MONTCALM, ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE, A WALK ON THE WALLS & THE PLAINS
What a wonderful day in Québec!
I decided to walk throughout the city, caméra en main, to capture some of its summer energy.
Montcalm district
The first couple of pictures are showing both sides of the district of Montcalm; the posh homes of public servants and the popular streets and walk-ups bustling with college and university students.
Around the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec
Back in Montcalm, around Cartier Street
ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE, a cultural & popular neighbourhood
St-Jean-Baptiste is one of the first areas that has been developed outside of the walls in Québec. It is home to Québec's artistic and LGBTQ community (though St-Sauveur tends to become more popular nowadays).
The heart of the district is St-Jean street, a must-see if you come to Québec someday.
WALKING ON THE WALLS, to the CITADEL
The old city walls are the ideal walk at the end of the day. They offer a plethora of unusual vistas of the old city, the Laurentian hills, the lower part of the city, the parliament hill... They are the ideal spot to appreciate a good summer sunset. One could walk on the walls from St-Jean street straight up to the Citadel and the Plains of Abraham (plaines d'Abraham), the city's largest urban park.
A little off-walls wandering on the fringe of Vieux-Québec, the old city
Back on the walls and the Citadel
It was too hot to sit quietly on the Plains of Abraham, today...
The residential streets of Parliament Hill / Plains of Abraham, and Jeanne-d'Arc Gardens