Day 11, Wednesday September 10.
No riding.
But lots of walking. My first order of business was to fetch us lattes. Right across the street, we have a little cafe/pastry shop and I was there before they opened at 8:00 am. Already they had customers there setting up for a morning of hanging around, computers, coffees and pastries. Looked like a great way to spend the morning.
Once those coffees were put away, we were ready for my next mission: to find a replacement for my adapter of USB A to USB C, last seen when we were at Bob and Cathy's, when Bob told me he had "lots of them". I didn't think i needed another but somewhere between there and here I lost the one I had. This is an important adapter because it allows me to load pictures from the (old) camera onto my tablet. Otherwise, the blog would be all text without pictures, which would be pretty dull.
I looked online to see what electronics places there were nearby. We went to get some groceries at IGA and I thought there was a small chance I would find one there but no luck. However, on the way back we stopped at the convenience store in our building, which had a wide selection of Chinese noodles, various N. American beers and wines, other quick food items and USB patch cords. We laughed that wouldn't it be funny if they had the adapter? After walking a few km.
No luck. I had another place in mind so we decided to push on to there. We walked into the SOS computer repair shop and it was like a bomb had gone off in a computer assembly place. Parts everywhere. I asked the owner the one thing i can say in French: parlez vous Anglais? Ok, so it's not much but it's something. Apparently, a small amount enough that I am able to convey my needs. He comes back with the adapter without packaging of any sort so i am assuming he is getting it straight off his workbench, amongst all the crap he had everywhere.
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| "USB A - USB C Adapters R Us" |
I got the part.
We walked around Old Quebec more then went home to upload pictures to the blog. Then we walked around the Plains of Abraham, which is a short walk from where we are staying. In 1759, the British attacked French troops guarding the city, overwhelmed them and subsequently set in motion endless referendums on Quebec becoming a soverign nation.
While we walked more around the Old City, we saw numerous old buildings and/or houses.
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We also spent a long time walking around the "Plains", which are a former farmer's fields where much blood was spilled.
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| One of three remaining "Martello Towers" built in the late 1700s when it was feared that Americans, upon gaining independence in 1776, would covet Upper and Lower Canada so the four Martello towers were built to help defend Quebec City. They never saw war. |
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| Joan of Arc memorial statue. |
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We had dinner at a Greek restaurant, which was quite good. However, the best part was the our waiter advised us to split our meal because the portions were quite big. We actually split everything: an appetizer of calamari, the main course of braised lamb shank with potatoes and vegetables, the dessert of baclava and the bottle of wine which I think was Klingon Blood Wine. It turned out to be a great tip to spit everything because indeed, the portions were big, especially the wine!
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