Thursday, July 20

We don't typically do tours, but Kari found a good sounding city walking tour so we signed up. It turned out to be a good choice. Quebec is a unique city with its English, French, and Canadian heritage and its role in the development of North America, little of which we knew. Our guide was great, an enthusiastic, smiley chap that reminded me of Rick Steves. The old, walled city is a UNESCO world heritage site, and is the only walled city north of Mexico that's left in North America. It's built atop steep hills and is spectacular. Residents are intensely proud of the city and their French heritage, and we really got a sense of that. 

Of course the city tested our sad sack language skills. Knowing only a handful of French words, let alone enough to be conversational, our only hope is to bleat "bon jour", and hope the fine folk we encounter show pity on us. Almost all do, at least in the tourist areas.

Here's a few shots of us around town. 

Being French, the food is of course fantastic. Here's a look at our lunch, fish & chips for me, Kari had a lamb and Israeli couscous dish.

Later we headed back to the island to hang with Shirley for the night. We stopped at a fromagerie along the way, as well as a cassis joint. Cassis, or black currants, are a big thing on the island. 

We made a cocktail and drove to a spot where we could watch the St Lawrence at sundown, it was gorgeous. Back in the rig, we discovered that the streaming services have changed the specs on connectors, so the one I've used to stream from my iPad to Shirley's tv doesn't work anymore. So, no Jack Ryan season four tonight. I've stocked up on tunes though so we're survivin:).

A good day.