Canada - Quebec City in another minute

After a couple of days in Montreal, Rayhanah and I decided to head Quebec City for the day.. Quebec City is the capital of Quebec, which is one of the provinces of Canada.. it's the predominantly French one, since that part of Canada was first settled by the French.. It used to be called New France before Montcalm lost his wits on the plains of Abraham.. but that's another blog altogether.. Anyways, similar to Montreal, we didnt take many pics.. just a few.. we were only there for a few hours.. but i thoroughly enjoyed it.. especially peeing on the side of the highway in pitch darkness. Ok I'd better shut up and post some pics..





Rayhanah took about a gazillion pictures of this building.. I have no idea why.. Omanis..



It looks like this guy is talking to me.. but he isnt.. ..



And here I am walking like a duck.... Sometimes I wonder about myself.



Random statue picture.. one of them looked like the devil from the side.. It had pointy horns on its head and a big stick.. but when we turned round the bend we realized it was one of the old Popes.. oops.



Word... to big bird.



Ahh.. oui oui.. regarde!



Rayhanah was also obsessed with these windows..



Here's a cool pic Rayhanah took with the Sephia filter.





I like the balance in this picture.



The water below is the St. Lawrence River.. It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.. I think Quebec means "where the river narrows" in Iroquois, but don't quote me on that.. my grade 10 history is kinda rusty.



Over yonder is Chateau Frontenac a huge hotel, it was named after a former Governer of Quebec, or New France as it was known back then.. He was quite a character.. When the British Americans (before the 13 Brit colonies revolted) attacked, Frontenac pretty much poo poo'ed them, and said, "Non, je n'ai point de réponse à faire à votre général que par la bouche de mes canons et de mes fusils." ("I have no reply to make to your general other than from the mouths of my cannon and muskets.") Oh, and yeah.. he kicked their red coat butts back to England! Anyways, today I believe the hotel is a UN heritage site, check it out if you're in the area..



Here's a closer look..



Ohhh.. should have brought my machette..





This is a very nice boardwalk.. During the summer its full of people walking about.. kids eating ice cream.. punks doing stunts on bikes.. old people wandering cautiously.. people with huge zoom lenses.. and of course some lost American tourists.