Quebec, Day 2

Today we went in search 
of the unexpected and to see the unseen...
A delightful journey of discovery: 

Quebec is a beautiful City with many bicycle trails.

Today we rode to the Orleans Island.
In the map it looks like a small island,  but under the bicycle's wheels it is a large and very hilly island.

We stopped on the road
and bought strawberries, plums and marmalade....

We found a convenient place for an emergency stop: 

I took some pictures there: 

Afterwards we found more flowers: 

On the way back we saw in the distance the Montmorency falls:

On the way back to mainland we walked the bicycle's up the bridge and rode down the bridge: 

We had a nice view of the Montmorency falls from the bridge: 

We rode to the falls and were amazed by the view: 

And there were flowers too and other lovely scenes:

A seagull came to say farewell as we returned to Quebec City and went to the supermarket to buy groceries and soup and Mackerels and other goodies for tonight's dinner.

I share with you today's story and after a restoring sleep we are ready for tomorrow's story walking in the historic Quebec. 

I will be delighted in reading your stories too.

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