It's another hot day although not quite as hot as yesterday.
Temperatures today were about 30 with a humidex of about 35 so it's still hot and sticky.
We took the bus back into the old Quebec area and then took the stairs up to chateau Frontenac.
Chateau Frontenac is a grand hotel built in 1893 and has become synonymous with Quebac city.
It sits high on a bluff overlooking the old town.
It can be accessed by a funicular railway or by stairs....Julie forced me to take the stairs.
The chateau also offer great views of the St Lawrence seaway.
We then took the Goveners steps (quite a lot of them actually) up to the citadel.
The citaldel is still an active military installation and also the residence of the Governor General.
The citadel sits aside a large park called the Plains of Abraham which we also walked around.
This walking around the sights took all morning and we worked up quite a thirst so we headed back to the bar we'd seen yesterday, the one where people could paddle their feet while drinking.
It was very refreshing and the sun was lovely while we bathed our feet sitting on seats in the middle of the 'paddling pool'.
Julie had wanted to take the short ferry over to Levis just so we could get a view the sights from a different angle. However the sky got very black as we left the bar and it started raining, heavily.
Luckily we had coats but our sneakers and shorts got drenched. So we decided to eat lunch finding a restaurant that had room inside.
After lunch the rain had died down to only an occasional shower so we rode the ferry although the resulting photographs aren't that exciting due to the poor weather.
Below are a bunch of shots I took showing the sights including the quaint streets, Chateau Frontenac, the citadel ramparts and bridges etc.
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