Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
July 2022
Quebec City was one of the stops on our trip to eastern Canada in July through August 2022. Even though I grew up in Montreal, this was my first time visiting Quebec City, and I loved it! There are so many beautiful old stone buildings and houses. We stayed in a basement apartment in an old red brick house with an old-fashioned big white porch (photo on right). It was located right next to the Plains of Abraham, and on a hill above old QC. Pope Francis even coordinated his visit to QC to overlap exactly with ours 😉.
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Upper Old Quebec City
We spent the first day walking around upper Old QC. So magical, full of history, so colorful, and so many beautiful gardens and flowers.
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Lower Old Quebec City
The next morning we walked around lower Old QC, starting with La Rue Du Petit-Champlain. This street (rue) follows along the river, just one block up, and is full of funky store fronts and unique merchandise. It took us (me) forever to go just a few blocks!
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Parc de la Chute-Montmorency
After walking around old QC, it was time to take a short drive east of the city for a mid-day picnic and a visit to Parc de la Chute-Montmorency. As you see by the photos, chute means waterfall!
And I love nature, so couldn't resist showing these persistent trees we saw on our hike, growing on stone walls and yet successfully managing to grow upwards toward the sky!
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Lévis
On our last day, we took a short drive across the Pierre-Laporte bridge to Lévis, which is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, directly opposite Quebec City. Lévis is actually a National Historic Site of Canada known primarily for its fort. While in Lévis, we of course had to check out the local waterfall in the Parc des Chutes-de-la-Chaudière. Again, an absolutely beautiful hike, and of course with plenty of stairs to climb both on the hike and in town!
I hope you enjoyed a little taste of Quebec City and surrounding sights.
Thanks for visiting!
