Vieux Quebec

On Saturday we had brunch at Le Café Clocher Penché before walking around the old town in Quebec. It was extremely hot and packed with tourists but overall a pleasant afternoon.

They still sell Five Alive drinks in Canada (or in French, Déli-Cínq). For bonus points find the thirsty bee in this photo:

The famous cannonball lodged in the base of a tree since 1759: 

Shopping at Simons for fur hats in 90 degree weather:

There was a re-enactment going on so there were lots of folks wandering around in period costumes:

The former Séminaire de Québec, now an architecture college:

The streets were so thick with tourists I had a hard time photographing this car without them in it:

Here is a child posing at a cannon:

Here is a fully grown adult man posing on a cannon:

The government-run liquor stores are called SAQ. You can buy cheap wine and beer in convenience stores so I haven't figured out why there aren't privately run wine shops:

Later in the day we stopped in to buy some things in the aforementioned oldest grocery store in North America, J. A. Moisan Epicier: