Daily Archives: Friday, 16 March, 2007

Even though there is no snow anymore (or yet, because they predict a snow storm for tonight) there is still a lot of ice on the St. Lawrence river. It’s strange to see the ice go against the flow of the river due to the tides that are quite strong around here. Up river the river is so wide and deep that the river here is almost part of the Atlantic Ocean.

The wind is very strong and Anne is really, really cold.

Because the weather predictions weren’t very nice we last weekend decided to take Anne to Québec City. Sshe lives in Amsterdam, and previously lived in one of the narrowest 16-century houses on one of the canals, so she has seen her share of old cities, but it might be nice for her anyway. I haven’t really been in Québec myself, we just drove through it a couple of years ago.

Because Alison for her work often stays in expensive hotels they offered her a deal to stay in the prestigous hotel “Chateau Frontenac” for a reasonable amount of money.
Chateau Frontenac towers over Vieux Québec and if we had a room on the other side of the hotel we would have had a nice view over the St. Lawrence. Those rooms are too expensive though so we only have a view over Québec City. We’re on the 9th floor so at least we have a view.