Quebec City
Yesterday Eleanor and I flew from Kelowna to Quebec City. The trip was uneventful. We found Quebec rainy and warm which was expected but unsettling considering we are here to watch a cross country ski race. Our taxi driver found our B&B OK and the code worked for the door! Thank goodness as the propieter isn't here. We are in an approximately 200 year old home that would be freezing if it wasn't for our heater.But it is very charming and comfortable. The sister of the owner came by today to collect our money. We are getting it for $15 less each per nite and have the run of the kitchen to make our own breakfast. There appears to be one other person/s here as we heard someone come in last night and go out in the morning.
Today we walked for hours, going in and out of the very interesting shops. They are so different from at home. Of course we found things to buy so will have challenges getting everything in our suitcases. We came without checking our luggage and were only 1 lb. under the maximum weight of 22 lbs. Our backpacks were practically empty though.
Quebec city is lovely with all the old buildings and narrow connecting streets. Each house has two doorways so there is a break from the cold weather between the two doors. But this space is quite small so a challenge to get through with two suitcases. I had Eleanor's as she was doing the door code.
Today was windy with no precipitation. Quite cool on some streets which became wind tunnels. It must be below freezing now as there was ice on the walkway when we came home from supper.
It's hard to choose restaurants as there are so many. Tonite I had meat pie and we both had pea soup and maple sugar pie!!! Yum.
The clothing in the stores (boutiques) is very stylish. I noticed the same when in Montreal several years ago.
There are very few people around. Some shops are closed on Wednesdays. Mostly we saw a variety of fit looking people who were probably here to ski. But there were a lot of people at a Christmas craft market we found down by the river. That's where we found some awesome scarves. We each bought from the artist but they are very different so we won't look like twins.
Tomorrow we are going to find the race area -- probably about 15 minutes walk from here -- to watch Alysson practice. Don't know if she'll have time to go around with us as we explore more of the old city.