Quebec day 3

Our day began at Subway for breakfast.  We have eaten at a lot of different subways in our travels.  Also at a number of Tim Horton's.  Our next stop was the Museum of the French in North America.  This museum presented the influence and importance of the French on the continent.  It was an interesting perspective at times.  One statement was made about how the First Nations (as the Canadians call the Native Americans) were very helpful to the French and allowed them to be successful.  I wondered what the peoples of the First Nations would say if they were telling the story.

This museum had a whole floor devoted to the women of the Augustinian order who came to Quebec to minister to the health of the native people and developed the first hospital for all people in Quebec.  This was the first museum I have been to where a whole floor was devoted to women.  All I could think to say was "You go girls!"

The museum was located on the property of the first seminary in New France and the first French speaking university--Laval.  We had an hour long tour of the property.  The tour is given in the language of the first people to show up in the morning.  We were the first ones there so the tour was in English, not French.

After a lunch in the sun, we headed to the last museum of our day--the Museum of Civilization.  After viewing an exhibit on the peoples of the First Nations and one on the way God is perceived differently in the world, we had had our fill of museums and headed back to the hotel to rest our feet and our heads!

Diane

We have enjoyed Quebec and believe it to be one of the prettiest cities in North America. We would recommend it to anyone.
It was also to get a French perspective on the importance of the French is the discovery and colonization of the entire North American continent.  According to the sources, St. Louis, Missouri was named by the French, as it was the half way point between New Orleans and Quebec. It was named after King Louis. We didn't know that.

Anyway, on tomorrow to our last stop of the trip in Canada - Montreal.