Last weekend I got to visit Quebec City with a group of people, for the Carnaval. It was my first time in Quebec City, and I was impressed.
I do not have a ton of photos or really good photos, due to the weather and it being way to cold to have a camera out all the time. But I did my best in trying to get some shots.
Quebec City has alot of history, and in 2008 Quebec City will be 400 years old. Quebec City is the only fortified city in North America, and the old town is a UNESCO world heritage site.
In 1759 the famous Battle between the French and British were faught on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.
Click on this link for a nice French Canadian song to listen to while looking at the pics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoIZPzQ_k_M
Enjoy a look at this amazing city.
PLACE D'YOUVILLE, just outside the gates of the Vieux Quebec(Old Town). There was the opening celebration of the the Carnaval that night.
Myself standing in Place D'Youville, outside the Porte Saint-Jean.
Porte Saint-Jean.
Now we have crossed over into Vieux Quebec, walking down Rue Saint-Jean.
Various views of Vieux Quebec.
Now we decend to La Basse-Ville(lower town).
There were ice sculptures everywhere, and here I am literally freezing my butt off.
Looking across the Fleuve Saint-Laurent to the suburb of Levis across the river. The Quebec City-Levis ferry which you see in the pic has to drive a certain way during the winter, because the ice pushes it along the river. Looked freaky to me.
Having Poutine.
Le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec's famous railway hotel. The Chateau is one of the first railway hotels to be built, and probably the most famous.
The views from Quebec City were amazing. The city is very hilly, and while the view when this pic was taken was a little foggy, the views of the Laurentian mountains were amazing when the weather was clear. You can see the mountains in the backround.
Cote De La Montagne
Quebec City has a ton of stairs connecting the different levels of the city together. Talk about a death trap in the winter.
The Terrasse Dufferin, overlooking the Saint-Laurent.
The view from the Terrasse.
After the Terrasse, we had to climb 310 steps on the Promenade Des Gouverneurs to get up to the Plaines D'Abraham. Here is the view from one of the lookouts as you climb. Check out the Saint-Laurent. We are a good 10 stories above the river at this point I would say.
We made it to the top. Here is the Citadelle, that used to protect Quebec City during the wars.
Looking across Parc Des Champs-De-Bataille Plaines D'Abraham.
Get ready for Part II, the Ice Hotel.
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