Quebec City: Frites and Fondue and Crepes, Oh, My!
So I drove to a town about an hour from Quebec City called Baie-Saint-Paul, an artists’ haven. It was raining and dreary, but the town was quite nice. I saw an exhibit of Cirque du Soleil costumes at a museum there. (Cirque du Soleil was founded in Quebec by two former street performers Guy Lalibert and Daniel Gauthier; it is marking its 25th year in 2009). On my way back to Quebec City, the sun came out. In fact, the weather was completely different there than in BSP. Not fair! So I ventured back into the Old City to try all the French specialties that I had not yet tried: frites at an outdoor cafe, and fondue and crepes at a creperie. I also stopped for a beer (that’s my beer on St. Jean St. in the pic above). The city was lively and fun with the better weather. Street performers performed acrobatics (see pic below) and locals and tourists thronged the cafes. As souvenirs, I went to a music store and found a CD of a favorite French singer of mine, Liane Foly (something I could never have done in the U.S.), and bought a Quebec sweatshirt. Tomorrow back to the U.S. via Maine.
July 1st, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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