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September 29th 2006: Vieux-Quebec (Old Quebec)

Since it was overcast and rained the whole day, I took few pictures.

The movie is a 360-degree panorama of the interior of the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, with a brief camera diversion to view the stained glass windows and the ceiling (which is generally too dark to see clearly).

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Old Quebec Lower Town (Vieux-Quebec Basse-Ville)
The stairs to Lower Town and the bustling streets therein.
Excellent. Another multi-story mural, this one painted in the fashion of a cut-away into a building.
Rue du Petit-Champlain is packed with shops and boutiques of all kinds. It's cute, but I'm tempted to agree with my dad when he says it's too commercial. Still, even he admits that it does have nice art galleries. Incidentally, according to my guide book, Lower Town was a slum for many years until it was renovated in the 1960s.
A neat globe statue/fountain, located by a random modern building in Lower Town.
The stairs to Lower Town and the bustling streets therein.
Excellent. Another multi-story mural, this one painted in the fashion of a cut-away into a building.
Rue du Petit-Champlain is packed with shops and boutiques of all kinds. It's cute, but I'm tempted to agree with my dad when he says it's too commercial. Still, even he admits that it does have nice art galleries.
Incidentally, according to my guide book, Lower Town was a slum for many years until it was renovated in the 1960s.
A neat globe statue/fountain, located by a random modern building in Lower Town.
A nice building and park near the Old Port. This more modern part of the Lower Town was entirely bereft of tourists and nearly lacked pedestrians in general.
I was stuck by the yellow leaves and the linearity of the trees and benches so I took a photo (this one) but was disappointed by how it turned out. I then fiddled with my camera settings and took another picture...
Excellent. Compare this picture to the previous one, simply taken with different digital camera settings. Trying to adjust camera settings and fighting with wind and rain made taking this picture hard work. Still, I'm pleased that I devoted the time to do so.
A nice building and park near the Old Port. This more modern part of the Lower Town was entirely bereft of tourists and nearly lacked pedestrians in general.
I was stuck by the yellow leaves and the linearity of the trees and benches so I took a photo (this one) but was disappointed by how it turned out. I then fiddled with my camera settings and took another picture...
Excellent. Compare this picture to the previous one, simply taken with different digital camera settings. Trying to adjust camera settings and fighting with wind and rain made taking this picture hard work. Still, I'm pleased that I devoted the time to do so.