Well after a 3 hour train trip we are in Quebec city staying in a lovely old hotel quite close to part of the old walled city - the only question is "will we see any of it?"
It has snowed non stop since before we got up this morning and the results are "interesting..." We thought the trip to the station was exciting but it was much more interesting here. Quebec is not flat and roads covered in inches of snow make for interesting trips! I was sure after we stopped at one set of lights that we were not going to move again. At another set of lights we had to wait for the car on our right to finish his extended slide through the intersection and then there was the car going the other way on our side of the road. Judy and I both wondered quietly "what happens when we run into someone - are we on our own?"
But we made it and are now wondering what happens if the snow doesn't stop?
Hooray for snow! We're having lots too (probably not as much as you). What if it doesn't stop snowing? Why does it matter? Too slippery to walk around, or something else?
ReplyDeleteOur only concern was getting somewhere warm! On the way to the train in Montreal we passed one car that was "bogged" if that is the right term for a car which is stuck in the middle of the road!
ReplyDeleteYou must come here I think you would love it. Food reigns, coffee is good and it is breathtakingly beautiful. In the old city (settled unsuccessfully in 1634 then successfully in 1608) everywhere you look it is like a postcard. All inside a wall 4 or so km long which you can still (in summer) circumnavigate on top.
We had our mouths set for confit but many places are still closed so we may miss out.
Had the snow continued to fall the way it was the day we arrived it would have been difficult to get out and about, the old city is atop a rise which falls steeply to the river it is slippery enough without the 500mm of snow we had.
They are building a run of some sort from Chateau Frontenac to the St Laurence River for the "Red Bull Ice Crash Run" I think as a part of some winter festival. That may hint at how steep some of the streets are, with inches of snow and ice beneath that it was quite treacherous. I am with you hooray for snow. It is exquisitely beautiful here you must see it while in the US.
M & D
Sorry that should 1534 for the abortive attempt to settle last year that celebrated 400 years since settlement. Tried to edit and could not.
ReplyDeleteNOt J and P but I and R!
ReplyDeleteSafe and warm in 24 degrees of warmth we also say hooray for snow! But it must be beautiful and we envy you, said he, reaching for his warmest garment!
We've been reading Ruth's notes about our trip thru the Rockies-Lake Louise-Jasper-Calgary etc.,. We know you'l run oput of adjectives! Have a great time.
I'm sorry you're not here to help us eat our tree load of Nectarines but we'll do what we can with them.
Love to you, keep safe and happy Dad and Ruth
A distressingly early start this morning 6:15 and we are awake! A couple of plane trips Calgary via Toronto await us. Quebec is the short of place where superlatives are inadequate.
ReplyDeleteI am sure it is impressive any time of the year but in winter it is amazing. I Googled Red Bull Ice Crash and found the last two year's finals on Youtube it is an annual piece of winter lunacy apparently. You get some idea of the drop from the video it merely follows the contours from just above the cliff face overlooking the river down to the river itself.
J & P