Ever mindful of the importance of local information, we hustled out of the campground by 10:15am to get to the Ferry to Quebec before 11 am when the nearby streets were supposed to be closed for the start of a Marathon. Wrong! The marathon began early that morning. Anyway we, along with Walt and Cathy had an early start on our walking/shopping tour of Quebec City. We made many stops in the lower city. There are too many fine shops to mention here. All willing to help you lighten your wallet. Both Donna and Cathy found really nice bracelets…well out of our price range…$2K - $2.5K!
Meanwhile Paul and Mary drove separately into the city to attend Mass at the Basilica Notre Dame of Quebec. The Navy Band also performed at Mass. Both said the Mass and band performance were simply beautiful. Harvey and Yvonne also drove into the city separately to take the City Tour they had missed the other day when Harvey was a bit under the weather.
By late morning we found the Funiculare to take us up to he upper part of the Old City. At the top we ran into Harvey and Yvonne. We parted ways to shop hop in the Château Fontinac area. We had a hard rain and went into the Relais Place D’Armes for lunch, a small hotel restaurant. The food and service were impeccable! So was the price $14 - $16 for a 3 course meal! This fine dining restaurant rates 5 Stars with us. After lunch, there was parade featuring all the units that were in the Tattoo. All of us watched the parade less than 2 blocks from each other but never saw each other. Shortly after the parade ended we took a carriage ride around the Old City. Rested and sated, we were in fine shape to resume our shop hopping walking trip around Old City Quebec.
Several hours later, back in the lower city we found Le Cochon Dingue, a patisserie (bakery) and café. Yes more food! Oh! Desert too…double chocolate cake, carrot cake, chocolate torte, and chocolate cheesecake, “to go!” We managed to make the 7:30 PM ferry back to Levis and our cars. We all gathered in Harvey & Yvonne’s rig for late evening dessert party.
Not sure how far we walked, but I felt as if I walked a marathon! I think Quebec has surpassed San Francisco as my favorite city. So far language has not been a problem and the people have been superb, friendly, and helpful.
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