outside of the Citadel (board walk + stairs, lots to stairs) which encircles the old walls. The Citadel itself is home to both the Royal 22nd Regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces and their museum.
We waited till the museum opened at 1000. As it turns out, seeing the museum is easy, but if you want to tour the grounds, since it is an active military installation – you need to be in a tour group. Our particular leader was actually a graduate student from the French Pyrenees here studying. The Regiment deployed in WWI, WWII, Korea, Afghanistan (last
Oct 2010-July 2011).
From there, a lot more walking was involved. Just for interest – yet another variation on Pedestrian Walk Lights.
We will be back here on the 21st…
