Je voudrais une poutine et demi-litre bouteille du vin s'il vous plait

Well, we are in the heart of La Belle Province now. Quebec City is really nice even if it is a giant tourist trap. It is celebrating its 400th anniversary so it is particularly hopping this summer. The people are super friendly as well- while biking around the city looking confused we were asked if we needed help four times. Three of them were fellow cyclists who spoke decent English and each of them just told us to follow them so they could show us the best route. Paul McCartney is here preforming (not sure who figured that one out- he's not exactly linked to Quebec is anyway or even speaks French). As a result we can't get to Plains of Abraham, or the Citadelle with its Van Doos museum. Tyler is convinced McCartney has a personal vendetta against us. That aside Quebec City has alot to offer.

In general, Quebec is the most bike friendly province so far. In Montreal I scored a English guide to La Route verte which is a Quebec-wide bike route. It go through some classic Quebec rural villages each with the requisite massive Catholic Church. Great views of the St-Lawrence Seaway are easy to come by as well. It's interesting how you can see much of the original seignural system of land distribution of the long narrow farms so everyone had access to the river.

Quebec is also the home of poutine my favourite dish. I got a poutine avec cheese curds, chicken and peas for dinner tonight at the Chez Ashton a Quebec fast food chain. Probably the healthy thing around. Between poutine, crepes, and half-litre stubbies of wine you can get from any depanneur we are eating well in la belle province.