The weekend after Niagara Falls I went to Québec City with the exchange students from my school and the school in Ormstown (40min away). In total we were about 16 students. Some came from Mexico, some from Germany, China and the Netherlands. We all had a Ped day on Friday, so we could leave for Québec in the morning. About three hours later, we arrived in the city. First we had lunch in a restaurant 🍟and then we visited old Québec. A guide showed us around and told us a lot about the city. We also saw Château Frontenac, which is beautiful 😍. It is located on a small hill and we had an amazing view over St Laurence River and the city. There was snow in the streets and we had a snowball fight afterwards ❄️. Then we had some free time and decided to go to the Christmas market, which was nearby. It was a German one!! They had all the German food, such as Bratwurst, Baumkuchen and pretzels. It was really nice!! Later in the evening we went to our hotel and had more free time. I was in a room with two other German girls. I knew both of them from the Haunted walk in Montréal, another activity we did before and one girl is in my school. We went to the hotel pool that night.
The next day we had to get up early, because we wanted to go to the civilization museum in the morning. We were on time, according to the teachers, but then we realized, that the museum was still closed and we were one hour too early. So we went to Montmorency Falls, a big waterfall near Québec City. We didn’t stay very long, because it was cold and there was ice everywhere. In the summertime you can go up the stairs to the falls and walk over the bridge, on top. But now, everything is closed. It was nice though 😊.
Afterwards we went back to the museum. They had a lot of interesting things about Québec’s history, but also an exhibition about the brain and about how you see things from different perspectives. We spend about two hours there and still didn’t see everything. Then we went to a big shopping mall, les Galeries de la Capitale. There we had lunch and did some shopping in the stores. Actually they had a rollercoaster inside the mall, but it was closed when we came there 😣…
Later that day, after we spend all our money in the stores, we went to a big waterpark, Bora Park. It was around six when we arrived there, so it was dark outside and inside too. Everything was glowing in blue, green and purple. It was a great tropical feeling 🌴. The park is quite big and has more than 12 big slides. It was sooo much fun. The others really enjoyed it too. First, some students and I went to a whitewater river and then we went to the slides. We started with the easy ones. There was also one with small boats for two people and one for six. The teachers joined us too. Later we went to the more dangerous slides. There were two really high and steep ones and the other students tried them immediately. First I was a little bit scared, but later on I went down one of the slides too. And it was awesome 🙌🏻! At the top you stand in a cabin, then the cabin closes, you hear someone haunting from three to one and then the floor opens up, like a trapdoor. It was cool!! And the teachers did it too!
Sunday was our last day in Québec City. We got up early again and after breakfast we went to the Aquarium du Québec. There they have many animals, such as seals, walruses, polar bears, and fish 🐠. And they had some arctic foxes too. So cute 😍!! The people, who work there, train the animals and we went to a show, to see the seals. They did some nice tricks and then we walked around the park in small groups. But soon our wonderful time in Québec City was over. We had to go back home, because all of us had school the next day 😫.
