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Montmorency Falls – Old Quebec

August 16, 2023

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The full name is Parc de la Chute-Montmorency. There are many legends connected to this beautiful natural wonder. One such legend is the la Dame blanche, or the Lady in White. The legend tells the story of Rose, who was engaged to be married to a soldier during the infamous Seven Years’ War. In 1759 […]

A foodie’s guide to Old Quebec

August 10, 2023

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Well, this is my version of a foodie’s guide. Neither Ken nor I are foodies. Sure, Ken loves his donuts and I love my sweets, but I’m not really into food. It is funny when we told people that we were going to Quebec City, everyone said, “Oh that’s great. You will love all the […]

Quaint streets in Old Quebec

August 3, 2023

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Old Quebec is made for walking. I just love exploring a new city by foot and seeing the sights. Here is right outside our flat on Rue St. Anne. Here are more street scenes from Rue St. Anne. I just love the red umbrellas; it makes everything look so festive! Another main street is Rue […]

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 […]

Old Quebec – the walled city

June 28, 2023

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Part of Old Quebec, Haute-Ville (Upper Town), is high on a cliff overlooking the St. Lawrence River. It is the only walled city in North America, north of Mexico. Old Quebec had walls to protect it from invaders. Here is a portion of the wall. There were also gates to get into the city. There […]

Getting ready to go to Quebec

June 14, 2023

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The big day has finally arrived and we are off to Quebec. Not only are we excited, but our little guys are excited too! Toby has gotten into the action are created his own itinerary. If you can’t read his list, it says: Here they are, all ready to go on the long trip! Although […]

What is your happy place?

June 7, 2023

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I have a few happy places; kayaking of course, and playing with chipmunks. I also love to exercise. Cathe Friedrich is one of my “go to” exercise gals. I was so happy when she came out with her latest program, STS 2.0. STS stands for shock training system. It is a way to mix up […]