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On the first day I was in Quebec City, I was on a tour bus without Deb. Our tour guide always said "Quebec City" without the "w" sound in Quebec. At one point he showed us this building that has an interesting story. I liked it so much, that I had him circle on the map where I could find it, and the next day I walked, and made my way back to see it, and take pictures.

This is an old church that was about to be demolished. A businessman bought the site and proceeded to tear the structure down. At some point, someone made an effort to preserve it and someone in charge got involved seriously. The result is that the facade of the church was saved and the businessman agreed to use it as the front of his new fancy hotel. I thot that was very sweet.

To get there, I had to walk a long way and back, using just the map. I made it and was impressed that I could find the right streets. Sonya, you'd be proud of me, walking so much. Also, maybe you would enjoy the challenge, as this city is up and down, much more hilly than Manhatten. When I got back to the boat that night, I took my shoes off and was surprised to find a nail in my shoe had torn a hole in my right foot and I had been bleeding into my shoe. I was so involved that I didn't even notice.

The second day we were in Quebec City Deb and I were walking around and came across a building with these paintings on the wall. Some were high up and some ground level where I had Deb pat the lady on her shoulder. We understand there were other places murals like these are, but we only saw another wall which I'll post in another place.

Quebec City is set up in two parts, there is the lower area near the water which is full of charming little shops. This is one of the street only for pedestrians.

On the tour outside the city, we saw the Montmorency Falls. Tho not as impressive as Niagera Falls, the people here are proud of their falls. This picture is at the bottom, and there is a cable car we rode up to the top of the cliff, where we could walk on the bridge above the falls. There is also a "villa" with restaurant, gift shop, etc.

This is the inn where we had lunch, most everyone had lobster, but I had steak. It is right on the water.

In an armory we sat as an audience and watched these two young men give us some of the history of Quebec City. They gave us the history of the battle on the Plains of Abraham, outside the city in 1759. The general in red is the English General Wolfe, and one in blue is French General Montcalm. It was fun to watch and I wished I knew more about the the city.

This is the Chateau Frontenac, which is a huge hotel in the upper part of Quebec. Huge.

This is a street scene in Quebec, that I just thot was pretty, another artist's motif. Of course you'd have to blank out the truck in the middle in a painting.