Saturday, 21 May 2016, Quebec

We “hopped on” our bus at 9:40 again and rode through familiar territory for almost an hour – beats walking. We finally arrived at the Plains of Abraham museum for the 25-minute Battles 1759-1760 “immersive projection” that we missed yesterday. It was very good – a deluxe version of a slide show. It used a curved screen, multiple projectors, and first-hand accounts of participants to tell the story of events before, during, and after the pivotal battle for Quebec. It really explained everything well and succinctly and was well worth returning and paying admission.

After the show we walked to the same little restaurant strip we ate at yesterday. We found the Cosmos Café that Celeste’s friend Janice had recommended for its great breakfasts. They were still serving breakfast at lunch time, so that’s what we had. Very tasty and well-presented with fruit garnish. Planned to take pictures, but got too excited when the food came and forgot. Sorry Tyler.

From there we walked out into Battlefields Park on the Plains of Abraham. One of my main motivations for coming here is to investigate the 1759 battle between Wolfe and Montcalm. One of the keys to that is understanding how Wolfe got his army to the top of the cliffs. I wanted to try to search out the location. In all the history I have seen from here going back to high school, there is very little detail about this, beyond the fact that it happened. After a fairly long hike through the park we found a fairly new exhibit of exactly what I was looking for. There were several interpretive panels providing detail.

We just missed our bus, so we walked back toward the old city and barely caught a bus at another stop, riding it back to the Chateau Frontenac. Within minutes, the last departure of the day toward our hotel took us home. We dropped off our backpack and headed out to wet out parched throats, finding a nearby microbrewery. Their tasty beer sure hit the spot. Then it was off to our bakery for some treats.