Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Levis Forts, part of Quebec City metropolitan area.

Photo by Bo. W
Levis (French: Lévis) is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the south bank of the St. Lawrence. It is the capital of Quebec, Quebec City consisting of Quebec City metropolitan area. Old Town has a ferry connection between Quebec City and Levy Town. Quebec Bridge and Pierre Laporte Bridge (French: Pont Pierre-Laporte) connects the western town of Quebec City and Levis.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Cannot miss the scenery - on the outskirts of Quebec City

Photo by Bo. W
Quebec City has a lot of history worth a visit, but it's on the outskirts of the scenery more attractive. Along the St. Lawrence River to look, there are several small islands appear in front, and then further away, that whales can be seen. But we only toured the Montmorency Falls, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre church, Ile d'Orleans Island, felt elsewhere feel the history and scenery.



Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Canada, Historic Old Québec – ( VII )

Fortifications of Québec

Photo by Bo. W
Quebec City range from magnificent walls to the surge of the St. Lawrence Lake, it is only a military town in northern Mexico in North America, and it was listed in the World Heritage List in 1985.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Canada, Historic Old Québec – ( VI )

Parliament Hill, Quebec City


Photo by Bo. W
Parliament Hill (French: Colline parlementaire) is located in Quebec City in the borough of La Cité-Limoilou. It was the first National Historic Site of parliament building in Quebec. It is a magnificent the Second Empire style architecture. Its structure forms a square measuring approximately 100 m x 100 m. History of Parliament Hill are not particularly long, it is between 1877 and 1886 built, its architecture, almost unique in North America, inspired by the Louvre palace, the only French institution building in Quebec City.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Canada, Historic Old Québec – ( V )

Place D'Youville -- an important crossroads


Photo by Bo. W
On geographical terms, Quebec City, it is located in the St. Lawrence estuary, where the river is narrow position, the place name "Quebec" is the aboriginal semantics, that is, "the river in a narrow place." This is the original French explorer Samuel de Champlain named the origin of this city. Generally speaking, the entire city part of Quebec City, is located in the bottom of the cliffs of Cap Diamond near the St. Lawrence River, it is lower town. Some of the top positions in Cap Diamond, known as the upper town.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Canada, Historic Old Québec – ( III )

Quebec City Old Port (Vieux-Port)

Port of Quebec, it is probably one of the earliest of several Canadian ports. Quebec, its dialect interpreted as the river narrows place. Quebec City, which serves as the major transport hub, of course, its port is great charm. Stroll in the harbor, overlooking the opposite Levis City, you can take a ferry to reach the Levis City, the port as well as the company AML Cruises, visit the St. Lawrence River. If you can catch fireworks in August, watch the Chateau Frontenac hotel view on the St. Lawrence River by ferry, it is a romantic overflowing.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Mississippi, Gulfport - a beautiful coastal city

Photo by Bo. W
Gulfport, which is located in the southern US state of Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is a port city. In 1904 to build the city. It is not a popular tourist city, with unspoiled white beaches and tidal pools, boardwalks and historic sites to explore.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Thanksgiving, a wrong way of travel

Photo by Bo. W
Our GPS fails, so we drove away from the highway, into the country road. The smell of the autumn fields, has a unique, also have rich color. To enter the field, the oncoming is a quiet world. The road was too narrow in field, high bottom leads to the distance, road through the town, one side is tree garden, and side is flowing streams.