nbVIAfan@... wrote:
> On Feb 7, 4:14 pm, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > I would agree that Ottawa may be a better choice than Quebec, considering that the
> > OP wants to go to Toronto and Niagara. Quebec has an interesting old town, but I
> > would need to be reminded of anything else there worth seeing........
>
> I would have to disagree. This is Quebec's 400 th Anniversary. Just to
> walk through the old town, the gates of the fortified city, the narrow
> cobblestone streets and to experience the History and Culture.
>
> http://monquebec2008.sympatico.msn.ca/MonQuebec2008/?lang=en-ca
>
> Ottawa is a beautiful city with canals, government buildings and
> excellent museums. But 150 years ago, it was just a rough logging town
> on the Ottawa River. Quebec City was already 250 years old.
I am not sure that someone visiting from Europe is all that impressed by a city that is
250 years old. That is almost a newborn compared to their cities. It may be the only
walled city in Canada, but there are lots of them in Europe, and which are a lot more
intesting. I didn't say that it was not worth seeing, but considering the other
destinations, it is out of the way for the OP. If he is going to Montreal he can spend
some time in old Montreal, another of our old cities turned tourist trap.
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