Travel Tales: Quebec City. Oh so quaint.

If you’ve been following my travels so far, you probably already read my views on San Francisco and New York City. As Toronto is my base till the 25th of this month, I figured I’d talk about it later and instead describe my travels elsewhere in between.

My family and I have been in Quebec City these past two and a half days. We caught the Via Rail train from Toronto on Monday morning and reached QC around 4:30 in the arvo on the same day. I’d booked us an apartment via Air BnB and it turned out to be a lovely little place to stay in. With stone walls, a comfy rocking chair and close to everything, it was perfect for our family of 5.

Our first full day in QC unfortunately turned out to be a rainy day. It didn’t stop us from venturing out but it did dampen our enthusiasm a little bit. We roamed around some of the streets of old Quebec but mainly sought refuge in shops. However, we returned to the unit in the afternoon after the most amazing lunch ever. We went to this crepe restaurant Au Petit Coin Breton and they had the best crepes ever. I swear I had the biggest foodgasm ever.

The next day we set off bright and early and explored the streets we saw the day before but this time, drenched in sunshine. We also checked out other alleyways of Vieux Quebec with its cobblestone streets and quaint shops. There are beautiful churches and other historical monuments in this place.

 

 

 

We also visited the Parliament house, the Artillery Park and La Citadelle which are beautiful in their own rights. The buildings and architecture throughout Old Quebec are spectacular. You can walk the entire stretch in a day and if you like, enter some of the churches or museums. Even though I haven’t been anywhere in Europe, it certainly felt like I’d been transported there as the main language in QC is French.

 

I loved the laid back atmosphere, the beautiful town-like feeling and everything about the place. In fact, someday in the future, it would be awesome to go back there without my family to write and soak in some me-time.

It’s the ideal place for that.

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***Linking with Grace for FYBF and Maxabella for Weekend Rewind***

Until next time,

Cheers!!!