I think Quebec doesn’t know how to do anything but rain. It’s rained two out of the three times we were here. A drizzly, dreary kind of rain that makes you do nothing more than want to stay inside and just do nothing, but I’m just not one for staying inside these days.
That said, we were in Quebec just day before yesterday, that’s the weird thing about these turn around runs – we bounce back and forth between Montreal and Boston and so we double up on ports at either end. Last time we were here though it was actually miraculously sunny – and Amras and I spent a really nice afternoon wandering through the old battlefield on what was once the Plains of Abraham. These days it looks more like a park – a beautiful park at that – but if you just scratch the surface, I swear you can still hear the shots being fired. Battlefields never really let go of their history, the blood is soaked too thickly into the soil.
We had planned to take the tour of the fortress itself, which is still an active military base, but unfortunately we’re both pretty strapped money wise right now so the price – while reasonable – was above our heads.
Maybe next month…which is also what I’m saying about the Greek Mythology exhibition that’s currently housed at the main museum in town; lots of things are waiting until my next paycheque drops!
So today will likely be spent wandering through the rain-slicked streets, most likely in search of food. There’s a section of Quebec City that looks remarkably like Europe, so we’ve been known to simply wander through there. Last time the sun got to me, my blood sugar took a drop that made me dizzy and I had to fumble for my wallet to get ice cream and water before I simply melted into a puddle 😛 Of course, I could say that was just an excuse to eat really good ice cream 😉
Yeah, it’s one of those contracts…and that’s a good thing. I’ve been overdue for another one of the good ones.