Quebec, Canada.

7-17-19 QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC, CANADA: We came north yesterday, an easy 3.5 hour drive to the Chateau Frontenac, a mountain top castle/hotel on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River. We have traveled here before to break up the summer in VT and for a taste of city life, France and great food. The Upper Valley is truthfully a food desert by comparison.

Yesterday, we ate at Restaurant Initiale, a fav where we get the tasting menu with the wine pairings, one of us, for a great, great meal. Tonight we ate at Laurie Raphaël, another astounding meal. Both restaurants are down a steep hill from the hotel, but we walked down and back up both nights.

Today we walked up hill to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec [MNBAQ] for a Miró show and a bit more. We had brunch on the Grande Allée Est on the way. Afterwards we went to the old city below the mountain by the river for touring and shopping. Judy got a sweater and I got a T-shirt. Québec is awash in gardens and flower beds, flags and street shows, fairs and festivals.

Tomorrow we head back to VT to pick up the doggies.


Your carriage awaits outside the Chateau Frontenac.

Walking up Grande Allée Est to the MNBAQ.

At the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec the big summer show was Miró.

My fav Miró, a lizard?

Elsewhere at MNBAQ, an 18th century giraffe and painting.

Plaza outside the Frontenac featuring Champlain and the arena for the performers, mostly jugglers with patter.

The lower city bustling with shops and restairants.

Umbrellas above and below.