Quebec City, Quebec

Vieux-Quebec is surrounded by a 4.6 km long defensive wall, built to protect the city from attack, the city of Quebec was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlan and is celebrating it’s 400th birthday in 2008, because of this the city is having a lot of restoration work carried out at the moment, despite the work, it is still such a pretty place, the streets are really narrow and cobbled and very like France, there are little cafes on the streets and the architecture is amazing!

I walked through Saint-Jean Baptiste and Saint Roch areas and to the Quartier Petit Champlan and Place Royale, you could just walk about for days on end the place is amazing and so beautiful, it’s hard to believe I am still in Canada, I have not seen any where else like it in the country.

I took a boat on the Fleuve Saint Laurent, which gave a fantastic view of the Chateau Frontenac and the Old City! I visited the Citadelle, which has been the second home and work place for the Governor General of Canada since 1872 and she was home when I visited, it is also one of only two citadels` in Canada, the other being in Halifax which I visited a couple of weeks ago.

I took a trip on the Route de la Novelle France, which is possibly the oldest area of New France in Canada! I visited the Shrine of Saint-Ann-de-Beauprie, which was absolutely amazing to see, it celebrates its 350th anniversary in 2008, and it is enormous and so beautifully decorated! On the same trip I visited the Montmorency Falls, which are twice as high as Niagara Falls and Isle d` Orleans, which is a beautiful island just outside of the city.

On my last day in Quebec I went up the Observatoire de la Capitale to get a view of the city from 221 meters up and what an amazing view it was!