Saturday October 27, 2007

 

 

Quebec City

 

Approaching Quebec City – after a two-hour drive from Claude and Huguette’s home.

 

 

Quebec is full of history.  A fort overlooking the St. Lawrence River.

I am standing with my back to Les Plaines d’ Abraham (The Plaines of Abraham) where a battle for Quebec was fought. 

 

A German machine gun captured September 2, 1918 in France.

The area called The Plains of Abraham is in the background.

 

Entering Old Quebec

 

 

 Not quite lunchtime – evidenced by empty tables.  The weather was perfect!

 

We saw several artists – music and painting.  Notice the statue of Samuel de Champlain in the background.

 

Huguette and Claude walking up the hillside to the statue.

 

 

Beautiful architecture.

 

Another view of the St Lawrence – looking toward the city of Levis (Levee).

 

Notice Levis across the river from Quebec City

 

There are signs of restoration everwhere – in prepartion for next year’s four-hundred-year celebration.  This particular area was where prisoners were kept.

 

We went inside this museum to watch reenactments of some of the great battles for Quebec City.

 

Looking out – from a museum window.

 

 

One hour later the restaurant was full – and another musician has arrived.

 

 

Another highlight of my day was eating lunch in this restaurant.

 

Customs come from this area of France.  Huguette said they speak a dialect of French that she cannot easily understand.

 

Their feature is crepes – 80 varieties of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.  I loved watching this young cook.

 

In this photo she is joined by her mom.

 

She always had this expression on her face when making crepes.

 

The waitresses

 

My lunch crepe.

 

A mushroom and asparagus crepe didn’t look as delicious as it tasted. 

 

 Other patrons – looking toward the street from our table.

 

A view of the street outside the restaurant.

 

Looking the other direction.

 

The paintings on these bridge pillars were new to Claude and Huguette – probably something in preparation for the 400-year celebration.

 

Huguette was pleased to find the house where she was born – with the help of our GPS unit.  She remembered the street address.

 

Looking back on the old city as we traveled to Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre.  The tall building on the left is where we saw the statue and museum.

 

Driving by Montmorency Falls

 

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre is 350 years old.  This particular basilica was built in 1923 following a fire in 1922.

 

A monastery on the hillside.

 

Inside the beautiful basilica.

 

There were carvings at the end of every bench.

 

Candles that people pay for and light in hopes of answered prayers.

 

I love this silhouette of Cerwin – created by the sunlight coming in the door.

 

Sunset on the way to Beauceville (bose-ville), and area where Claude once served as a Baptist pastor.

 

A view of Beauceville in the dark.  We ate supper at a restaurant in that town.  Notice the cross on the left – and you can’t miss the beautiful moon.

 

 Our last stop was the chapel – to see if the automatic light sensor was working.  Claude exclaimed “look at that” when he saw the lights from the road!