Posts Tagged ‘Quebec’
Au Revoir Canada!
by Kelly Edwards | October 3rd, 2009
We are finally home from our 5 day adventure to Quebec City and Montreal. Both cities are very different, yet equally amazing. Quebec can only be described as Old World Europe. Beautiful buildings, cobble stone streets and fabulous brasseries. Its sits atop a a cliff which overlooks the St. Lawrence River and is the only walled city on the continient north of Mexico. There are so many great places to explore and you’ll be in awe at the great architecture of the city itself. They also have art galleries galore so if your an art lover, you’ll spend no time being bored here. As one of the locals described it, ” it gets so cold here in the winter, we all just stay in and become artists!” Just a three hour drive away, Montreal could be described as Chicago with a European flair. If you visit, you must go to Basilique Notre-Dame to see this neo-Gothic marvel from 1829, walk around the underground city and eat dinner at Martin Picard’s restaurant Au Pied de Cochon. As the French would say, “Magnifique!” Here are some of our pics of the trip…
Oh Canada!
by Kelly Edwards | September 29th, 2009
We have officially moved our vacation location from Vero Beach, Florida to Quebec, Canada. After a 4 day jaunt in Florida, hanging out poolside, sipping Mojitos and partying at Emilio and Gloria Estefan’s house on Saturday night (they threw a wonderful party and are truly a class act couple), we took a quick flight to Montreal Canada, where we then got into the car and drove to Quebec. It was the closest we could get to Europe without flying there. We were looking forward to seeing all the beautiful colors of the changing foliage on our drive, but we were disappointed yesterday to find that everything was still green. When we arrived in Quebec we found it is home to centuries old buildings full of historical importance. We certainly plan to indulge ourselves while we are here in french brasseries, beautiful churches and breathtaking botanical gardens. I’ve included some pics here from last night. I will be sure to post some pictures tomorrow of our adventures today. Au revoir!
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