Le 22e Regiment Royal

Our final day in the beautiful city of Québec. We arefinally going to the citadel as we’ve been meaning to do for pretty much the whole time we’ve been in the city. The citadel is situated on the highest point of the city, Cap Diamant and is still an active military base for Le 22e Regiment Royal. Because of that, you have to be a part of a guided tour if you wish to see the citadel, unless you want to be arrested by the military police. I’m not sure why you would though. The tour was very good. The guide told us all about the different buildings and their differences. For example, buildings built by the English have squarer, more polished bricks, built to last. Buildings designed by the

French, which are older, are made up of bricks of all shapes and sizes, buildings that were put up as fast as possible. There are a few buildings that were put up before the fort was started in the 1820’s. The citadel was put up as a defence against the American’s, who were a risk back then, especially after the war of 1812 and the attack on Québec during the War of Independence in 1775. It costed thousands of dollars to build, the equivalent of a few billion today, an exorbitant sum considering it’s never been attacked. Today, they hold the changing of the guard ceremony every morning in the parade square each summer, complete with a royal goat, the 11th royal goat in his line, a gift from the queen. Le 22e Regiment Royal was created in the First World War as the only French speaking regiment in the whole army. They played a crucial part in taking some of the German’s largest trenches during the war and they also played a part in the

Second World War, the Cold War and Afghanistan. After the tour I wanted to walk down to the Vieux Port, just to check it out. Along the way we stopped in Vieux Québec in the side street we’d discovered a few days ago at the little courtyard Mum had liked so much. The restaurant had a lot of rabbit and duck on the menu, which I guess is traditional, but I had a rather delicious goat cheese salad and a homemade soda. Isaac was happy because he got to buy the real leather wallet he’d spotted the other day. The market down at the Vieux Port ended up just being a farmer’s market, but it was really cool and had proper farmer’s market prices, so we bought a couple of things, including some homemade nougat. When we hiked back up the mountain and got back to the campsite, I saw that the giant bouncy pillow was at last empty, so I seized the moment and went to practice some flips and such. I still got it. After Isaac got me to give him a gymnastics lesson we headed back to the trailer to grab our swimsuits and join Dad in the pool. It was a good last day. Tomorrow, Fredericton. Peace out m8s.

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