Montreal
In 1642, missionaries travelling with Jacques Cartier walk up the Saint Laurent to reach this bank. Then, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve created a colony named "Ville Marie" reputated for it's fur trading.
Like most of the cities in Quebec, Montreal has been handed successively by the french and the english.
The highligts of the day :
-La basilique Sainte Catherine which hides behind an austere facade an incredible treasure inside.
In a blue light atmosphere, an altarpiece and a majestic organ make this place unique.
-Le musée des Beaux Arts, in the afternoon, offers us a temporary exhibition on Picasso and how his work has been influenced by african and oceanian art.
A very interesting exhibition which made us discover unknown painting and sculptures of the artist.
The rest of the museum has got quite a rich collection but with no major pieces.
Inbetween, we visited the old town with its nice architecture. Maybe because of the dull weather today, we didn't appreciated it that much.
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Welcome to Quebec City.
The moutain road from Chicoutimi to Quebec is gorgeous.
Very beautifull landscape but cahotic roads with slopes up to 18%
The breaks of the camper don't really like it.
First walk into town in the evening : very crowded
Quebec city.
In 1541, six years after it's second trip to the New World, Jacques Cartier established a permanent post.
50 years later, explorer Samuel de Champlain finaly founded the city for the french, calling it "Kebec" (meaning "the river narrows here").
Repeated english attacks followed, orientating the city's architecture.
Quebec City is a World Heritage Site known as the city that had the 1st parish church, the 1st museum, the 1st anglican church and the 1st french speaking university.
We start our visit with the old lower town : it's "place royal" and it's pedestrian streets and continue with the upper town with the "chateau frontenac".
We make a cultural stop at the museum of civalization which tells us about the province story from the french settlers to today's distinct society.
We enjoyed this visit very much.
Built on a promontary the streets of Quebec are very steep. We walked them for 17 km !
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We spend most of the day driving to Montreal where all the highways, roads, streets and lanes are under construction !
It takes us 3 hours to cross Montreal and find a place to park for the night.
Montreal, just like Quebec or Toronto don't welcome campers.
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