Before heading to the ice races I went inside the big cathedral at the main square by the town hall. They were just finishing a choir service. Due to the cold weather they didnt mind people were wearing hats in the church.Next to the Cathedral was the Musee de l'Amerique Francophone. The entrance said they were only open weekends so I planned to come back after the ice races. Ticket was $8 and first takes you into another church as part of the museum.Here a music...

On Sunday the second highlight of this weekends Carnival activities after yesterdays night parade was the Canoe Races on the St Lawrence river. After my morning flight yesterday and evening parade I stayed in till noon today as the races didnt start till one.I hadnt been inside the old walled city so far on this trip so I took a stroll thru orienting myself again since my last visit.I first went to the Bassin Louise marina where I thought the races were taking pl...

One of the highlights of the winter carnival were the two weekend parades. This weekend while I was here it was in the northern suburb of Charlesbourg. Next weekend after I'm gone it will be downtown in the Old Town.I'd been searching forever online for details on where the parade route would be so I could plan how to get there by bus. Eventually a week before the map finally popped up on the website. I posted the route maps at the end.The Charlesbourg route was ...

Having arrived in Quebec I first had to winterize my wardrobe before heading out. The weather was about -8 today milder then the expected norm -17 for this time of year!. Aside from layers of clothing I wore a hood top, my winter coat over it, a hat over the hood, and a giant scarf to wrap me up. I'd also found a pair of thermal boots guaranteed for -40 and knee leggings under my jeans.Quite bundled up I headed out and barely noticed the cold. First stop was the ...

On my last trip to the Balkans in Sept I was given 25,000 bonus Aeroplan miles by TD Bank for switching cards. Inside the terminal during departure CIBC Bank had another promo and I got 10,000 promo miles on their card.Recently they mailed a promo that I can goto New York, Montreal, or Quebec from 7,500 points. I was toying with New York but after a lot of negative hysteria in the media I decided I'd rather goto Quebec then some paranoid society.I used to drive t...