Again this morning, it was overcast and snowing when I got out of bed for breakfast, so I grabbed a few more sets of 5 minutes of snow flakes coming down to watch later. At the same time I sat and watched the snow, mesmerised. I also know this may be the last time I see snow coming down, apart from my planned skiing trips – as there hasn’t been much happening in Toronto, and Vancouver has only just had its first snow in 1000 days. So I made the most of it. After brekky, I headed up the street to a church steps to grab some more clips, so of course it started to rain. This meant no more snowflake clips as I can capture rain anywhere. Plus the benefit of the snow flakes is seeing each individual one. With rain you don’t get the same effect

So I headed back to the hostel to start to plan the packing for tomorrow’s trip. After that I headed out for an hour and a half walking around and taking a last look at the various buildings of Quebec City. On the way I spotted this bench outside of Hotel des Coutellier. I scratched it and it is actually made of ice. It’s the same as one that Chris and I sat on in Melbourne’s ice bar. So I had to get a photo.

I ended up at the shore front near the port, just watching the ice floating around with snow on it, and the ferries cutting through the ice. This was the third day in a row doing this, but I’ve found it not only quite meditative but also interesting to watch.

After that I headed out to the photo store to pick up my camera that I left with them on Monday. I picked up my camera and talked about the black mark with the technician. He was able to tell me about a couple of marks he thought may have been causing the problem, so I’m hoping that has fixed the problem. At the bus stop I took a photo of the houses nearby. You’ll see that there is a tent like (temporary) structure for a car in front of one of the houses. There are plenty of these around Quebec City and the suburbs nearby that I have travelled through. According to our tour guide from earlier, the council sets a date in November when these re allowed to be erected, and another in February when they have to be taken down. So they cannot be used all year round. It’s interesting because a number of hotels have them up to cover pathways etc.

On the way back to the hostel I stopped for a while to watch the ice skaters at Place D’Youville. If I can find an ice rink with a 1.3 – 1.4 rail or fence on the outside I might give it a go myself. I just need the rail to push along at the start to get my bearings before I fall over and fracture some bones.

After that I headed to a café for dinner. For my last dinner in Quebec City, I started with a Fresh onion soup (which had a crust of cheese and onion over the liquid), then finished with a beef burger with a side of fries, washed down with two glasses of Napa Valley (California) Grenache. A tasty meal. I then headed back to the ice rink for another couple of photos, now that the sun had gone down and the lights were on, including this selfie.

I then headed back to the hostel to update a couple of days of my blog with CC and cola, before heading off to bed.