It was an overnight cruise from Montreal to Quebec City. The ship docked just before 7 Sunday morning. We had tours prearranged for each day in the different cities we'd be visiting during our cruise, and Sunday's tour was a 3-hour jaunt (on foot) through old Quebec. We discovered that the natives call the city Quebec City (officially it's just Quebec) to differentiate it from the province, and that they also pronounce the name something like Keh-bec (no "w" sound).
Since our tour didn't start until 12:30, we had a leisurely breakfast and explored the area around the dock. Here are some pictures from our exploration.
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We grabbed a light lunch, then headed for the tour rendezvous point by the cruise terminal building. Old Quebec, which is absolutely charming, has both a lower and an upper level. The upper level can be reached on foot, but is more easily accessed using a funicular, a combination of elevator and railway technology, sometimes called an inclined railway. Here's a picture of the funicular in Quebec.
Up the funicular we went. We got a close-up view of the Chateau Frontenac, saw a statue of someone very famous in Quebec, and toured both a beautiful little church and a former prison that's now a library. We walked back down (easier than walking up) to lower Quebec and headed back to the ship to relax at a late-afternoon wine tasting event. Here are several pictures from upper Quebec.
A closer shot of the magnificent Chateau Frontenac, taken from the lower city. You can see the top of the funicular just below and to the right of the Hotel.
