Hampton's End: Quebec 2012

We are just back from an amazing holiday in Quebec, Canada. The first part of the trip was spent in Quebec City - a 7 hour drive from Northampton. We were there from Sunday Aug. 19 until Weds. Aug. 22. The campground was right outside the city and very convenient. They even had a litter of kittens, just hatched, in the campground office, much to Aoife's delight!
Quebec City is a beautiful city with a very Frenchlike feel. There is even an elevator between the lower and upper city - just like Paris.

Some of our trip highlights included a visit to the Citadelle de Quebec:
"The Citadel is the largest British fortress built in North America. A unique location, it is an active military garrison, some of whose walls enclose 300 years of military history in Quebec City spanning the French, British and Canadian periods. First occupied by British troops and the Canadian artillery, since 1920 it has been the official residence of the Royal 22e Régiment, the only Francophone infantry regiment in the CF Regular Force." (taken from the official Citadel website)

We attended the changing of the guards ceremony. The best part about this regiment is that it has an actual goat as its mascot. This is a pretty fancy goat......

The goat doesn't actually guard anything......

We went to a great museum, ate crepes in a funny little cafe, saw some churches, had a great meal at a restaurant called Le Cafe du Monde (that 'le' is very important, no beignets here.....:-(, and visited a big giant waterfall.

The stay puff marshmallow man was everywhere we went.......

A very french Brendan.......

The kids thought it was really funny that 'KFC' was 'PFK' in french but 'Subway' was still 'Subway'.....

Waterfall - "Located just a few minutes from Old Québec is the Parc de la Chute-Montmorency. The waterfall is an awe-inspiring 83 m/272', a full one and a half times higher than Niagara Falls. " (taken from the Quebec Tourism website)