All day in Quebec City

 We slept pretty good and in the morning made the decision to book another night at this hotel.

Breakfast was at an A+W as we headed into the city historical section.

We parked at the far western edge of the”The Plains of Abraham” park which seemed like a good idea in the morning but was the wrong decision based on how far we had walked all day before having to make our back to the car (we walked over 24,000 steps today).

One lucky thing that happened right away was us needing sunscreen so Google Maps showed one Shoppers pharmacy about four blocks away. To get there we walked past beautiful old houses with beautiful trees. It was so nice we made a point of walking around on different streets while heading back towards the citadel fortress.

We made into the citadel ten minutes before an hour long fortress tour started so we paid the $20 each for entry tickets. The tour was really good.At the end of the tour we had the opportunity for another tour, this time for an hour long  free tour of the Governor General’s residence within the fortress. It also was really good.

By then it was after 1:30 PM and we needed a break so we walked down into the old city and found an outdoor cafe for refreshments.

We essentially walked the next couple of hours around the old city enjoying the views and doing people watching.

On our long walk back to the car we stopped again at an outdoor restaurant and enjoyed more refreshments. It was wonderful to sit there and enjoy our 29 degree late afternoon temperature.

Our drive back was essentially smooth and after tidying up we walked up the street to the same place we picked up ice cream yesterday. This time we got help with ideas from people waiting in line with us to order something so we picked a lobster roll (for Caro) and a poutine meal (which included poutine, chicken and peas- for me). Caro’s was great, mine simply OK.

Once back at the hotel we sat in the hot tub for thirty minutes before coming back to the room to relax and take a look at a map of tomorrow’s potential travels.