{"id":235,"date":"2014-12-29T01:33:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T00:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paradoxalworld.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2015-01-17T21:57:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T20:57:02","slug":"where-the-river-narrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.com\/?p=235","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;where the river narrows&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quebec: the middle of our journey, before taking a plane to the weast coast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-270\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image23.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Firsts steps at the train station, backpackers way towards our hostel. Firsts impressions watching all those old buildings with green copper roofs, great gardens and beautiful churchs. After a little rest finally in our room, we arrived at the Old Quebec. One of the oldest cities in the Americas north of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-269\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image22.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-248\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We cross the &#8220;Porte Saint Jean&#8221;, the ramparts, and want to get lost on those paved streets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-253\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image7.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-254\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image8.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next day we enjoyed the must-see montmorency falls.\u00a0The falls, at 84 meters high, are the highest in the province of Quebec and 30 meters higher than Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-279\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image29.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"image\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-272\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image25.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-271\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image24.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coming back from the falls there is the benefit of having nearly the train station to go to the March\u00e9 du Vieux Port, a treat for all the senses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-246\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-247\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image1.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"image\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-259\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image12.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-260\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image13.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then return to old quebec, discovering the Citadelle, and the Chateau Frontenac, on the top of Cap-Diamant,watching to the Saint Laurent river.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-263\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image16.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-273\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image26.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"image\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-250\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image4.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can enjoy the panorama walking on the Terrasse Dufferin and keep walking on those streets you can admire the Basilic of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-252\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image6.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-251\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image5.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-249\" src=\"http:\/\/test.scrapsandcoffeegrounds.comwp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/image3.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" 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