Québec Trip - June 27-30, 2011
These pictures were taken with my Fujifilm Finepix S9000 digital
camera on a trip to Québec, Canada, June 27-30, 2011. Images
are shown at a resolution of 640x480, but many are available cropped
from the originals or in half of original size by clicking on the
links after the captions.
Monday, June 27, 2011
We dropped off the kid and were on our way north not much after 8 AM.
With no real schedule to keep, we went straight up Route 30 through
the Adirondacks. We made brief stops at the Northville boat launch
[Picture] on the Great Sacandaga Lake, at
an overlook near Indian Lake [3
Pictures] and for a side trip on Route 421 near Tupper
Lake [26 Pictures]. From there, we
continued north [9 Pictures (all
signs)] and got an excellent lunch in
Malone [12 Pictures] before continuing to
the Canadian border [5 Pictures (all
signs)]. In Quebec, we drove up Route 138 (the continuation of
Route 30 when it crosses) then got onto the
autoroutes [24 Pictures] to get to
our motel in Brossard. After checking in, we took a
ride [6 Pictures] to Île
Saint-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame and walked around
a bit [8 Pictures]. Then it was into
Montréal [2 Pictures], mainly the
Vieux-Montréal area [13 Pictures].
Since our parking meter time was limited, we headed back to Brossard
[4 Pictures] for dinner, and got takeout
chicken from St. Hubert, a regional chicken chain.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
We had all day to get from Montréal to Québec, so we
started the day by driving around
Montréal [12 Pictures (signs)] with
the goal of visiting the Parc du Mont-Royal, the mountain in the city
which overlooks the downtown area and the river. We eventually worked
our way there, and took some time to walk
around [9 Pictures]. Unfortunately,
this resulted in a bit of a bloodied up knee for Cathy after a little
slip. But after a little cleanup, we were able to carry
on [Picture]. Our next goal was lunch,
which we found at a chain called Mikes. From there, it was onto
Autoroute 40 toward Québec [11 Pictures
(signs)]. We stopped about halfway to look around
Trois-Rivières [18 Pictures], then
continued on to Québec [10
Pictures]. Our schedule put us into the city right during the
afternoon rush, so it was a slow trip around the northwest side of
town [19 Pictures] to get to our motel on the
northeast side in the Beauport area. But we made it, checked in, then
decided to see Montmorency Falls on the northeast edge of the city.
We parked (for $9.75!) and walked around quite a bit of the
area [24 Pictures and 1 Movie]. By the time
we were done, it was getting late, so we decided to get take-out fast
food dinner (including
poutine [Picture]) from the local Chez
AshTon.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
This was our full day in Québec. We were in no great rush in
the morning, but were parked in Vieux-Québec by
mid-morning [5 Pictures]. Most of the
day involved extensive walking. We started near the Place d'Armes for
some views of the St. Lawrence [9
Pictures]. We proceeded along the Promenade des Gouverneurs along
the cliff outside the walls of the
Citadelle [16 Pictures]. We made our
way next to the Québec parliament
building [10 Pictures], back into the
old city through Port St.-Louis [3
Pictures], then along the Parc de l'Esplanade. We left the old
city again by Porte St.-Jean [7 Pictures]
and walked west along Rue Saint-Jean [3
Pictures]. We made a few stops along the way, most notably the
small store with a chocolate museum [2
Pictures], at the Églese de
Saint-Jean-Baptiste [10 Pictures], and then
for lunch at Le Sultan
Café [Picture]. After lunch
(during which the only downpour of the day occurred), we returned
along Rue Saint-Jean to the old city and made our way
down [10 Pictures] to the
Marché du Vieux-Port [6 Pictures].
We made a quick walk through there and proceeded to the Place-Royale
and Quartier Petit Champlain areas near the
river [21 Pictures]. We looked around
there for a while and decided it would be a good idea to stick around
in the city long enough to get dinner. With a little time before we
would be ready for that, we decided to take the ferry across to
Lévis and back -- the poor man's scenic cruise on the
St. Lawrence [32 Pictures]. After our
"cruise" was complete, we took the funiculaire back up the
hill [7 Pictures]. We chose to get
an early dinner and headed
for [Picture] an asian restaurant
called L'Apsara [Picture], which was very
good. After dinner, we walked in search of some ice cream (ended up
with some gelato) [2 Pictures], stopped
at the Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de
Québec [4 Pictures], then back
to the car. Not sure how far we walked, but it was a lot. On the
ride back, we took a slightly scenic route to go by the Colisée
where the Nordiques used to play [12
Pictures].
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Just the ride home on this day. We got an early start out of
Québec, didn't encounter too much morning rush traffic, then
took A-40 to A-73 to A-20 to A-30 to A-15 to the border. The wait at
customs was almost 25 minutes, but other than that it was a quick
and easy ride [58 Pictures (signs)].
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