Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Quebec City












Saturday we went to Quebec City. What a beautiful city. It is 3-400 years old. It is the last city in North America to have a wall around it. It is built on a bluff overlooking the St. Lawrence river. Ice breakers work all winter to keep the port free. They got over 30 feet of snow this year and it was still on the ground. It snowed while we were there. The little streets are very quaint and are similar to European cities. Quebec and Montreal are French speaking. almost everyone who lives there speak both languages. It was amazing to hear them switch between the 2 languages so easily.




2 comments:

Ryan said...

Cool Mom!

So what's the castle-looking building with the yellowish roof?

Ruth said...

Chateau Fontenac, or something like that:-) A big hotel the railroad put in so that people would come by train to see it.