Day 47: Quebec City

 Dear Gilles, 

I booked a tour (in English) for the Provincial legislature. Horizontal distance was not very far away. But, we climbed many stairs, and at the top of the stairs there was more up hill ahead of us. 

The reception hall and public welcome to this building is well done. There's an ongoing self-guided tour that persons can take and they pride themselves that the public are always welcome to come in. 

The tour was 60 minutes long and full of explanations for the symbolic references throughout the building. 

The archival library is also open to the public - so we went. 

We were not far enough away to fit the building into one camera frame - so, it's in pieces. Yesterday when looking at it from the Wall - we didn't know what the building was - it is huge. Built in a square, with a courtyard and fancy restaurant in the centre, with a less fancy cafeteria in the basement. 

The tour ended at noon. Boys were hungry. We went to Poutineville. Ordered a MEGA-poutine for the table to share. Then, wandered back in to the centre of Old Quebec to City Hall. City Hall security guard stated that they didn't have any pins - but the reception person overheard our conversation - and found a single pin - so Patric gets the priority. Along the way we had some more ice cream from COWS. 

Then we meandered - looking for Umbrella Alley.   We found the location. Without umbrellas - just the wires. 

2.5 km walk back to the hotel. 

We got caught in a passing thunderstorm to make the walk interesting. 

Pizza for dinner and a movie in the room to round out the night.