After a pleasant, no so light dinner but with excellent company, it was time to return to the hotel and get the camera to do a little night photography. I like photos taken around dusk, when lights are coming on, but there is still light in the sky.
Just outside the Chateau Frontenac on Rue Saint-Louis, with Place d'Armes just on the right. The building on the left is part of the hotel.
Place d'Armes, from beside the Hotel Frontenac.
And just north of the Place d'Armes, looking along Rue Sainte Anne, which is something of "Restaurant Row".
The Hotel Frontenac again, but also showing (white tower on left) the statue of de Champlain.
This is Rue du Tresor, running off Rue Sainte Anne towards the Basilica. It's main claim to fame is shown here - the walls are display areas for artists to sell their paintings. There were some OK paintings to my taste, but nothing I thought worth spending money on, and more importantly, carrying around Italy!
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, all lit up.
The 'Price Building', an art deco design brilliant in its night time guise.
Even the "Hotel de Ville", or City Hall, shows its finery at night.
And looking in the opposite direction from the previous photo shows the Basilica of Our Lady of Quebec as seen through the nameless park with the statue of Taschereau (about mid image)
Looking down "Cote de la Fabrique" from City Hall.
I believe this store sells Christmas decorations - apparently all year round! Blue must be the "in" colour this year. Or perhaps they have many blue lights left over from last year!
The Hotel Frontenac from the north; Place d'Armes off to the right, the Funicular to the left, and the status of de Champlain just off the left side. The crowd gathers to watch buskers who perform around the statue.
Looking across the Saint Lawrence River from Dufferin Terrace, which is 60m above the river, and also towers over the Lower Town below.
Hotel Frontenac from the south eastern side, also showing Dufferin Terrace. The white circular object on the lower left is one of several pavillions placed along the Terrace. The others are located on the cliff side. And each has a "name", something like railway stations.
And so it was time to return to my room (clearly there was no more light in the sky!) and perform the daily chores which fall to the traveller.
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