Quebec City

WEEK SIXTEEN—Old Quebec City is captivating. Its cobbled streets, European architecture and friendly people combine to make this city a joy to explore. From Le Chateau Frontenac to the Quartier Petit Champlain which claims to be the oldest shopping district in North America, Quebec is nothing short of charming. We browsed the galleries and boutiques, photographed the beautiful old buildings and had a couple of good meals during our brief stay in Quebec City. Would love to come back one year for their well-known Winter Festival but I'm not sure I could get Jim to return in January when the temperatures hover around zero! (Sure, I'll come in January, if only to try out my wings and fairy dust...)

It is so beautiful and so polished that it is Disneyesque.

Place Royale is the first permanent French settlement in
North America. It is here that Samuel Champlain built his
Abitation which served as a fort, warehouse, trading post
and residence when he arrived in 1608.

Mural depicting the history of Quartier Petit Champlain.

Such quaint residences.

Le Chateau Frontenac is purported to be the most photographed
hotel in the world. 

Yet another view.

From a gazebo at the top of a toboggan run.

Same gazebo as above.

Jim doing what he loves to do best!
(And he does a grand job as well.)

Given the amount of food we are consuming in these
wonderful cities, this seemed an appropriate photo to include.
(Zoey's reaction to this was to bark and then sniff...I had the 
opposite reaction...)

Le Quartier Petit Champlain

Neat wood carved figure outside of a shop
selling a variety of native-made products.

This was the last weekend of the Quebec Summer Festival so we got to enjoy some of the performances as we walked back to our hotel from our adventure in Quartier Petit Champlain.

(It had been a long time since I had visited either Montreal or Quebec City and both are still great places. They are a little grittier than I remember and the traffic rivals cities in the States, but  you should put both on your list to visit. Unless of course, Trump pisses them off even more and they bar Americans.)