Day 7.222: Vieux-Quebec

On our last full day in Québec (Saturday) we spent the day in the old town - starting with a visit to the wonderfully named Musée de la civilisation where we took in a fantastic exhibit about animated film with lots of examples of the models and artwork used to make the films as well as plenty of animation to watch. After that, we visited the "Once upon a time..." or, in French, "Il était une fois..." where the kids first resisted the rather lovely dress-up clothes, but finally relented! The discovery zone was a linguistic challenge - it seemed to be the only area with significant gaps in the English translations - but the earthquake simulator needed no explanation. Our final visit was to the Olympian Gods exhibit - including a mask-making activity that E5N1 happily joined despite being the only English-speaking participant.

After that, we had a long French-style lunch and enjoyed walking around the old streets and riding the Funiculaire to the Haute-ville where we admired the views, the Hogwarts-style architecture and the shiny tin roofs.

as we arrived, there was street theatre taking place - we saw the build up to the last stunt, in which the performer trusted his well-being to four strangers under the watchful gaze of Samuel de Champlain. Later E5N1 climbed the rigging in a delightfully non-standard play-area.

The following morning, my run took me back to the same area - where the lack of people made for very different views - and a chance to get a few quick photographs before I ran back to the hotel along the river.