Friday, August 15, 2014

The Town of Quebeck in New-France

We took a bit of a last minute decision to go and visit Quebec City this week, so I went and looked out the travel books I have for the city:


The first of these dates back to my original trip to this Belle Province, and is well thumbed, if not out of date (not that the museums or fortresses have moved much since 2000). I'll stick them both in my bag to take with me, but even though I have just finished my last book, I doubt I'll actually get through reading HPL's travelogue of Quebec City, which is apparently the longest written work he ever produced, and the trip to Quebec was the only time he ever came to Canada, but it's heavy going by today's standards (Rough Guide it ain't). However, there are some nice little observations in there, and some great drawings the man himself drew to accompany the work, so I will at least skim through it, and compare my trip to his (not that he went to the aquarium, which is his loss really)