Quebec

Hngh..? Where am I? Am I in France? Wait, I’m in Quebec. Well, Quebec is a city that is really like French since many French people are here. Because of this, the tour guide mentioned that this, along with Montreal, is called ‘Mini Paris’.

Chateau Frontenac

First stop: Chateau Frontenac. This chateau is a hotel that is used as a fort before. This fort is the place where Churchill and Roosevelt got together and discussed strategies of winning the war.

Statue of Samuel de Champlain

Across the hotel is a statue of Samuel de Champlain, the person who found Quebec. There is a brief history of him under the statue. Hmm, this history used the letter ‘v’ instead of ‘u’…

Samuel de Champlain and close to it is Quebec's National Museum

Again, across the statue, there is Quebec’s national museum, in which the tour group did not enter as the tour guide figured we are not interested in such stuff. [Wrong!] All I can say about the national museum is that it has an underground, in which is the remnant of the fort that was used for war. (And also is that its under the wooden floor that we are stepping on.)

Notre Dame in Quebec

City Hall in Quebec, covered in trees

A close-up of the City Hall

The Notre Dame can be reached through the alleys around this… area? (That’s what I’d like to call it.) I did not enter this church because we just passed through. By the end of the road in which Notre Dame is situated, there is Quebec’s City Hall. Umm, nothing much to say about this place though.

The bridge

More walking, we went through a bridge that separates the area of the fort and the center of the town. (Not sure what it's called though) Close to that bridge, there is a statue of the face of Franklin D. Roosevelt by the fort side. By the side of the center of the town, there is a statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Last place to visit is the Parliament Building. Wait, no. I did not visit it – I saw it from a hill around the Citadel Bridge. This hill is a good place to take a picture, normal shot or panoramic view. It’s a good place to relax too, uphill or downhill, since there is an automatic fountain down the hill and a bench. It’s up to you to choose the view uphill or downhill.

Parliament Building sighted from the hill

The view of the down side of the hill

-- Extra! --

In some occasion, though I had no idea based on what occasion did they have this; Quebec has a parade on the historical people! It’s quite interesting to watch, but too bad I only had 15 minutes on this from… I’m not sure. What I’m sure of is that it must be long.

--- Extra no. 2! ---

In the back of Chateau Frontenac, there is a hill that has a cannon that is formerly used for war. This place, as I was informed, has a very good view of Quebec. However, I did not manage to go up there since there is no time and its very up high, so I had no picture how it looks like up there. If anyone goes there, you may try to do so.

[Sorry. I forgot to take a picture of it, so all I can do is to find other picture with a little sight of it.]

That’s it for Quebec! The next city I am visiting is four hours away, Montreal!