After the city gate, a remnant from the days when cities had walls and gates, the street is wider and the restaurants sprawl out on the sidewalk. The buildings changed from stone to brick as we continued uphill, and became mixed commercial and residential with occasional government agencies. We detoured into the series of parks and gardens along the cliffs above the St. Lawrence River.
We stopped at the MNBAQ, the Québec National Museum of Art, for a exhibit of oils by Berthe Morisot. There were about fifty paintings, mostly of her daughter Julie and her amies et cousines. On the way back down hill, we stopped for a snack at a sidewalk eatery before our nap.
Dinner was at IX Pour on the other side of the St. Charles River in a modest neighborhood, a short taxi ride away from the hotel. The restaurant is in a small, failed pizzeria with only twenty chairs and only one seating per night. Fabulous food. Another place worthy of a journey for a dinner.
Alaclair Ensemble is a hip-hop collective that we caught by accident yesterday, very energetic performers.
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La Grande Allée Est walking uphill from Chateau Frontenac is lined with restaurants and hotels, all with colorful signs, flags, gardens and hanging planters.
The city wall gate, remnant from the colonial era along with many sections of the wall.
Top of the National Assembly Building, totally baroque.
Grande Allée Ouest is lined with more restaurants and hotels.
At the National Museum of Art of Québec, we saw the Berthe Morisot Exhibit.
Judy was attracted to this painting for some reason.
Tonight we ate at IX Pour, a taxi ride to the other side of the St. Charles River. They have one seating per night and only 20 chairs. They're in a failed pizzeria and it was extraordinary. The wine list is in chalk all over the walls.
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