Springtime in Québec

This spring Pierre Delisle, a very informative guide, helped us see the history behind the scenic beauty of our home city. In five delightful hours we tramped around Old Québec up-and-down the twenty-three staircases that link upper and lower town. The oldest dates back to 1660 (L'escalier Casse-Cou) and the most recent (Le passage du Roi) from a few years ago.  
We admired 

• frescos (La Fresque des québecois seen above), 

• steel sculptures of galloping horses entitled "Do ré mi fa sol la si do", 

• monuments of the fathers of Québec (including Monseigneur de Laval), 

• views of the Château Frontenac from the Plains of Abraham, 

• a Martello Tower built by the English and never used to defend the city, 

We picnicked in the Parc du Chevalier-du-Moulin tucked away on a hill overlooking rue St-Louis and stopped for a drink at the café Krieghoff on Cartier before heading home. A good day!


Go to flickr to see a mini-ablum of 22 photos taken during our walking loop.
Check back to June 2010 for a blog entry headlined with a photo of Québec City.