Old Quebec
The Parliament
The Parliament with the Fountain
We arrived in Quebec last Tuesday. We ended up staying in Levi in a marina across from Quebec city. The ferry ran every 1/2 hour during the day and every hour in the evening. We we're told the walk to the ferry was about 15 mins, walking at a good pace it was a good 30 mins. So we got a good workout every day. They did have bikes but they never had enough bikes for Duane, Roy and I at the same time.
We took a tour of the city and country side. We experienced the European charm of the first settlement in North America. We visited The Latin Quarter, Plains of Abraham, Ramparts, world famous Château Frontenac, National assembly, Barilica City Hall, Place-Royale, Montmorency falls and Island of Orleans. We also visited Albert Gilles Copper Art. Artist Albert quotes Gilles decorated the homes of Roy & Walt Disney. His work adorns many church's in Canada and the US including Ste-Anne deBeupre Basilica. We learned that only the Pope can designate a church a Basilica.
Lynn came up on Thursday night and saw some of Quebec City on Friday before Duane and her departed back to Syracuse. It was great to have Duane's help, company and entertainment aboard. He will be sadly missed. Duane and Lynn may join us at the Newport Boat show in September then sail to Block Island for the weekend with us.
Starting at Portnuef we really got to experience the tide coming into the marina. It was so interesting to see your boat raise like it's in a bathtub filling up. It filled up quickly at high tide and would go down just as quick at low tide.
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