Quebec City 4, Quebec, Canada

Bonjour! (Although this literally means good morning, it is used throughout the day.)

We did not leave for our excursion to the Montmorency Falls Park until the afternoon.  Peter spent at least an hour fixing the shower this morning. We have not had problems with it since it started leaking at the end of our Southwest RV trip last summer. We also spent time working on the blog regarding the Island of Orleans.  And we said au revoir to Pierre and Isabelle who we spent some time with last night. We exchanged addresses and gave her the address to the blog. There is a pic of them when we were talking around the campfire.

So we drove to the falls and had a pleasant, relaxing time taking photos, walking in the park and having lunch. We ate on the terrace of the restaurant where we had a perfect view of the bridge that took us to Orleans yesterday. Each Canadian city has many pretty parks perfect for picnicking on a nice day. Speaking of the weather, here in Quebec, it is sporadic. Just because it rains the night before, it might be sunny in the morning, then cloudy/rainy again in the afternoon. That’s what it was like today.

It was shorts weather earlier, now there is a cool breeze. It’s supposed to rain tonight and stay rainy for a few days. I’m no longer complaining about the rain. I think it’s part of the charm of Quebec. The mosquitoes   are not as bad here as they were in Ontario by the way.

As previously indicated we ate lunch on a terrace overlooking the falls and the bridge to Orleans. Peter asked the couple next to us if they liked chocolate and told them about the chocolate factories on the island. The gentleman replied that they were from Switzerland, a “Chocolate Country.” Consequently, they were not too impressed…

Speaking of food, I have a confession. The first day we entered Canada I had to have the iconic French Canadian dish – Poutine. I vowed I would not order it again unless it came with lobster. I broke that vow today. Although it did not come with lobster, it had bacon which is not bad. Ok, no more poutine for a while.

Oh, another confession – I haven’t been able to stop teasing Peter about his use of the word “besmirch” which he used in his blog about Quebec City. I don’t remember ever having seen it used in a sentence until then. Have you?

Tonight is the first time that Peter is barbecuing (chicken). We may actually eat outside if it doesn’t get too cold. The RV Park is awfully quiet as many of the weekenders have left…

With a good chance of rain tonight and tomorrow morning, we probably will do laundry and other chores around the trailer. But you never know what adventure await us…

Until the next blog post…     JY

Went to the falls and it was a site to see.  Higher than Niagara Falls but not as wide.  There is a suspension bridge right over the crest of the falls which is cool.  What was really cool was the zip line that crossed in front of the falls about a quarter of the way down.  That attraction isn’t open for the season until next Saturday so we are a week early.  If it had been open today I would have done it without even thinking twice.

Everywhere you go there are monuments with placards explain the historical significance of the place or the person or a particular moment in time.  The monument I read today was the location where the British Major General James Wolf had a camp at the height of the falls where he could see everything the French troops were doing to prepare for battle.  Wolfe had 49 ship of which 23 were battle ships, 8,500 soldiers and 13,500 sailors – all primed and ready for battle.  In the battle between the French and English on thee Plains of Abraham the British won and sealed the fate of the French colonies.  From that point on everything was ruled by Great Britain.

We are going to take tomorrow off and do some chores and other business that need to be finished.  Then on Tuesday our plan is to spend the day at the Museum of Civilization and the Wednesday a tour of the Citadel and Thursday pack up and head to the Gaspé peninsula.   PRC