Today being a rest day I slept in until 7. I was expecting my roommate Ken to wake me up earlier as he is a early riser normally. Breakfast is in the cafeteria one building away. Ken and I walked over together and were the first of the group to eat. The food was a real disappointment and most feel that a meal off the truck would have been better.
Others filtered in shortly after I finished my rubber omelette. We were discussing what we were doing for the day. Matt and Kerry decided to join me for the hop on hop off bus tour of Quebec City. Other had errands to do and some where visiting friends for the day. I had never been to the city before.
We boarded a city bus for the chateau Frontenac. The bus tour starts there. The city buses do not come into the old city so we got off and walked at the closest bus stop.
Quebec City is the only fortified in North America. We passed a beautiful fountain on the way to the entrance to the old city. As we approached the walls I was amazed at the size and that an entire city was inside the walls. The walls of the city are 2.7 km in length.
We boarded the bus but couldn't get a seat on top. We got off and on a couple of times and managed the last time to get a spot on top. The old city is very beautiful and worth a trip anytime of year if you haven't seen it.
We left the bus tour to meet Duncan at a bike shop and after we had lunch. Duncan had a rabbit sandwich and we had more conventional sandwiches. We got back on the tour which happened to be the last bus of the day so we couldn't get off anymore.
When we got back to the chateau we watch some street performers juggle. While watching we got rained on even though there were no clouds in the sky. On our way to the city bus stop to go back to the campus we saw a large rainbow.
We got back and shared our stories of our day off with the other riders.
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| Bon Homme and me in Quebec City |
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| Kerry and Matt with a giant pigeon in Quebec City |
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| Old Quebec city, only fortified city in North America. Amazing!! |
