Quebec City

Brent, pretending to be French. But,really looking like a tourist!



Each piece of this stained glass window was brought over from England, in molasses, then re-assembled here.
Oldest house in Quebec City. Now a restaurant.


A guy too lazy to do anything more creative than dress up his dog for money.

Yes, I am a bit fascinated by this hotel, the most photographed castle in the world!


We arrived in Quebec City and got a bit turned around due to some construction and lost our way to the campground. It took us an additional 3 hours to find it, but it was worth the patience. We both had "serenity now" moments, as I had given the instructions to Brent on paper, and somewhere along the way, they blew out of his top pack. I didn't know the name of the campground, and I couldn't remember the street name that it was off. All I could remember was 155 off of Highway 40. But, even that was wrong. We did get good directions from a guy at a gas station, but still fooled around long enough to have to stop at Mac's for a refreshing iced coffee and calm down until we figured it out. I'm sure this will be one of many moments where we will be utterly lost, and will need to have patience with each other, as we really are our only friends on this trip, and you can't give up on your only friend!
The campsite is excellent. Only 20 minutes from the Old City of Quebec. Very well run, with lots of trees, a view of the city, and great facilities, like a pool, laundry, clean and well maintained showers. They also have a small restaurant and general store. The campsite is called Camping De La Joie- www.campingdelajoie.com They recommend reservations, as they seem to be booked up most weekends. We are paying about $30/night for a very clean site. They also offer a shuttle service into the Old City, which is very handy as parking is hard down there, and they don't allow motorcycles into the old city.
We took a day off, and did some chores, like buying new tires and having them installed. We used a BMW dealer in Quebec City, and they were excellent, fitting us into their busy shop the day we bought the tires, so we didn't have to be without the bikes for too long.
I did some laundry, shopping for some staples, and we generally relaxed for a whole day.
Yesterday, we took the shuttle at 9 am to the old part of Quebec City and signed up for a walking tour at 1:30 pm. This was a great tour that can be booked through the tourist information site across from the Chateau Frontenac. It gave us an idea of the sites we wanted to go back to, as well as some history of the city. Our shuttle picked us back up at 6:30 pm, and we were back, fed and in bed by 10. (party animals that we are)

Above: Here's some shots of the town.