[Sunday in Quebec]
After experiencing the Elton John concert I much enjoyed a good night’s rest. We walked quite a ways on Saturday and my legs were reminding me of that. Sunday morning Anna and I walked down to a café place for breakfast. We had hoped it would be more like brunch, but it turns out they don’t serve much of a breakfast, strictly lunch and dinner, so we settled for croissants. But man were they good croissants. I would have taken a picture but I’m pretty sure you all probably know what a croissant looks like. Nothing exciting. Anyway, most people around here are Catholic, but the majority of that “most” doesn’t really practice. So, Sundays are just normal days around here, from what we could tell. All the shops were open and there was a lot of hustle and bustle.
Our group met at noon to go up to L’Universite Laval, the university in Quebec City. It was a decent walk plus a bus ride, but the campus is very unique and pretty. Drew says about 40,000 students attend Laval, but the campus is so spread out, it looks more like a business district. The landscape is very serene, so at least you have something pretty to look at when you walk from building to building (they all look like Allen Hall). During our tour of campus we saw The Pyramid, the movie theater where we will hopefully see Harry Potter!
And then… we went to the mall. Or, rather, mallS. There are three malls that are not connected but might as well be. You walk out of one and right into another. Heaven for all of you hardcore shoppers out there. Anna and I will definitely be going back; it looks like a great place to go when we’re bored. Their version of Target/Wal Mart is Zellers. It’s decent. Nothing too exciting. My meal…
Yes, Subway. And it was awesome.
This is for Conner's mom, Mrs. Sherri! :)
By that point we once again had walked all over creation. Guess I won’t be using my 10 Minute Trainer like I thought I would be! We took the bus back to the hotel and readjusted, and set back out to a grocery store. This girl can’t afford to eat out every meal, so we bought lunch stuff. Not the most glamorous of details, but once again, it is what it is. Their grocery store is very similar to ours; however, I did notice they don’t have quite as many choices as we do. It’s not as drastic as some other places I’ve been, where you have very limited choices (kind of wish it was that way at home), but I could still tell a difference.
We put our stuff away at the hotel and then set out for the concert. We tried their version of McDonald’s, Chez AshTon, where they serve the traditional poutine. Poutine is French fries covered in cheese curds and gravy. I didn’t order it for my meal, but I tried it, and I must say it was yummy.
My meal at Chez AshTon... chicken club. Sorry it's sideways.
The lineup (that we cared to see) – GirlTalk and The Black Keys. It looked cloudy so we prepared for the rain, and it’s a good thing we did! The weather got pretty iffy once the sun set, so we took refuge in McDonald’s for a while (free wi-fi) and then went back as The Black Keys started. It was a TOTALLY different scene than Elton John. Less than half the amount of people, and a much younger crowd. I took pictures to try to document the difference. We enjoyed it, though, and then called it a night.
Already you can tell an obvious difference because there is green space and young people.
Anna, Holly, and I braving the rain. $3 ponchos were totally worth it.
More green space.
I mean literally, there was not an inch of this space at Elton John. I even discovered the cotton candy stand.
Where is everyone???
The Black Keys!
And for my next post... getting lost in Loretteville today!
HRC
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