A ride of 141km made longer because of road works. Bryan, Angela and I formed our by now usual team and headed off at about 7am. Breakfast was the usual continental style, but with stale pastries today. Still, beggars etc - I packed a plastic bag full and took them as snacks during the day.
We rode down through the centre of the old city past the Plains of Abraham, the Chateau hotel, and the old fort. Then onto a ferry to cross the St Lawrence.
We followed the seaway downstream all day. Stopped mid morning at St Michel, one of a number of quite attractive eastern Quebec villages along the shores of the St Lawrence. We had real coffee in a cafe with 4 chairs where the owner was am accomplished photographer, with books he has produced on sale. He insisted on taking our photos as we left.
I say real coffee because most coffee drunk in Canada is filter coffee, whereas this chap was serving espresso in small cups the way it should be done.
Later we stopped in L'Islet sur Mer for lunch where had a sit down meal of local sausages, home made hash browns and a salad. It was called Salicorne Cafe - very good.
The landscape was fairly flat today with plenty to see by way of farms, towns etc. followed the 132 highway most of the day.
One distinctive feature about Quebec is that virtually every town has a large well maintained church or cathedral. A sign of the historic influence of the Catholic Church in the province.
Dinner tonight was caserole and chick peas with a pear dessert. We are camped beside the St Lawrence.
Self on the road today.
