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Québec


chateau

giant tourist trap


Unlike Montréal (much more a working city) one of those "UN heritage" places.
You are well advised, as a general rule, to stay away from them. The inner city, enclosed by a city wall,
is an agglomeration of junk souvenir shops and awful, awfully overpriced restaurants.
They're not all awful; for example, there was a pretty good Denny's.



They're terribly fond of their chateau dominating the city. It has a nice view, but you have to look away from what,
come right down to it, really is a giant kitschy monstrosity of a hotel.
They think so much of that thing, you find replicas all over town.
We dubbed it chateau horreur - sure, tastes differ.

chateau chateau horreur

chateau
stairs falling stairs
It's awfully steep - there are elevators to get up there, just like in Valparaíso, Chile
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just don't get the impression there's nothing nice there - there's much!
like a gate covered with moss, murals, paper factories - and more
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arrow shows expected direction of shot -
most military are not too smart, you know
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is why they love to expire gloriously

Montréal served as the final stop
before setting out on our Fall Color Quest in earnest:
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia


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