Traveling & Training in Quebec City, Part 1: The sites of Old Quebec

Hello all!

I've just returned from a month long stay in Quebec City (in Quebec, Canada for those wondering) that I was lucky enough to do to for work.  In the evenings and weekends I made sure to check out Old Quebec and all the history of our fine Country that it holds, and of course find some places to train at. But before I get to showing and telling you all about the great city you should visit let me first say thank you to everyone buying my Panda's Odyssey patches! Please keep it up, and spread the word, buying the patches will help me on my journey and so far it's been doing it's job, helping get this blog seen and getting more people now sending in invites to train and stay with them. Thank you everyone, only 6 months away before it starts!

Old Quebec

For those of you who don't know, Quebec City, or Old Quebec, is one of Canada's oldest cities and is a very important place in the history of forming Canada. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was a pivotal point that led to the end of the Seven Years War between the French and the British. To be walking through this city and seeing the Plains of Abraham, the museum, the citadel, all the old buildings and the wall still lined with cannons was amazing. I could do without all the hills though, the city, being originally a fort protecting French territory, is built on a rather steep hill.

The rest of this post will be mostly pictures of seeing the sites, enjoy!

The site flying into the city, what a view. even with the cold still in the air and on the ground.

 Rue Du Petit Champlain

One place to check out when walking about Old Quebec is Rue Du Petit Champlain. It's full of all kinds of little stores and cafe's, mostly for the tourists filling the streets, but it's also very close to the Citadel and Hotel Frontenac and is a really beautiful street to walk through.
   

walking through the cobble stone street before it gets busy.

a view from a top of the wall looking down on Rue Du Petit Champlain

 Hotel Frontenac

Although I've never been in the building itself, I'm sure it was amazing views from those windows. There's also monuments outside around the Hotel in memorial of the war and you can walk through the citadel wall and see different sites of what life was like during the war. If you travel to Quebec City, it will be hard not to see any of this.

Hotel Frontenac, behind the Citadel wall with the cannons lined up in front

Another part of the Citadel wall, it lines all of Old Quebec along the water front, quit the nice walk really.

Obligatory "Check out my big cannon!" shot in front of Hotel Frontenac. I saw a little kid ride it later and thought, why didn't I do that?!  hahah

more of the wall while walking around in town, its pretty cool to walk under, too bad it's shut off to public to walk along the wall itself though.

A cool looking building that i felt the need to take a pic of but don't know anything about it..

Found this awesome cathedral one day, the picture doesn't do it justice, it's pretty much one whole block just to itself.

The Plains of Abraham

If you're into war and history the museum and the actual Plains of Abraham are a cool spot to check out, There's a movie to watch that explains the details of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and how it ended the Seven Years War. As well there are all kinds of uniforms and old pieces of personal belongings from that time you can see and read about.
   

The movie, consisting of a curved wall as well as both the ceiling and floor being projected onto to more depth in the animation, was kinda cool to watch.

A scene from the movie, stuff being blown up.

The Plains of Abraham, a view from one of the points looking down the river, this is where the British came up

Walls of the old garrison, a lot of work was being done, my guess is to restore it.

A shot of some of the uniforms on display at the museum.

Places to go for Food and Drink

While I was staying in Old Quebec I looked up some places to check out for entertainment. First is Macfly Arcade Bar. It's got an old diner feel to it and a 'Back to the Future' theme (hence the name) on one side there is a wall of old pinball machines, on the other a hall of old arcade games, with the table top arcade games throughout the bar. Best thing, it's all free to play! They have a lot of old titles to play and somehow it wasn't incredibly packed. If you're on some down time, check this place out!

so many games to play!

Next is the Snack Bar on Rue St Jean, after reading several lists that put them on the top for best poutine in town, I checked it out and was not disappointed! They have a long list of different poutines and, as you can see by the picture, they're huge!   

fried bologna, bacon, and some other stuff I forget. This was only a medium!

 

Also, although I don't have a picture for it, Mille et une Pizzas (1001 pizzas) is probably the best pizza place I've hit up, they have an extensive list of awesome pizzas and every one myself and my classmates had was amazing! If you like pizza, definitely go to Mille et une Pizzas!

Well, that's all I have for now. I'll be writing up about my time training with all the great people and awesome clubs of Quebec City and posting that very shortly,  as well as updating my map to include the on the list, so keep watch!