My good family and friends humoured me with a few detours, which was impressive, since it was cold and rainy practically the whole time! I think we walked 7 km, and my 8 year old daughter was still sprinting at the end!
Here was the itinerary:
Wolfe - Montcalm monument in the Parc des Gouverneurs - an obelisk we could see out our window looking out towards the Citadel Hill and Dufferin Terrace from Room 6261 in the Chateau Frontenac
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Literary and Historical Society aka English Library (follow the little pyramids for a detour off St Jean
up hill) - Saint Stanislas turns in to Chaussee des Ecossais, where the Morrin Centre is located. |
Jeanne D'arc Garden, in the plains of Abraham, at 390 Avenue Bernieres
Wolfe monument in front of the Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) - an underwhelming but progressively taller statue to honour the death of the Montcalm, near Grand Allee
Petit Coin Latin Restaurant - rue St Ursule -where we had a generous breakfast of eggs, hash browns toast, and coffee in a beautifully carved Parisian style bistro playing spanish and french music where we got the best seat at the window and a nice warm heater at our knees.
Notre Dame Basilica - 20 rue de Buade - the oldest North American parish north of Mexico; destroyed in the siege of 1759 and rebuilt to resemble l'eglise Sainte-Genevieve in Paris, the finest neoclassical facade in Quebec, restored by architects after being gutted by a fire in 1922. I still have yet to see the gorgeous interior. Something to do with next visit!
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