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Beautiful churches in Old Quebec

July 20, 2023

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Old Quebec is filled with beautiful, old churches. There are lots of churches in Old Quebec, which is not surprising, given the French and English history. The largest, and perhaps the most famous is the Notre-Dame de Quebec Basilica Cathedral. It is the main church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. It is the […]

Beware of WordPress spammers and AI bots

July 12, 2023

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WordPress and Akismet do a great job of capturing the most egregious spam comments, but some do manage to slip through. The latest is AI bots crawling the web and making spam comments. I fell prey to this scheme. The comments sounded innocuous enough but they kept coming! An AI chatbot is a computer program […]

The drive to Quebec

July 6, 2023

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Without stops, the drive to Quebec is about 7 hours for us. It ended up taking us longer since we stopped a few times. We had to get out of the car and stretch our legs. MAPS The drive, while long, is pretty easy and straightforward. The hardest part is getting out of Massachusetts. Mr. […]

Basse-Ville Old Quebec

July 5, 2023

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Beautiful Old Quebec overlooks the St. Lawrence River. The lower town, known in French as “Basse-Ville,” is the original, older part of town. Basse-Ville has undergone many iterations through the years. It was home to the working class people of Old Quebec, but then fell into decline. Rebuilding started in the 1970’s and this area […]