Wednesday – From Hot Montreal to Cold Quebec

Dinner Tuesday night was in the Marina Grand Dining Room.  We shared a table with a couple from Vancouver.  Elaine had chicken tangine and I had beef tenderloin.

After beach weather in Montreal (mid-80’s), today (Wednesday) was, as Warren Harding would have said, a return to normalcy (mid-50’s).  And it was overcast and windy.

We docked in Quebec City before 7 AM; we were off to explore by 9:00 AM or so.  We walked around the Place Royale for awhile taking pictures of this historic section of Old Quebec.  There are a couple of exceptional wall murals, a pretty church (Notre Dame des Victoires), and quaint old streets.  Then we took the Funicular to the upper town which terminates right at the historic Chateau Frontenac.  A lot of years ago we stayed there for three nights on one of our road trips.

Outside the Chateau Frontenac we boarded the Quebec Hop-On Hop-off (HOHO) bus and rode the 90-minute circuit.  We sat on the open-air second deck and shivered through most of the trip.  The guide was fun, and we enjoyed it.  At the end we went into the Chateau Frontenac to have a look around but mainly to get warm.

Then we re-boarded the HOHO base to ride to the first scheduled stop which just happened to be near MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) to buy a new pair of binoculars for Elaine.  She forgot hers, but she needed a new pair anyway.  She is now the proud owner of a yellow set of Nikon Aculon binoculars.

From there we walked back to the ship, stopping for pictures of bridge support murals, the railroad station, and the poetic chairs.

Pictures tell the story (click on pics to enlarge in a separate window)

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The Funicular
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Shop Here, Girls!
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A Mural near Place Royale
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Riding the Funicular
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Joe at the Chateau Frontenac
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Elaine on the HOHO Polar Express
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The Bar at the Chateau Frontenac
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A Happy Frog
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Bridge Support Mural
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The Poetic Chairs . . .
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. . . All in a Row
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Another Mural back at Place Royale
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A Final Mural

3 thoughts on “Wednesday – From Hot Montreal to Cold Quebec

  1. The paintings are beautiful. What a smart idea. Glad to see Elaine packed her turtlenecks. She is a smart packer for sure. Denver is having the same weather. Cold and rainy each day. Glad to see a pic of you Joe. CiCi

  2. I think Elaine should hijack the frog for the backyard, he’s so cute!!! Looks chilly but a nice change. Love the city and the murals, cool funicular!!

  3. A Happy Frog? I thought it was James Taylor rehearsing. Love the trompe l’oeil murals. The chairs are pretty cool as well.

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