Quebec City - Day Two

Quebec City - Family pic!, originally uploaded by girl from finito.

The second day we took to go to the Citadel and the Plains of Abraham. I had no clue that they would be so integrated within the city.

Quebec City - gates of la Citadelle, originally uploaded by girl from finito.

The day started with a tour of the Citadel home of the Van Doo's. With Canada being at war in Afghanistan we had all heard of the Van Doo regiment what we didn't know was that Van Doo is a anglophone pronunciation of the regiment number Vent Deux (22). From the citadels top wall you could see all of the plains of Abraham as well as the St. Laurence and the city.

Quebec City - Plains of Abraham, originally uploaded by girl from finito.

The rest of the day we wandered though the Plains of Abraham. Most (ALL) Canadians should know about the battle(s) fought here and really everyone should visit them. It was one of the most memorable places of the whole trip. Seeing the spot where Wolfe received his mortal wound, imagining what the battle must have been like. The plains are rightly now a national park, but did you know that the plains of Abraham were named that because a guy named Abraham rented them to pasture his animals?
I would have never guessed!