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Let’s see… where did I leave off?

The second day in Quebec City was interesting. We started off the day trying to find Starbucks coffee and/or breakfast. Mr Frenchie wanted nothing more than to find a Starbucks and, interestingly, go to a Canadian Mall. (My husband is a little weird.) At this point I still hadn’t quite grasped how badly Mr Frenchie wanted to see a Canadian mall, so I tried to avoid it. We ended up going to breakfast/lunch at St Hubert, or as we like to call it, Shaky Finger Chicken.

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It reminded me of someone I know…

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St Hubert was probably the only unpleasant experience we encountered with the French speaking Canadians… that, and we disagreed on what is considered good iced tea. All I really have to say about the iced tea I encountered in Canada is, “BLECH!”I shake my finger back at that bird and say that was NOT iced tea. There was a little mix up on the sugar content of the iced tea they served; they said it had no sugar and I (and the bottle it came from) strongly disagreed. I will say, however, my sandwich wasn’t too bad.

After brunch(?) we drove down Grande-Allée, described as the “Champs Élysées” of Québec City.

The street was super cute and we had grand plans of walking back up the street later for dinner, but I got a blister from my new Coach tennies and we decided to dine closer (and cheaper) to our hotel.

Back inside our fortified city, I changed into my tennies (that would later give me a blister) and we walked around the streets near our hotel.

I could totally live here!

And shop here!

How cute is this place?!?

We walked all the way over to Fairmont Le Château Frontenac for a fancy drink.

On our way in, we past the CUTEST wool scarf and sheep shop. I’m kicking myself because I can’t find the shop owner’s card right now (I’ll have to think of another Christmas present for Mama Frenchie), but the name of the shop was Lambert & Co.

I’m totally wearing that outfit as I’m typing this!

The sheep figures were really soft and made with really curly sheep’s wool. She also made smaller sheep with yarn made from the same wool. (Dang it! Where is that card?) After our drink we ate our cheapest Canadian dinner at L’omelette and then went on a mission for cheesecake.

The next morning we drove to Montreal…

Mr Frenchie printed the directions to our hotel, Auberge Du Vieux Port, from the computer in the hotel lobby. We didn’t realize until we were packing up our rental car and on our way that the directions he printed were in French. Luckily, it was very easy to figure out, so it was more funny than anything.

On our way to Montreal we stopped to get food at a Tim Horton’s. We’d seen there signs along the side of the road and thought, “Well, it can’t be any worst that PFC (KFC) or McDonalds, right?” (P.S. I haven’t eaten at a McDonalds in 8 years.)

Lemme tell you, I heart Tim Horton’s! Where else can I get a sandwich (for me), a doughnut (for Mr F) and a coffee (for Mr F) in a combo? Nowhere I’ve been to in California.

We got to our amazing hotel around mid afternoon, settled into our hotel room, and updated my Twitter status… what?

The hotel staff was extremely nice at this hotel! We were given a free jazz CD when we checked in and they left us Maple Chocolates as a “Congratulations” gift in our room! This was BY FAR my favorite hotel we stayed at on the entire trip, but I am easily swayed by free breakfast (actual breakfast), free wine & cheese, happy hour, and nice soaps. I’m a sucker for good smelling soaps.

Once we were settled in (and the Twittersphere knew what I was up to) we went to our free wine and cheese happy hour and found dinner down the street. Mr Frenchie was very excited to find a place with a drink and lasagna deal (lasagna is his favorite).

Up next: More Montreal!