12-30-22 QUÉBEC: We were late to rise and managed to head out for breakfast at lunch time. We ate at Les Mordus and then headed down to the lower city, le bas-ville, down along the river, down a steep, twisty street, down several flights of stairs, at the bottom of the cliff. The haute ville is at the top of the cliff and dominated by the Frontenac, which looms over the lower city.
The lower city was the first settlement and has several narrow streets and hundreds of old stone buildings with steep roofs. Today a lot of them are snow covered and some dumped snow onto the street into the crowds. The crowds were everywhere with everyone swaddled for the weather. Warming stations are scattered around with fires and play houses for the kids, many kids following Mom and Dad.
It was overcast and very foggy and about forty degrees. There was maybe a little less slush. We saw an acrobat perform on the side of a building hanging from a wire. That was a surprise, but a few minutes later another acrobat was performing on a slack wire in front of the Notre Dame des Victoires church. This one juggled snow balls as well as wire walking and other stunts.
While we were walking down further and further to get to the lower city, I thought that it would be a struggle to walk back up and decided to ride the funicular to the top of the cliff when we were ready to return. But no! Funicular closed for maintenance. I struggled and huffed and puffed my way back to the top in slow stages with Judy’s encouragement. Then back to the room for a nap.
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