La Ville de Quebec

I've had a huge weekend!

Every Friday we get off school early (11.30). So after class I met up with an Australian friend, Edwina, who had been studying in Kingston, Ontario for the past year. After a few hours of sightseeing in Montreal we caught a coach up to Quebec city.

We arrived a little after 9 pm, not knowing where exactly our hostel was (somewhere in the old city) but a terrifically helpful busdriver radioed to get us directions. (I later discovered that I had the address all along and a map with the hostel marked in a guide book in my suitcase! Sigh!) The Auberge de la Pais is a very nice little hippie hostel in Vieux Quebec. I was impressed that we got a free breakfast included for $20/night! There are no locks on the doors but I took a couple of bag locks and there were no problems at all.

The next day we walked all around the old city. Apart from the souvenir shops ranging from beautiful to tacky there's art galleries and a whole street filled with original artworks being sold from stalls (some of it really very good). Then there's the Chateau and the fantasic view over the St Lawrence River. There's also some terrific restaurants but as we walked past the menus on display I realised that the higher up the hill the higher the prices!

On the way back to Montreal I was very happy to be sitting on a bus for three hours just because it gave my feet a break after so much walking and hill climbing.