Tuesday October 20, 2015 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Our tour was set to meet at 8:15.  We got up early enough to have our coffee and breakfast before going to the Princess Theater and ashore.  We went out the bus area to start our tour.  We were docked in Quebec but it was quite a jaunt to the bus parking area, but still better than taking the tenders ashore.

Beautiful painting on side of building

It was cloudy and cold.  Our first stop was in a restored section of lower Quebec.  Quebec was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain and is the only remaining walled city north of Mexico.  It is also one of the oldest cities in North America. The lower city has many cobble stone streets.

Weird art 

Chateau Frontenac

British General Wolf

Of course the city has expanded outside  the walls.  We toured the Battleground Park.  This park is part of the Plains of Abraham, on Sept 23, 1759 the decisive battle for possession of Canada was fought here during the French and Indian War.  In Europe this was known as the 7 years War between the English and French.  Some of the roots of the American Revolution come from the believers by Briton's that the American colonies should pay part of the expense of the war, thus the taxation without representation.

Battleground Park

A chapel on the way to St. Anne

The tour then went out to the countryside where we were shown examples of the homes that were typical in what was then known as New France.  We had lunch at an inn called Auberge Baker.  The leaves were in full color near the inn.

One of several Root Cellars

Another style Root Cellar

Neva at the Inn

A road up a hill

Inside the main church

We then traveled to a basilica dedicated to seamen.  Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre.  This was a huge ornate Catholic Church, the current building completed in 1934.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr%C3%A9

The chuch in the basement

One of a few exact copies of Michelangelo's Pieta

Montmorency Falls

After visiting St. Anne's we made a stop at Montmorency Falls.  The guide said these falls are taller than Niagara Falls.  They may be taller but they are not nearly as impressive.  http://www.sepaq.com/ct/pcm/index.dot?language_id=1

Gerri and me at Montmorency Falls

After a stop at near the top of the falls we continued on to a drive around the Ile d'Orleans. http://tourisme.iledorleans.com/en/ Before we returned to the ship.  The Island is mostly agriculture with a few villages.

Quebec City from across the St. Lawrence River

The day had been cold and windy with very little sunshine.  I discovered that I had made a mistake when downloading caches in the Quebec City area.  I missed finding a cache in Quebec Provence.  I hope to get some caches in the area next year when we do the RV caravan to the Maritimes.

Back on the ship. Neva went to her doctor appointment.  Gerri started packing.  Our meeting time is 5:30 AM tomorrow for our transportation to the airport.

Tonight for dinner we sat with the people at the next table, part of their party didn't come to dinner.  We took their place.

Back at the cabin we were ready for bed shortly after getting the rest of our luggage ready to be loaded for the trip to the airport.