Here we go again with more touring around in Quebec City. We started out with Basilica of Notre-Dame de Quebec. As with many of the churches we have visited in Canada it was opulent. It is also the resting place of Saint Francis de Laval who was the first bishop of the Diocese of Quebec (1674-1688).

The morning was spent at the Quebec Parliament. We had a garden tour and an inside tour, both of which were very informative. Quebec is interesting because it has a unicameral legislature which came from the dissolution of the upper house in 1968. Quebec is interesting because it has held a referendum twice to secede from Canada. Obviously the question never passed. It has been a back burner issue for quite a while.

We spent a while at Artillery Park, so named because it housed a British Artillery Regiment at one time. The area was developed starting under the French (1712), then the British then the Canadians.

Our final tour of the day was St. Louis Fort and Castle. This is an archaeological site under the Dufferin Terrace. We had a nice hour long narrated tour.

We headed to a local grocery to pick up something for dinner and lunches. As we were checking out, the person in front of us asked if we were planning to view the fireworks this evening. Fireworks? We didn't know about it but we surely were interested. Just before 10:00 we headed down to Dufferin Terrace (less than a block from our hotel) and found a place to watch the fireworks. It was excellent. It lasted for 20 minutes. The fireworks were launched from a boat in the middle of the St. Lawrence River. Today's photo is of some of the fireworks.