North America 2022 : Monday September 12 Day 14 Onwards to Quebec City

Another long driving day as we headed towards Quebec City and the farthest point east in our trek across Canada.

Up early and drove off past Montreal and picked up the King’s Road and followed the St Lawrence River through to Quebec.

We dropped off the car at the airport and took an Uber to our hotel. When I was booking cars in Australia the only pickup and drop-off points offered were at the airports. Every time I tried to choose another location I was informed there were no cars available at that office. We had been lucky in Toronto in that we were able to change the pickup point to a place closer to our hotel. Not so in Quebec City.

The hotel was in the old part of town – which was good – but down on the lower level outside the wall – which was not.

Robyn had been recommended a particular restaurant in the Old Town and had made a booking for dinner. We should have taken an Uber. It was a long, hard walk up the hill that would probably have killed us in the first few days of the trip. As it was we barely made it.

Dinner was at Aux Anciens Canadien which served traditional Quebecois food which we washed down with a few beers and wines. The walk back to the hotel was nowhere near as taxing: a stroll through the Old Town under lights, including the Fairmont where we hoped to have a drink the following day. Downhill was so much easier than up.

Day 5 driving map: