to Quebec City
2011/09/08
No photos today, and not a whole lot to comment on.
I drove to Quebec City via the old Chemaine du Roy highway, which is slower but more scenic as it hugs the St. Lawrence river more closely than the express highway.
Some nice areas along here – a few so reeking of picturesque quaintness that I can’t imagine actually living there. You know, the ancient barn beside colorful farmhouse sort of thing.
Every town has a gorgeous stone church that you know took them many years to build. I was thinking about that a bit – looking at shared religion as a security blanket, what does it say about the times these towns were founded that they invested such a huge effort in erecting the place to house said security blanket?
I saw a crazy number of Spyder roadsters today. I’ve seen the occasional one on other days of this journey, but I saw over a dozen on the road today, and not all at once either. I wonder why they’re more popular here. Perhaps because they resemble skidoos, which are hugely popular in winter here? Actually, someone should invent one that can be converted to a skidoo. I don’t get the appeal of these roadsters though – they offer less freedom and excitement than motorcycles, and less stability and protection than cars.
On arrival in QC I just looked for a room, did my laundry and settled in to catch up on my accounting and blogging. Tomorrow is the big tourism day.
Speaking of tourism – I am now east of Montreal for the first time since I was four years old. I only have memories of two places east of here. One I don’t know the location of, and the other I will be attempting to find in a couple of days. Other than that, I’m fully a tourist until I reach the end of the country.
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