Category: Canada
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Visiting Mega Parc-Indoor Amusement Park-Quebec City
Yes, visit Quebec City for the history. Visit for the food. And visit for the nature, but if you need a day of frivolous fun, are a kid or kid at heart, are a theme/amusement park enthusiast, or love Steampunk, visiting Mega Parc should be added to your Quebec City itinerary.
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Staying at The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City
You are swept back in time the moment you step through the revolving doors. Staying at The Frontenac Hotel is the splurge of our Quebec City trip, but when visiting a city that has one of the most famous hotels in the world, we know we have to stay. The Location Staying at The Frontenac…
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Toronto Blue Jays Ballpark-Rogers Centre – Toronto-Canada
As we circle the concourses at the Toronto Blue Jays Ballpark, I’m panicked. Specifically, I’m panicked over helmet ice cream. Helmet ice cream is a staple at most stadiums and is important to our ballpark goals, but today, at Rogers Centre, it is elusive. Canada is a hockey country. I’ve heard that there is a…
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Taking an Old Quebec Walking Tour-Quebec City
*** This experience and tour was provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. All eyes are on us as our group moves through the streets of Old Quebec City. Jacques, our Cicerone Tours, Old Quebec Walking Tour guide’s garb attracts attention. He is dressed in historic attire as he regales us…
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Places to Take Photos of The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City
*** Some experiences were provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. You are in the city that contains the most photographed hotel in the world. You have to get thephotograph. In fact, you need a multitude of the photo. Your mission, find places to take photos of The Frontenac Hotel in…
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Visiting The Citadelle of Quebec-Quebec City
*** This experience and tour was provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. Though famous for its picturesque hotel, Quebec City is also known as only one of two fully fortified cities, in North America. The fortification was completed in the 1800s to combat the potential threat of a United States…
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An Evening at The Frontenac Hotel’s Bar 1608-Quebec City
Blue Cheese. It can be socially divisive. It can be socially bonding. This evening at The Frontenac Hotel’s Bar 1608, it is bonding. As you walk into The Frontenac Hotel’s Bar 1608, your eyes draw to the chandelier. The glass tubes, add elegant illumination to the circular bar below. (Our Guided Tour of The Frontenac…
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Taking a Guided Tour of The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City
As the group gazes up, during our guided tour of The Frontenac Hotel, our tour guide states clearly,“Chateau Frontenac, is not a castle.” The assumption is that the world’s most photographed hotel, was originally constructed to house royalty. Surely a King or Queen, or Duke and Duchess, used the building as their home. Though royalty,…
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Afternoon Tea at The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City
The colored sand, slips through the hourglasses, as the piano player delivers a passionate rendition of, Piano Man. During Afternoon Tea, at The Frontenac Hotel, in Quebec City, the most difficult task is choosing your leaves. The rest of the event unfolds with a display of artistic bites, flavorful sips, and the feeling that for…