Monday, July 3, 2006

Montreal Trip - Day 8

We woke up early at our hotel (Holiday Inn Select, Quebec Centre-Ville) to make sure we were one time for a tour (by bus) around Old Quebec City. We got to get out in a few pretty places and the tour bus driver took turns talking in English and French for the others in our group. He showed us some good places to eat and spend more time. We took his advice and had a delicious crepe meal (entire dinner was crepes of some kind). We looked around the old village and learned that we had arrived near the date of Samuel Champlain's birthday - I think he is one of the founders of Quebec City. Things were very festive and the weather was perfect. Nicky said she could stay here forever - "why go to Montreal at all?" Well, that is why we came, to see Montreal - where our Coogan family used to live...