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2011/09/09

Today I took the bus downtown Quebec City to see the sights.  I’m glad I decided to take transit because (a) as expected, there is little parking to be had and (b) it turns out there was some kind of bicycle race on today, and some important streets were closed, causing traffic snarls.

Circled the Quebec Parliament buildings for photos.

Lots of statuary around here, but I’m not going to bother posting photos of all that. I was surprised though to find a bust of Ghandi, who I didn’t know was a major player in Canadian history.

Wandered over to the Citadel, but it was closed today so didn’t get many interesting shots.

Some shots of the nice buildings in the upper city:

There is also a street of artists selling their works here:

I took the funicular (in this case, more like an elevator with a slight tilt) down to the old city.

Wandered around the old city for a while, visiting shops.  A bunch of the streets down here are pedestrian-only and there are tons of interesting shops and cafes.  The streets themselves are very pleasant too. A few photos:

Here’s a shop for me:

Heh:

I went to the Museum of Civilization. Outrageously, they forbid photography, so no pictures.  It was a pretty interesting museum, if small – about one third the size of the ROM, at most.  The science & technology wing had a VIC-20 on display – that being the computer I learned to program on, I simultaneously felt a bit old and liked the recognition of its historical value.

Walked around a bit more after that, but it was past 5pm and everything was closing down, so I decided to call it a day.

I’m a little disappointed I didn’t have time to visit the Quebequarium – it would have been interesting to compare it to the Vancouver Aquarium.  But it’s not a huge disappointment – maybe I’ll be able to fit it in on my return trip, but if not perhaps some other time.  I’m already thinking I need to make additional trips to Toronto and Montreal in future.

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