The gate to the old city.
Part of the Citadelle overlooking the old city.
Inuit art in a wonderful gallery. Very tempting to buy some of these lovely sculptures carved from different stones. But we have made so many different small purchases that they all total up to quite a weighty amount of additional luggage.
Chateau Frontenac on the quayside. Not sure if it is a hotel these days.
The roof of the railway station in the lower part of the old city. These copper roofs are very Quebecois.
Rue Tresor where the artists display their various wares. Serigraphies are popular - this is a technique using a stencil method of printing with overlays. Many other forms of art are also represented by artists displaying their piece. When the day is over the art is locked up in the wall cabinets along the sides of the narrow street.
And the obligatory photo of our lunch at the Aux Anciens Canadiens restaurant - Quebec pie of wild meats. This restaurant, which is in the Lonely Planet, was particularly recommended to us by a native as serving typically old style Quebec fare. I have been missing a good meat pie from Australia. This is much more delicate but delicious.
The photo below is of a Quebec speciality, poutine, which on first hearing sounds ghastly but is in fact a surprisingly tasty dish. It consists of french fries with a generous dollop of gravy and curd cheese sprinkled on top. People all over Quebec eat it but it is not an ancient dish but was invented ca 1950s. The above classy restaurant had it on the menu.
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