Quebec City – The French Connection

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Today was the last day of the trip for us.  When we woke up we packed up our suitcases and loaded them into the car and went exploring once again.  By the way the dinner from last night was exceptional!  We noticed that many of the restaurants use dairy products from Chilliwack!  We saw butters and creamers created in Chilliwack.

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So we started our day with a walk in the slightly cooler, breezier day and returned to Old Quebec.  We had a great lunch at one of the hundreds of tourist-centric restaurants – roasted chicken for Andrew and salmon linguini with Asparagus soup for Steve.  We then carried on with the intention of taking a horse and buggy tour around the old city but when it was discovered the cost was $80 for a 30 minute ride, we decided against it, and just stole a couple of pictures beside the horse.

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We then went to another Citadel – they are very popular in the old-war provinces – but were discouraged from getting a close look by the Canadian army who use the Quebec Citadel as an active base.  Something about national security, but you can take a picture of the dudes dressed up in red at the front door – so we did.

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We continued our walk and saw some very large people getting dressed up on the way to see l’Hotel de Parliament,  By this time our day was running out and we had to get to the airport, but not before wasting some time in the pub with a game of billiards.

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Alas, the vacation has come to an end and we had to return our trusty Chrysler 300 and hop on the planes home.  No little TV screens were on the return flights.  Instead we were shown two projector movies, Fractured and Shrek 3.  Our flight was an hour late in Toronto because we had to return the plane to the airport just before taking off.  There were a couple of pensioners that must have been security threats because they were taken off the plane.  Then we had to wait for clearance because we botched our last alloted time.   The same friend picked us up at the airport when we returned to Vancouver at 2:00 am August 2, 2007.

Thanks for joining us on our adventure.

The End.

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