A big part of why we chose these cities to vacation to was that we wanted to give our kids a taste of a foreign country, without the flights or cost of one far from us. With that goal in mind, we were pleased that in Quebec the people are very committed to French, while at the same time being very accommodating to our non-French-speaking group. Their signs were all in French, but sometimes English was in small print below. They always greeted us in French, even if they obviously heard us speaking English to each other, but were happy to switch to (usually quite good) English when we told them they didn't understand them. It added to the charm and the experience. And Jake learned that, "laughter means the same thing in all languages!"
We LOVED Quebec City, and have talked it up to everyone since we got back. If you get a chance-go! It feels like a little European City and we enjoyed every bit.
The day we arrived we went to Montmorency Falls and were amazed. It was a really big waterfall with lots of amazing ways to enjoy it: 100s of switchback stairs that take you down to the bottom, a cool bridge that went over the top, and lookouts all around-and all for free! It is apparently taller than Niagara Falls (though much narrower), and it was so impressive that when the kids first saw Niagara Falls a couple of days later they were like, "That's it?" (Once they got on the boat, they understood how cool it really is!).
2 comments:
So pretty...never even heard of it. Where is it?
They sure waste a lot of water! He He. I'd love to visit Quebec!
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