Day 18 Quebec

Lachie had a disrupted night and so did grandma for a while. Eventually we all had a good sleep until 7:30 this morning. The sun was shining. Sarah started the day by severely bashing her toe on the bed > bruising her toe, which meant she hobbled for the rest of the day and it went very blue and swollen. After breakfast, packing a few snacks, drinks and doing a few load of washing, we went out walking the streets of beautiful Quebec.

Lachie has developed an interesting walking/ running pattern. I have no idea how he manages to sustain such a high level of energy! He runs on ahead and just stops at each street corner, often just sitting down on the footpath, much to the amusement of the locals.

The car was actually parked

Our first major stop was at a fabulous GF LF Patisserie on the corner of avenue De Salaberry and Chemin Sainte-Foy. Never before have I seen such a wonderful display of pastries and cakes I could actually eat, so I bought a selection of goodies and a cup of tea.

We sat outside and sampled the delicious treats before continuing on our walk.

This city is just so beautiful. A mix of French and English architecture. Signs hanging above shops, beautiful hanging baskets, boxes of flowers and plants in corners or spaces. Lovely green spreading trees in the gardens dotted around the city and every now and then a statue or a church. Copper and tin roofs to blind you in the sun, when they are freshly made to replace and original roof and the most magnificent old buildings both within the walled city and outside. Plus the wonderful St Lawrence River, with sailing boats going up and down in the gentle breeze. Many tourists and locals walking or sitting and eating.

One memory was the bride at the Le Chateau Frontenac (a Fairmont hotel) getting into a huge red truck and the bridesmaids in the back. Or the bells ringing in one of the churches. The magnificent Notre Dame de Quebec with its “Holy Door” and beautiful stain glass windows. We did a huge loop on our walk. Rue Saint Jean was a lovely area, as were the gates at Porte St Jean, and Rue Saint Louis with lots in the middle.

That is why there are so many photos of today. There is just so much to photograph and so much more to see.

We returned home at 3 to eat a late lunch (we had filled up at the Patisserie earlier in the day). After eating Sarah and Tim went out shopping for supplies and I folded the washing, typed and uploaded photos while chatting to Lachie. Looks like my card reader has given up the ghost. Luckily I had the cord for the camera with me. We ate dinner, by now Sarah’s toe was very sore. She had walked 5 kms today on it. After dinner and Lachie went to bed they sat and watched the Amazing Race in Cuba and got sick of me saying “been there.. been there… been there”.