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Day Three<\/h2>\n

Today, we’re doing the crypt tour at Notre-Dame de Qu\u00e9bec Basilica. At some point in our travels, the previous day, we found out we weren’t too late in the season for the tour, but a day early. They don’t start until Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/p>\n

Here we were all excited to go on the tour only to find out we were a couple of hours early. I poked around and took this photo of the interior. Isn’t that beautiful?<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/p>\n

After that, I got my simons fix, and we took the purchases back to the hotel. Again, no sense dragging a bag around with you that you don’t need.<\/p>\n

Still plenty of time to kill before the 1:00 pm start. For some reason, I got it in my head the first tour was at 10:00 in the morning. Yeesh. Across the street to La Boutique de N\u00f6el Quebec. I don’t get all gooey over Christmas anymore, but I love this shop. Summer or winter, it’s beautiful. I took this photo from the mezzanine area at the back of the store.<\/p>\n

I was tempted to buy a jigsaw puzzle while I was in there but resisted the temptation. It would only lead to purchasing something else to assemble and store it on, then a place to put that, a place to work on the said puzzle where there is good light.<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/p>\n

We decided to go over to the Pub D’Orsay<\/a> for a drink and to wait for the crypt tour. In the meantime, it started to rain so inside the bar was the best place to be. Comfortable, dry and inviting. Before we left, we said we’d be back later … and we were.<\/p>\n

After I took a couple of photos in the crypt, I found out you weren’t supposed to. I assumed because you could take as many as you wanted upstairs (without flash), it was the same down here. I got these two. And basically, this is the entire crypt.<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/p>\n

\"Day
\nDisappointed? You bet. When we found out about the tour last November, the fellow at the tourist information office made it sound like it was the end all, be all. I didn’t figure it would be like the catacombs in Paris but thought there was more to it.<\/p>\n

As promised at the Pub D’Orsay, we went back. This time we had a bowl of their French Onion Soup. It’s the best I’ve tasted this side of Paris.<\/p>\n

We puttered our way back to the hotel and opened the last bottle of champagne we brought with us. It had been in the fridge since Monday when we arrived, so it was good and cold.<\/p>\n

When supper rolled around, it was chucking down with rain, so we went St Hubert in the Ch\u00e2teau Laurier just down the street from us.<\/p>\n

Buddy even joined us for supper.<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/p>\n

Today’s Fitbit stats:<\/p>\n

22312 steps
\n47 flights of stairs
\n8.87 miles<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is a travel day as we have to go home and the ‘real’ world. But we’ll be back here two more times this year.<\/p>\n

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