红茶荟荟

要说东岸第二个喜欢的城市，100个人里估计99个会说是魁北克城，因为它太不与时俱进了，因此也太古朴而至美。时隔7个月，当时导游说的那些历史悠久的城镇由来历史已经不记得的了，只知道那些个英军与法军曾经激战过的小街小巷都好浪漫，散发着浓郁的欧洲风情。好在有照片为证，能为自己记下这古城美丽的一个傍晚。在这之前我们俩个人险些因为相机的问题一张照片都照不得。因为糊里糊涂，根本没有带转换插头，蒙特利尔那晚和老李亲切会谈，人家刚走，我们就发现相机没法充电。又打电话求救，高扬同志发扬共产主义的援助精神，夜里1点多又跑到酒店给我们送了一趟插头。这样魁北克小城的照片越发散发着珍贵的气息。

相信吗？这居然是在一栋顶天立地的墙上画

的巨幅作品。

这个橱窗的设计我实在是很喜欢，就用相机里最后一点电抢了一张，可惜好像不太清楚。

这个坐在窗台上看书的家伙，不知是个木匠还是泥瓦匠，反正是 一副优哉游哉的样子， 目不斜视，根本就不往街上看一眼。如果他肯偏偏头看一看，就会发现算起我来，正有3个人举着相机把他当作一道风景拼命照呢。我属于业余的，随便照一张就走，回头看那个大胡子的老外，端着相机，左描右描，上圈下圈的，说不定哪天这张街景的照片就上了哪本杂志呢。

两只蜗牛的故事

我们在魁北克城只住了一晚，导游夸口说请我们吃一顿浪漫的法国餐。餐馆很浪漫，内容可是一般般。菜单上有四种配好的套餐可以选。我比较保守，只选了三文鱼，看见有蜗牛，又加了2套蜗牛。没想到就是这2套蜗牛给旁人惹了不少麻烦。我们旁边后面各坐了一对母女，都是一个旅游团的。她们事先都没有要蜗牛。等我们的蜗牛端上来，都开始问这个是不是包括套餐价格里的，我们也不清楚，只说是服务生问的，我们就要了，想来应该是吧。于是不管爱吃不爱吃，大家都各点套蜗牛。等端上来再去问，人家说是5元一套的，这下可热闹了。本来国人吃不管西餐，正餐感觉食之如嚼蜡，点个蜗牛居然还是收费的。后面那对母女开始不高兴。旁边这对母女好像是西北人，好实在的样子，尽管老母亲一再恳求要把端上来的蜗牛坚决地退回去，但还是被懂事文静的女儿拦住了。女儿说的很对嘛，为10块钱，划不来，出来旅游本来就是看新鲜尝新鲜的。再后来，那对后面的母女一顿饭都是气鼓鼓的，一服被讹诈了的样子。甜点都没有吃就跑出去和导游打架。等我们吃完出来时，看见她们沉着脸站在路边，不知讨了什么说法。我这个人很不会看时候说话，张口就说你们真应该吃完甜点再走，那个巧克力蛋糕真的是整个晚餐最好吃的一项，当即遭到4只大白眼狠瞪。

I seldom admit that I’m a lazy girl. But when it comes to the travel diary of my trip to east coast last year, I have to say I am a little bit lazy, because I stopped writing it only after finishing the first favorite city of Montreal. I thought about this diary again only few weeks ago when I created an online album for those beautiful pictures. Thinking of I will not have any time to continue it when the English class begins next month, why don’t I take advantage of current spare time to finish this meaningful diary.

Speaking of the most beautiful city in east coast, 99 out of 100 tourists will say Quebec City. The city lies along the St. Lawrence River is so amazingly beautiful and don’t have any cold concrete smell of modern city at all. After 7 months, I almost forgot all those complicated histories regarding to this city, but I do remember it was there in those cute and romantic streets and alleys, which always give you the charm of an old European city that Britain and French army ever had a hot battle.

Fortunately we took so many pictures which could show how beautiful Quebec City is before sunset. I have to say we almost lost opportunity of recording these amazing sceneries. As we forgot to take switch with us, our camera couldn’t be recharged in hotel the day before us going to Quebec. That night in Montreal we had a lovely and long talk with Li and Gao, after they left our hotel at midnight, I called them again for help. I don’t know how appreciated it is that Gao drove back to hotel from their home that miles away to send us a switch at 1:00AM. This unexpected story makes the pictures of Quebec City even more precious. 

Story of two snails

We only spent one night in Quebec City. Our tour guide bragged that there was a romantic French style dinner waiting for us in a local restaurant. The fact is, the restaurant was indeed romantic, nice light, nice candle and nice table, but the food provided out there was really terrible, dry and tasteless. There were 4 combos in the menu, I only chose Salmon for main dish. Then I found they also had boiled snails, so I ordered two for me and Wally. I didn’t expect these ordered snails bring so much trouble for the people who sat around us. There was a mother and a daughter sat beside us, and another mother and daughter sat behind us. Both of them came from the same travel group with us. They didn’t order snails at first, but when they saw ours on the table they insisted to order one, without asking whether it was extra charged. When the waiter brought their snails on and told them each snail will be charged $5, they were very angry. Given the main dish was too terrible, this charged snails was an added reason to be dissatisfied. The mother and daughter who sat behind us began to complain. Contrary to them, though the mother who sat beside us continued asking her daughter to return the snails for refund, her daughter that seemed very decent didn’t do that and told her mother, “it’s not worth being angry about $10. Travel is really a journey for learn and taste new things.” what a smart recap!  

Later I found during the whole dinner, the mother and daughter sitting behind us were very upset, and went out to argue with tour guide without eating any desert at all. When we finished and came out the restaurant, I saw them standing out here on the curb, still unhappily. I’m always the person who doesn’t know what the good time to open my mouth is. I said, “You really should have had that chocolate desert, which is the best in the whole dinner.” I was then stared by 4 angrily eyes because of this careless word.

The guy sitting by the window

I don't know whether this guy sitting by the window is a carpenter or what. He seemed so relaxed and didn’t want to bother taking a glance at the street. Had he tilted his head a little and taken a look, he would find include me, there were three crazy persons holding a camera snapping a shot of him. I’m a rookie, walked away after taking one picture quickly. There was another tourist seemed like a professional photographer, holding his camera and constantly adjusting the focal distance, just wanted to take a fabulous picture for the young fellow and the cute street.  Maybe some day you will see a picture like this posted on a famous photography magazine, who knows!