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Fashion
The lime-green sports car and young lady in neon colors create quite a contrast with the cobblestone street and the building behind, one of the oldest in Montreal. A taste of Paris on this side of the Atlantic!
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Brick and Stone
When it was time to expand an old building in Montreal, instead of demolishing it, they just added new bricks to the old stone walls to make it larger. The original outlines are still visible, showing the layers of history you see in this old-new city.
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Brides
Our walk through old Montreal passed 4 or 5 wedding parties getting photos or saying their vows in various gardens and church settings. A city of romance!
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Pug & Poodle
In downtown Montreal, this statue of an Englishman turning up his nose at the French Basilica is mirrored by a nearby Frenchwoman looking offended by the English Bank of Montreal. But the pug in his arms and the poodle in hers are looking very affectionately at each other — a fun metaphor for the love/hate relationship of the French and English in Montreal.
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Quebec at Night
The view from our cruise ship with the lights of old Quebec City below and the Hotel Frontenac glowing above on a warm evening.
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Notre Dame
The church Notre Dame Des Victoires in old Quebec City had an impressive white and gold-leaf altar topped by Mary and baby Jesus looking down from quite a height.
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Mural People
This five-story tall mural in old Quebec City featured the city’s founders and leaders as well as current families and even lovers on the bridge. At the right angle, it was difficult to tell which people were painted and which were real.
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Peloton
The Grand Prix Cycliste De Quebec sent cyclists and support cars racing through the streets of Quebec City the day we were there. Plenty of cheering and excitement, but we couldn’t always cross the streets when we wanted to.
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City Jail
A plain-looking building in Quebec City housed the city’s first jail, including this low-ceilinged dungeon, while upstairs was the local literary society’s well-stocked library. Don’t think the two spaces were used at the same time, but if you know of any “literary crimes”…
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Walking Uphill
Our tour group walked up streets like this in old Quebec City, past windows that have looked out on centuries of history.
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Old Town
You know you are in an old town when the buildings (in Quebec City) have dates like built in 1659 on them.
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Pink Guy
Arriving in Quebec City, we were confronted with several of these giant pink balloon guys peering into and over the Modern Art Museum. After encountering these guys, It was hard to “unsee” them!
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Wave
Cruising around PEI into the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Atlantic was remarkably calm in the wake of the Holland America ship Zuiderdam.
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In Costume
This couple shared their perspective on Charlottetown — in 1864. They weren’t sure PEI should join the efforts to create “Canada” since they were happy as a self-sufficient island. (P.S. It took a decade, but PEI did join Canada.)
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Gothic
Inside St. Dunstan’s Basilica in Charlottetown, PEI, the Gothic ceiling rises high above wooden pews and colorful stained glass windows.
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Meadows
Prince Edward Island is covered with rolling fields and scenic vistas. At one time it produced most of the potatoes eaten across North America!
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Green Gables
The house that inspired Lucy Maud Montgomery’s best-selling novel “Anne of Green Gables” draws hundreds of visitors each day to the north shore of Prince Edward Island,
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1 of 100
This scenic lighthouse guards the entry to Charlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island. It’s one of nearly 100 lighthouses that rim the island province.
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Full Table
The vicar’s house, a block away from St. George’s Church, featured garden-grown food to feed his 10 children in the 1790s. He and his wife, Thankful, were Loyalists to the King who left New Hampshire after the Revolution.
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Dragon Slayer
Over the entrance of the church in Sydney, NS, Saint George finishes off a green “English” dragon. Do they turn red when fully grown?
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St. George’s Church
A short walk from our cruise ship in Sydney, Nova Scotia took us to St. George’s Anglican Church, the oldest church on Cape Breton Island. The wooden ceiling dates from 1785, and the “Queen Mum” worshipped here in the 1960s.
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Lighthouse Chopper
If you maintain a lighthouse on an island in Halifax’ harbor, wouldn’t you want to commute by helicopter?
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Angles
One of the angular buildings on the Halifax waterfront looked like an M.C. Escher print.
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Crosswalk
Halifax boasts a variety of building styles in its walkable downtown. At the top of the hill is the Citadel, a British fort full of re-enactors from the 1860’s and great views.
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