Lévis et les escaliers!

The beautiful sun today provided a wonderful scenic backdrop for our short "cruise" across the St. Lawrence River to the city of Lévis on the other side. During the British attack on Québec in 1759, General Wolfe built a fortification Lévis for a strategic vantage point for his attack.

Lévis also boasts the home of Alphonse Desjardins (the white one), the founder of the first caisse populaire = credit union - in Québec in the early 1900s.

The view of Old Québec as we pulled away was spectacular and as we approached the new shore, we quickly saw that warnings of having to climb many stairs was very true! These were stairs!!! and then hills... At this point, the sun and heat were not doing us any favours. Lévis has a wonderful old, historic district with picture perfect houses and churches and glorious views. Then, of course comes the descent. I think everyone slept well after that strenuous workout.

On continue à découvrir les richesses de la région québécoise, y compris ses desserts! Les étudiants ont bien profité du célèbre chocolatier à Lévis pour goûter ses délices!