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The Notre Dame Cathedral's interior is marvelous. Your other explorations through the town show again how beautiful this city is. I was little confused by your comment that the French Canadians had had an impact on the Southern US though as the French themselves settled many areas in the US South.
You're visiting many of my favorite places on this trip! Thanks for the photos, as it is such fun revisiting where I have many fond memories. My first visit to Quebec City was on a youth church group trip. We visited many churches and you beautifully photographed my favourite.
While traveling, I love to visit the local independent stores and restaurants. They sure beat the big box stores for character and charm.
Quebec City is so gorgeous. The cathedral is beautiful and it is fantastic that it was built in the mid 1900s. It looks like it has been there for centuries.
The Notre Dame Cathedral's interior is marvelous. Your other explorations through the town show again how beautiful this city is. I was little confused by your comment that the French Canadians had had an impact on the Southern US though as the French themselves settled many areas in the US South.
From what I understand from what we were told and what I've read, the French colonised Canada first, then moved further south, so they bought their influence to everywhere they came to. That probably wasn't very well worded. What I was trying to say was that I didn't appreciate they started in Canada and then moved into the south. I'd never really understood the French influence in the southern states, as I didn't know the French had made it that far in their explorations.
You're visiting many of my favorite places on this trip! Thanks for the photos, as it is such fun revisiting where I have many fond memories. My first visit to Quebec City was on a youth church group trip. We visited many churches and you beautifully photographed my favourite.
And I'm willing to bet it's probably not changed much from your visit to the sites we were seeing last month?
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While traveling, I love to visit the local independent stores and restaurants. They sure beat the big box stores for character and charm.
Oh so do I. I get so frustrated when you go to towns and they all have exactly the same places. There's just nothing interesting to see.
Tuesday 13 September – part eight: a donkey in a can!
We knew where the donkey soap place was, so we headed in there next…
I ended up buying some hand soap, which came in a pack with some shower gel, and a facecloth (complete with donkey on it – of course! ) and a donkey in a can… I joke you not. It’s a cuddly toy in a can. As I said to Mark, I’m going to have fun opening this up when we get home! So… did we? Ok, it was a couple of weeks after we got back before we opened up the can, so here’s what we bought…
I had to have Mark with me to open it! Such a cute story!
Mark had to do the honours to open him up…
Here he comes…
… butt first!
And isn’t he cute?
Anyway, after all that - back to the day in question.... We made our way back along the riverfront until we got to the funicular…
On the way, we found another shop, where we got a couple of scarves (one for me and one for a friend as a Christmas present), a tea towel, and another T-shirt I liked. I don’t think Mark bought a thing this day in Quebec City, but me? Oh wow, I was having fun!
At the funicular, we paid our $5 CAD for the two of us, which I thought was really good value, and headed in. We kept expecting the guy to stop piling people in, but he didn’t. Oh my goodness, I was way closer to my neighbours than I’d have liked to have been, let’s just put it that way…
At least we got some neat views on the way up:
When we got to the top, which is Terrasse Dufferin, I was just bowled away by it. It’s essentially a massive boardwalk, with benches and kiosks, and superb views of the St. Lawrence River.
I loved how open it all was, and it really was a perfect day to enjoy it. We got some photos across the river…
… then tried our hand at a few more selfies – well, practice makes perfect, right?
That's too funny with the canned donkey! Great views of the city from the funicular. Seems like you did well on the shopping today!
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I was really hoping we'd get to see what you purchased at the donkey store. Very nice purchases, but I especially love the stuffed donkey in a can. I thought it was going to have a cap like lid rather than one you needed a can opener for. He is very cute! Awesome views from up top after your funicular ride.
I was really hoping we'd get to see what you purchased at the donkey store. Very nice purchases, but I especially love the stuffed donkey in a can. I thought it was going to have a cap like lid rather than one you needed a can opener for. He is very cute!
That's the sort of lid I thought it would have too... no wonder you had to have an adult there to open it, as most kids shouldn't be playing around with a tin opener anyway....
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They did a great job on it.
) and a donkey in a can… I joke you not. It’s a cuddly toy in a can. As I said to Mark, I’m going to have fun opening this up when we get home! 
Oh my goodness, I was way closer to my neighbours than I’d have liked to have been, let’s just put it that way…
We got some photos across the river… 
Great views of the city from the funicular. Seems like you did well on the shopping today! 
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