Quebec City Day 3

After visiting the Parliament Building we went next door to visit the Biblioteque or Library of the Parliament. You could literally go into the stacks and find the laws pertaining to the province dating back over 100 years and the statutes that were signed into laws.
Next we took a stroll down the Grande Allee and onto the Battlefield Park where the Plains of Abraham are. Now a lovely park with lawns and flowers this is where Wolfe met Montcalm for the battle that decided that Quebec would be British and not French. It’s strange to see a statue of Joan of Arc there. Also there were some Roundhouses that were built by the British to defend this area in case of an attack from the US. These as well as the Citadel were never used.
Now it was time for some lunch and we stopped at a little outdoor café and I had the French Canadienne dish of French fries, and topped wit ha gravy or sauce and a hot dog or sausage sliced on top of that. Not bad really and you could make a whole meal of this.
Now it was on to the Musee de Art of Quebec which was really quite close. It is housed in the old prison of the city and they have since that time added more modern buildings to it. It seems strange to enter an old prison cell to view a really great piece of art. What made this a great place to visit now is that they had an exhibit there from the Louvre in France. Ideal pieces of antiquity from the Egyptian Period, marble statues from the Greek period and of course paintings and drawings from the French Renaisance.
It was really a great afternoon and now we must contemplate moving on to another location. We have already overstayed our visit here by two days but it was well worth it. Next we must decide if we are to continue going north of the St Lawrence River or switch to the south side. Quebec City is the last bridge over the river and from here on we will have to take a ferry if we stay to the north side. Not that we have not taken our share of ferry rides on this vacation.
Well we will probably leave the country of the cour de voyeurs or voyageurs (these were the names given to French fur traders) and begin to think of heading east.
Quebec City is impressive in its history having the second oldest university in North America (La Salle University), the oldest Catholic Seminary in the New World and being one of the oldest cities in North America as well as the only walled city left in North America. Only Mexico City is the only other walled city.
1 Parliament Building
2 House of Commons room
3 Grande Allee
4 Color Change
5 Stained glass in the Parliament