First day exploring Old Quebec.
Old Quebec, just off Rue Saint-Paul.
Place d'Armes in Old Quebec.
Looking from Place d'Armes towards Rue du Tresor.
Place d'Armes, looking out towards the Musee du Fort.
Looking out down to the port; cruise ship on the St. Lawrence river.
One of the gates in the old city walls.
This time not as tilted...
Posing against the backdrop of the most iconic monument of Quebec City, the Chateau Frontenac. Oops, caught Janice blinking!
Much better.
IM ON UR CANNON, FENDING OFF YANKEE INVADERZ. Oh wait...
Cote de la Montagne street in the background.
The plaque says it's some catholic cardinal or somesuch, but I swear it's really a statue of...
... BATMAN!!!
On the Rue du Petit-Champlain, just before our Ghost Tour.
The Chateau Frontenac at night is a beautiful backdrop if you can photograph it right. Oops!
Somewhat better...
Holding the camera backwards + cold + shaking hand = blurry Chateau.
Heading east from Quebec City. The Sainte-Anne basilica in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre.
Inside the basilica.
I gotta give 'em one thing, Catholics have the nicest churches...
Shrine of... um, some saint?
Another saint, another shrine. Wish I could read Latin...
Downstairs chapel in the basilica basement.
Side shot of the Sainte-Anne basilica.
Horseback riding place in La Malbaie.
There be horses!
Sorry, no photos from the ride itself. I was too busy managing not to fall off my horse.
Horses making horse manure...
The docks at the ferry terminal in Saint-Simeon.
I'll assume it's the Saint-Simeon ferry terminal in the background, if we weren't blocking the view.
Saint-Simeon ferry terminal. In fact that's pretty much most of the town of Saint-Simeon.
The ferry terminal is not much to look at, but Janice's smile redeems the photo.
On the ferry to Riviere-du-Loup. It's cold. And windy.
Less windy towards the stern side.
Sailing away from the north shore of the St. Lawrence seaway.
Hmm, I don't remember being so freckly. Maybe my face is just dirty?
I figured out I could get better photos of the two of us by setting the camera down and using the timer feature.
Setting sun behind the clouds...
And back up the St. Lawrence to Montreal. Early afternoon at the Vieux-Port (old port).
Old Port of Montreal.
Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal, possibly the grandest Catholic church in North America.
... and I forgot to take any exterior photos. Oh well, that's what postcards are for.
Main altar in the cathedral.
Said the tour guide, before the era of microphones and speakers, this is from where the priest would deliver his sermons.
Shot from near the main entrance.
Huge bronze sculpture in the Notre Dame basilica's smaller chapel.
The top of the sculpture depicts the Holy Trinity (of course).
On Rue Saint-Paul in old Montreal, looking towards the Marche Bonsecours (dome).
The Montreal hotel-de-ville (city hall).
In the greenhouse at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.
Ooh, purdy flowers...
Orchids of some sort...
Orchid close-up.
Flowers to me are like cars to some women: "Oh, look at that one! The red one!"
Orchids galore, and this was off-season too.
It's a... flower?
This one's red and green!
Temperate/subtropical greenhouse.
Chinese garden at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.
A rock. With some bonsai trees on it.
Pavilion within the Chinese garden.
Chinese garden, continued...
Chinese garden. They had a lot of gaudy-looking lanterns up for their lantern festival or somesuch; Janice and I thought they just detracted from the natural beauty of the gardens.
Chinese sign says, "This way to the exit." Okay, probably not.
Pond. Lanterns. Yup, it's the Chinese garden!
Olympic stadium mast visible.
Did I mention we're in the Chinese garden?
Yup, still there.
Somehow I completely failed to take any photos of the Japanese garden. And the Insectarium. Oops! Here we are waiting for the shuttle bus to the Biodome.
At the Olympic park, site of the 1976 summer Olympics. And they still haven't finished paying for that stadium.
The Biodome was build in what used to be the Olympic velodrome (cycling arena).
Is it a parrot or a macaw? It wouldn't say.
Crocodile or alligator? It wouldn't say either.
A bird. A red one.
The rainforest environment section was hot and very humid. I was just about ready to run for the arctic section by the time we got to the end.
What's the difference between this thing and a Mercedes? (A: a porcupine has pricks on the outside.)
More wildlife I can identify. It's a duck. Of some sort.
Lynx.
It did look over at us once, just before I had the camera ready...
... after which, no matter how many cat sounds Janice tried, it would not look our way again. I guess we weren't interesting or yummy-looking enough.
Olympic stadium. There's a funicular (diagonal elevator thingamajig) you can take to the top... for $17 apiece. Pass!
We be tired.
In the Montreal metro (subway) system. Need to work on my low-light photography, evidently.
Place-des-Arts in downtown Montreal.
Statue of King Henry or George or somesuch. Apparently the seagulls don't like him very much, because entire top of his head was white through their efforts.
Another fixture of downtown Montreal: the Super Sexe strip club on Saint Catherine street.
Taking a break at Reuben's deli restaurant. Mmm, smoked meat sammich!
Restored 18th-century windmill at Pointe-au-Moulin Park on Ile-Perrot, just west of Montreal.
The big lever is to turn the windmill to face the wind.
The funny contraption on the bottom right is placed on one of the posts around the windmill and is used to winch a rope attached to the lever to turn the windmill.
Inside the Pointe-au-Moulin interpretation center.
Driving our rental Focus.
Last-minute photo: my parents' house on Ile-Perrot.
Hopefully we'll be back next summer!
