Pamplemousse!!!!

In a move of questionable patriotism, Adam and I spent Veterans Day weekend in Québec... coincidentally during the celebration of Remembrance Sunday. The temperatures weren't completely stupid like when I went to Montréal in 2006 (with highs around 2F), so walking around didn't come with the constant threat of hypothermic death.



Québec City will be 400 years old next year, so there is an abundance of neat old architecture. Vieux Québec is walled and has a citadel. The fact that it is up a steep hill on a of bank the St. Lawrence made for some sweet natural defenses when warfare was two-dimensional. Personally, I'd say screw it and invade some Caribbean island instead, but apparently people really liked cold-ass cities on suspected Northwest Passage routes. Go figure.

The trip was mostly lookin' and walkin', but food procurement was quite successful, too. I found a fun little pub filled with locals called Pub Saint Alexandre. It had a useful selection of taps and bottles and also a reasonable food menu. Lunch the next day was at La Petite Italie where I ordered a pizza and chocolat chaud. Both were quite good. Sadly, I was too full to examine the crêpe establishment a few blocks away. Next time.