Our final day at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac Québec City, was a Sunday on August 16, 1998.
We were already at the indoor pool on the 6th floor by 8:15 o'clock.
There also was a beautiful roof garden with seating areas!
We both enjoyed swimming together.
Then we went to shampoo our hair and enjoyed brunch by 10:30 o'clock.
We checked out from this jam–packed hotel with its 620 rooms!
All the costumed people from Maine (for the re–enactment) also appeared to be staying there.
We waited, as someone from valet parking retrieved our car.
As always, it was quite an art to get out of the old city with its one–way traffic and finding the Interstate.
In front of the beautiful Québec City Train Station (Gare du Palais) with its green roof.
By the way, many green roofs, including Le Château Frontenac, where we stayed; all made of copper!
This seems late medieval—quite beautiful.
And guess what we have on our roof since 2013?
Interlock Metal Roofing, Interlock® Aluminum Slate in Aged Copper—Made in Canada!
So NOW you know what influenced us for doing that; except ours does not turn green from old copper patina... 😉 Our Home Freshly Painted ←click link.
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On August 16, 1998 we drove the 240 km or 149 mi by car from the capital of Québec City to Montréal, both within the Province of Québec, Canada.
Next day on the 17th, we started walking around, in Centre–Ville or Downtown Montréal.
The French language gave us a very 'close–to–home' feeling as we have so much French in our own language due to history under French rulers.
Especially my Province Limburg is very much French.
After first having visited the Saint George's, Anglican Church from 1870, we then walked upon Montréal Windsor Station, one of Montréal's most beautiful buildings.Such a beautiful neo–Romanesque architectural style by New York architect Bruce Price who also did Le Château Frontenac, where we came from in Québec City and the most famous Banff Fairmont Hotel where we stayed during our Rocky Mountaineer Journey Exploring Banff with Brewster Sightseeing ←click link.
One only can admire such marvels of architecture!
We then entered Mary Queen of the World Cathedral.
There was noise from the lawn mower outside and the doors were wide open.
They also were doing some restoration work.
Bumped myself terribly on front of thigh... when I did slide into one of the old wooden pews.
Montreal's Spectacular Vatican Replica (1894) ←click for 2:54 minute informative video viewing outside from above and around as well as inside explained.
Indeed, successfully created for achieving a sense of sanctity!
It is balm for the soul to see that SO MUCH TALENT by the world's BEST ARCHITECTS AND CRAFTSMEN was put together in HONOR OF MARY, the MOTHER OF JESUS!
Feeling so grateful for having been there...
Mary Queen of the World: A Slice of Rome's St. Peter's Basilica in the Heart of Montreal ←click link
Has any of my readers visited these places?
Related links:
Sainte Anne de Beaupré Basilica, Québec, Canada | previous post by me
Cathedral–Basilica of Notre Dame de Québec from 1647 | previous post by me
Canyon Sainte Anne — Québec, Canada | previous post by me
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