A very nice day, but hot! Fred and I had breakfast in the formal dining area...great seat next to window....few hiccups with oven not working, then working but all is good in end! We went with Lyn and Stan to walk thru old Quebec City. It was a Old Quebec City festival and all over were reenactments of days gone by...lots of people dressed up and little celebrations everywhere! Cool! We all took escalator up to top streets where there was a boardwalk and great views of the St Lawrence river and old city! So,many quaint shops and restaurants and so many people! We walked thru the Chateau Frontenique and climbed Plains of Abraham hill. Fred and I took the hop on hop off bus and enjoyed the history of the city. We then got lost walking back to boat along the street with all the cannons. It was very hot and when we returned at 2:30 we were tired...had a spot of lunch and Fred had a nap while I looked around ship. We had dinner with lyn and Stan and went to a musical play...again OK but not great...we then went to listen to a dusty Springfield interpretor...not too good! The French chose Quebec City as it was a natural defence city with cliffs on 3 sides and water on other. Quebec is an Algonquin Indian name for where the river narrows! During the seven year war between Britain and France the English set up camp on south side of river and bombarded the city of Quebec for 3 summer months. As winter approached they needed to act urgently and one night the English inventory rode upstream in the dark and climbed the cliffs west at Quebec City and prepared their line of battle on the plains of Abraham...the French General was not the sharpest knife in the drawer and instead of staying put and defending his strong position, he ordered his troops to run up the hill to attack the British....at the top they were knackered and the British won the battle easily! France ceded Canada to Britain but Britain allowed the French in Quebec province to stay French! The st Lawrence freezes to 3 metres depth and they have ice breakers to keep the channels open for shipping. Quebec City is the gateway to the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean...both about 1,000 km away. In the 1800s the upper class in Quebec City consisted of English and Scott's while lower class was French and Irish due to catholic religion. A large part of Quebec burnt down due to wood houses and wooden shingles...and fires in winter for warmth when only frozen water pipes to put out fires..very slow...now a days the houses have been replaced by stone houses and metal roofs and partition walls between town houses.