Tuesday, October 20. Now 6C high today 13C. Sunny.
The best sleep since leaving home. Fully rested, both of us.
Today we ubered to Chateau Frontenac and all that goes with being in that area. We were last here with good friends Ian and Judy many years ago when we stayed in the shadow of that lofty Chateau and left from on a cruise, down the St. Lawrence and into the much friendlier USA, to New York.
Our time there today turned out much better than I expected, we Ubered to Chateau Frontenac which took mere minutes. The Dufferin Terrace as it is called is a 60 foot wide by 1400 foot long terrace in front of the lofty Chateau is in itself a wood worker's dream and in the brilliant morning sky was especially pleasant, no wind. We lingered there for some time and decided to get down to the streets below.
We took the Funicular down and strolled the interesting shops down there. We purchased our one and only gift for people at home: Great Grandson Miles of course! And a size too large for him to grow into.
I was shortly drawn into a wood carver's shop with a Gent inside carving. There we bought our one and only souvenir of the trip, a xmas ornament carved and painted by the two in the shop today, who then dated it for us, next we walked the two million steps up to Dufferin Terrace, had a coffee and bought lunch and dinner and then Ubered it back to the Hilton. Pleased to say we made it back without having to use a Loo: Quite proud of that fact, not too bad for a soon to be 91 year old me thinks!
We have had many conversations with complete strangers, all have been a pleasant experience. Today for example we were approached by an Asian who did not speak a single word of English but he knew we were canadian, perhaps by the tiny gold maple leaf on my lapel given to me by my aunt Isabel when I went to Europe in 1960. Eventually I made out he was from South Korea. He wanted to thank Canada, through me, for saving his country from occupation when in 1951 The North Koreans pushed right down to Busan at the bottom of South Korea. Obviously he had some terrible personal experiences at the time. When in the Militia there were two sergeants I knew that served in that conflict in the PPCLI and often talked about it. It was never called a war, only a conflict!
Eating in the room tonight after I found out breakfast was not included in the Room Rate [breakfast cost $90.00 Caesar salad is $30.00]. We bought food on the trip today for lunch and dinner
Off to the Airport tomorrow morning right after breakfast, home tomorrow very late afternoon. Lord Willing.
A Great Day And Way to End To End a bucket List Trip!
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