Saturday, October 03, 2009

Canadian Maritimes 19


We wanted to see the underground walkways, so set off to one of the main entrances near the tourist office . On the way we found some lovely old buildings and churches as well as some very modern ones. In Dorchester Square that was being renovated we found Robert Burns statue surrounded by chain link fencing and then went into the tourist office for maps and visiting ideas, not to mention the loos (they are usually good and free in the TIOs).
Outside again we walked down to the old Windsor Station - a huge castle of a building. Here we could get into the subterranean walkways and we took the direction towards the old town. It was very quiet being a Saturday, and we eventually came out behind our hotel on the edge of the historic area, which we then explored. We passed the Notre Dame Basilica, Nelsons Column and decided to have lunch in the Gallery at the end of the Marche Bonsecours. After lunch we walked down the quay to the clock tower and looked down into the St. Lawrence River.
On the way back we booked into see the Son et Lumiere at the Notre Dame Basilica, 'And then there was light', about the founding of the cathedral and back at the hotel the concierge suggested a restaurant for dinner and booked us a table for after the show.

And thats what we did; a visit to the light show which was excellent and dinner at Les Pyrenees after. This was not as good as last night by a long chalk.

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