In Pictures

View from a mountain top at Parc de la Jjacques-Cartier.






Parc de la Jacques-Cartier: view from the lower level



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Quebec Parliament Building. We passed through this massive provincial government building as part of our Old Quebec tour, but I'll have more to say about it after a planned inside tour next week.

A giant statue of Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Quebec City.

Downtown Quebec City at night. On any of the days that I have been there, the downtown area has always been very busy with people leisurely strolling -- perhaps because of the summer festivities that are underway, or perhaps because that is the way it is. I'm convinced it is more of the latter, as most of the people you see there during non-event periods have a tourist appearance.

One of the amazing performers at Cirque du Soleil in lower Quebec City. The event is summer long, and we had to line up 3 blocks to attend the opening day-- it is free, even though, perhaps to remind us all that it is not to be taken for granted, it also had a "VIP" section, where you needed to have a special pass to get through.

Another performance at the Cirque du Soleil.

Front view of Pavillon Louis-Jacques Casault.
A friend thought this building looked like a church; another friend, on a different day, said it looked like a prison; yet another friend thought it of it a church-prison -- whatever that means. I don't know what to think of the building because I have not been inside yet.

The view from my dorm room.