We’re in Quebec City now, staying here:
Chateau de Frontenac is an iconic and famous hotel that has stood on the bluff overlooking the St Lawrence river for 130 years. I stayed here with Jim many years ago, but the hotel was being heavily renovated at that time, and that work is now long complete. Needless to say, it’s far too fancy for a lout like me!
That’s our room view, and you’re seeing a performance area where professional acrobats give shows all day long (literally until 11pm last night). I’m sure we’ll watch one tomorrow.
After arriving we explored the ‘old city’ immediately adjacent to the hotel, buying souvenirs and eating well. The best purchase: Kristin bought two original paintings. They’re packed up well now, but I’ll show them off in a future post.
That’s the promenade outside the hotel, and if you look to the right from this promenade you overlook the ‘lower city’ and the river. As part of summer festivities there were fireworks launched from a barge in the river, and we joined thousands of others on the promenade to watch.
It was a long and spectacular show, and I loved how the booms echoed from each bank of the river.
Tomorrow we’ll go down and explore the ‘lower city’, and no doubt more shopping and eating will follow 🙂