A Day in Quebec City

When we got up at 6:00 am, it was still dark. We were already docked at our pier, and we were to gather for our tour at 8:40 in one of the lounges. So, we went up for a small bite of breakfast. Again, the Horizon was pretty full, and we had to go to the end of the Caribe Cafe (another room attached to the Horizon) to find a table.

After breakfast, we went back to our room to collect the things we needed so we could head down to the lounge and wait for our tour to start.

Today's bus was what appeared to be a city bus, but at least there was enough leg room for me to sit comfortably in the seat. Our driver was Jean Nicola, and our guide was Roger. Both spoke English fairly well, but were clearly French Canadians who are proud of their city. We drove around the old town parts of Lower Quebec while Roger pointed out various sites of interest.

Chateau Frontenac

Samuel de Champlain

Then we entered the walled part of Old Quebec. Again, the streets were narrow, but very impressive. They have done a lot of work to re-construct and restore this part of the city to keep its historical buildings looking good. According the Roger, tourism is the number one industry in Quebec City.  We drove by Karen's ship as it sat at their pier. Roger said it have been there for 3 days, and would be leaving today.

Karen did contact us through a text message. She was going shopping to the Christmas Store. We drove by it, but I didn't know how to get there.

We stopped at the Hotel Frontenac to take some photos. Wow! What a huge hotel. I was pretty impressive, and inside the walls of the city.

One of 4 Martello Towers
in Quebec City

After we left the walled part, we were in Upper Quebec, or New Quebec.  Lots of restored, historical churches, hotels, apartments, and so on. Again, very impressive.  We stopped at the Citadel, and saw the Plains of Abraham. Their central Park was the site of the first golf course in Canada, but it is no longer a golf course now.

Halloween is Coming

Then, it was back to the ship so he could take the next group out on their tour. We spent the rest of the afternoon on the ship. First we had a slice of pizza, and then went back to our room to pack our suitcases. We had to figure out how we were going to organize things so we could put our suitcases out in the hallway tonight by 10:30. That part won't be a problem. What is the problem is how we are going to make sure we have clean clothes to wear tomorrow, and enough room to pack all the other things into our backpacks for getting off the ship tomorrow morning.

Old Church in Old Town

We went to dinner in our dining room. Our table friends came, so we took some pictures of our wait staff (Eena and Roseburn) and our friends (Barb and Gail from Chicago). Then it was on to ordering or last dinner on the ship. The selections have always been good, and they were tonight, too. I tried a watermelon/goat cheese appetizer, beef bullion soup, and a turkey dinner. Dawn had a shrimp/lobster/avocado appie, a watermelon/goat cheese salad, and the turkey. It was very good. For desert, I had baked alaska and Dawn had apple pie and ice cream. We were stuffed.

Old town we walked in 1 and
2 blocks behind the first row

Off we went to the evening show, which was again packed, although lots of people left during the show. It was a dance/music group from Quebec, doing some songs, tunes, and dances from historical Quebec. It was a fun show, and seemed to be very much enjoyed by those who stayed for the whole thing. It went overtime, which may have been why some folks left early. There is another dinner sitting at 8:00.

Then, back to our room, finish our suitcases and get them out into the hall, and get ready for disembarkation tomorrow morning. When we got to our cabin, our room steward, Jules, was coming along, so I made sure to get a picture of him.

We are scheduled to meet at 8:15 to get off the ship and to our bus. We have another tour of Quebec City, and a drive to the airport where we will pick up a car for our drive to Montreal.